Makes you wonder how they ever got Night of the Hunter or
White Heat through the production code. Btw. I think Blue
Dahlia would've made a lot more sense if they left the
original ending.
-Dave Z.
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@w... wrote:
>
> Dave asked:
>
> "Who was supposed to be the original killer -
Willaim Bendix?"
>
> Yup. According to my memory of the intro to the
publication of the
> script, Buzz killed her when he snapped due to some
sort of
> post-traumatic stress disorder. The Production Code
(or maybe the
> studio, it's been a long time since I read it)
vetoed that.
However, by
> that point, most of the film had been shot, since
they were
filming it
> as quickly as Chandler could write it, since they
had to finish it
> before Alan Ladd's leave was over. So Chandler had
to come up
with an
> alternate ending built on the same story. So we got
Buzz's
> trickshooting scene to prove that he couldn't have
done it.
>
> As I said, I read this story a long time ago. Jim is
probably more
> familiar with the specifics and can correct any
errors I've made.
>
> The Production Code necessitated changes in a lot of
movies during
its
> reign. In fact, they sometimes micro-managed to such
a degree
that Joe
> Breen should have been credited as co-writer in many
cases.
>
> Mark
>
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