Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 187

Offhand, I can’t think of any other Ann Dvorak films that received a title change for a re-issue besides The Private Affairs of Bel Ami which hit theaters a second time as Women of Paris. I guess the studio thought the latter was a more provocative title for a film where George Sanders sleeps with a lot of, well -  women of Paris. The image of Angela Lansbury clinging to Sanders leg was on the original poster art, but all the other women were added later, making the re-issue a more worthy addition for my collection than the original. It’s also worth noting that for the Women of Paris, Angela Lansbury’s starring name was curiously swapped out for Marie Wilson’s.

I came across this one through my friend Darin. His buddy, Tanya, picked this poster up at a papershow for $1 sometime in the 1990s. She bought it because she liked the title, but I don’t think she ever hung it up or actually watched the film. After I became friends with Darin and started collecting on Ann, he kept urging Tanya to cough it up. It took a few years, but she eventually turned over her dollar Ann Dvorak poster to me.