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Spotlight: Louise BrooksFilm 6 of 8
The Canary Murder Case
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Malcolm St. Clair shot this Paramount Philo Vance picture silent in 1928; Frank Tuttle did the sound retakes. Louise Brooks is Margaret Odell, a blackmailing showgirl. William Powell is Vance. Brooks was already in Berlin and would not come back to record lines. Margaret Livingston spoke them, and doubled some shots from behind or in profile. Trade papers noticed. The silent cut is the one that still looks like Brooks.
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The punishment. She was in Berlin and would not come back to record lines, so Margaret Livingston spoke them and doubled some shots from behind. Trade papers noticed. Watch the silent cut. That is the last time Paramount had her face, and they used it to make a point.
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