Wich2 wrote:
Those facts are addressed, Ted. The first one is demolished rather handily;
Now you have me intrigued. The final version of the film differs from the script in specific editorial ways, which-- as several people have pointed out-- directly contradicts a specific theory elaborated by the author in defense of the film being Browning's vision.  The author "handily demolishes" the comment by the one person on record who has any comment at all on the subject, someone who knew Browning for years as a friend and neighbor, who clearly misremembered what he actually said (or simply confabulated to listen to the sound of her own voice) because it doesn't fit in with the author's theory.  comment which, interestingly, dovetails precisely with the clearly-juggled pieces of film in the final theatrical release.  So she made up a specific and repeated complaint from elderly Tod Browning on a subject she probably has little interest in, because... uhhhh... because she.... she ummm... what?  She saw a Dracula movie once and didn't like it? Decided that the interviewer wanted to hear a story about a crabby old turnip farmer?  Didn't like living on the beach?  Oh, I gotta read that.

  

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