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Bonzo was a popular (but short lived) animated featurette that began in 1924 in England with “Sausage Snatching Sensation,” one of the first known cartoons in wide release. The cartoon doggy became an international hit and Bonzo toys were sold around the world.
Another take of Constance by Bull and the image (or a very similar one) transformed into a drawing by Charles Martignette for the April 1934 issue of Silver Screen magazine.
Note how small Louise’s hands appear in this shot, Pabst’s way of reinforcing the perception of Lulu as a trusting innocent. He also creatively uses lighting and shadow to make her hands appear even smaller and more childlike.
“A director works fast who knows everything ahead of time. He sees the picture finished, whole, cut, titled. Pabst would take one shot, and that was it.” — Louise on Pabst’s directing style. The final Pandora’s Box (1929) scene edit:
The previous image reworked for Whipsaw (1935) artwork and posters. Myrna and her co-star Spencer Tracy were said to have had a secret affair during the film’s production though she later described their relationship in terms of Tracy’s obsessive harassment.
Trivia: Random Harvest author James Hilton also wrote other novels that became films including Goodbye Mister Chips (1939), Lost Horizon (1937), Rage in Heaven (1941) and We Are Not Alone (1939).
The paintings used for Laura’s inspiration were a series of “Beauty and the Beast” works by French painter Adolphe Weisz (1838-1900):
Louise poses with a large butterfly backdrop in a take from the “kimono session” with Eugene Robert Richee, 1927.