In the roadshow version, there is a narrator during the overture (not the Orson Welles narration) who talks about how the sin killer was a phony evangelist and not an actual man of God. I thought this was odd. I guess Selznick thought his character might not make it past the Hayes office without this explanation. Rather insulting, as I think any audience could figure this out for themselves.
shareI'm glad someone else besides me noticed that. I've seen the film a few times now and it always struck me as curious that, out of all the characters, the Sin Killer was singled out for special mention.
"I'm not reckless . . . I'm skillful!"
In the roadshow version, there is a narrator during the overture (not the Orson Welles narration) who talks about how the sin killer was a phony evangelist and not an actual man of God.
Selznick was rumored to have a drug addiction-maybe this is a example of his famously erratic behavior-and why Welles doesn't narrate the overture,because it was a after thought for Selznick
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