Question 1

Why did Fritz Lang originally want a different actress for Emily Gaunt?

Accepted Answer

Fritz Lang originally wanted a black woman to play Emily Gaunt, but the producers refused.

Question 2

Which film marked Kathleen Freeman's first acting credit?

Accepted Answer

House by the River earned Kathleen Freeman her first acting credit in her ninth movie appearance.

Question 3

How does the film's setting differ from the novel it adapts?

Accepted Answer

The film moves the setting from London (the Thames) to a rural American setting and from the early 1920s to the late 19th century.

Question 4

What unexplained physical trait does Lee Bowman's character have?

Accepted Answer

Lee Bowman's character John Byrne has a limp, but it is never explained beyond being called a cripple.

Question 5

Which major studio originally proposed this film with Cary Grant?

Accepted Answer

Two years earlier, Twentieth Century Fox proposed it as a lavish production with Otto Preminger directing Cary Grant and Rex Harrison as the two brothers.

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