page_title: Hello, Sister! (1933 film)
section_title: Re-editing and re-shooting
hierarchical_section_title: Hello, Sister! (1933 film) / Production history / Re-editing and re-shooting
caption_attribution_description: English: Press photo of James Dunn and Boots Mallory in the 1933 film "Walking Down Broadway"
context_page_description: Hello, Sister! is a 1933 American pre-Code drama-romance film produced by Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by Erich von Stroheim, Raoul Walsh, and Alfred L. Werker, although no directorial credit is given. The film is a re-edited version of von Stroheim's now-lost film Walking Down Broadway.
  The film stars James Dunn, ZaSu Pitts, Minna Gombell, and Boots Mallory. The story follows the relationship between an innocent, small-town boy and girl who are overmatched by the vastness and crudeness of New York City, but whose love overcomes both their surroundings and their friends' attempts to separate them. The theme of loneliness among singles and the practice of "picking up" strangers to satisfy sexual longing are also explored. Hello, Sister! was also thought to have been lost, until a print was found in the early 1970s.
context_section_description: To protect the studio's reputation, false reports were sent out to industry trade journals blaming the need to cut the film on von Stroheim's penchant for filming excessive footage. A November 1932 article in Variety reported:
  [Fox] decided to remake about 50% of the picture. … Impossible story plus miscasting of Zasu Pitts and Boots Mallory are the reasons. … James Dunn and Terrance Ray, other two members of the cast, gave poor performances with the direction rather than their ability blamed for the result.
  Writer Edwin Burke was brought in to script new scenes and Burke also directed some retakes, as did directors Alfred L. Werker and Raoul Walsh. Wurtzel assumed responsibility for the re-shooting, which extended from February to March 1933 and cost $62,000. The film was renamed Hello, Sister! and released without a directorial credit. Von Stroheim had no say in the re-editing of the film. After this experience, he left directing and went into acting.
caption: Publicity photo of James Dunn and Boots Mallory in the film
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