Dorothy Parker's lost cameo

Here's an interesting fact from TCM.


Universal, however, did opt for a name to punch up the script. Algonquin wit Dorothy Parker came in to write a few scenes, mostly the patriotic speeches given by the hero. Supposedly Hitchcock shot a cameo in which he and Parker are riding in a car and spy the hero grappling with the heroine in an attempt to silence her cries for help. "My, they must be terribly in love," Parker said before their car pulled away. Ultimately, the scene was dropped, the line given to another actor and Hitchcock's cameo re-shot as a fleeting appearance as a deaf-mute on a New York sidewalk.


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