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'Die Leuchter des Kaisers' footage in U.S. version?


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MGM's 1937 feature, THE EMPEROR'S CANDLESTICKS, was an Americanized remake of a 1936 Austrian film of the same title, DIE LEUCHTER DES KAISERS. Can anyone confirm that MGM used a few exterior shots from the German-language film in their Hollywood version?

The Austrian footage, I think, is in the segment in which Baron Wolenski and Countess Mironova are seeking the stolen candlesticks in a provincial town. When Wolenski, about to continue his rail journey to St. Petersburg, realizes that the Countess is staying in this small town, we see a shot of the Baron running to climb aboard the moving train, then throwing several pieces of luggage from the train before jumping off as the train leaves the railroad station. It's done mainly in a long shot, but if you slow it down and look closely, you can see that the actor jumping aboard the train lacks William Powell's signature mustache. A short time later, local policemen stop the thief as he exits a hotel. There are two shots here, both showing the thief only from the rear. There is also a rear shot of the Countess's maid, the thief's accomplice, walking away from the hotel, and from the camera.

All four shots look slightly grainier in texture than the burnished MGM cinematography we see in the rest of the film; and the greyness of the sky in these shots does not resemble the other exterior shots later in the film, which look very much like a sunny MGM backlot. The exterior scenery also looks distinctively European, unlike anything I've seen in any Hollywood film of that era.

So, can anyone confirm that footage from DIE LEUCHTER DES KAISERS was used in THE EMPEROR'S CANDLESTICKS? Or am I just imagining things?

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