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UNIVERSAL WEEKLY
Sept. 28, 1935
Thrills and Chills
SELECTION of the best-selling mystery novel, "Hangover Murders," written by Adam Hobhouse, for motion picture production by Carl Laemmle, Jr., resulted from the fact that it contained thrills and chills, a smart and exclusive background and plenty of humor. Young Mr. Laemmle, noted producer, read more than thirty mystery novels before finding exactly what he wanted.
Under his personal direction, three noted scenarists, Harry Clork, Doris Malloy and Dan Totheroh spent months working on the script. On top of this, Laemmle selected James Whale as director, mainly because he has turned out the finest mystery stories the industry ever has known, including "Frankenstein," "The Invisible Man," and "Bride of Frankenstein."
The title was changed to "Remember Last Night?"
Laemmle personally selected his own cast, with enough star names to make three ordinary pictures.
MAGNIFICENT SETTINGS
Danny Harrison, the brainy detective tcho unravels the complicated and often fearsome details of the murders which cause all of the complications in “ Remember Last Night?” It furnishes Edward Arnold with a great follow-up to his starring picture, “Diamond Jim.” He will be in many more Universal pictures.
HOUSANDS of visitors to Universal City, California, during the summer months asked above all else that they might be permitted to view the magnificent sets constructed on Universal sound stages for the weird, mysterious and at times humorous "Remember Last Night?" depicting life in the fast Long Island crowd.
Two hundred thousand dollars were invested in materials and labor for the home and garages which were erected on the Universal City sound stages. More than two hundred men labored for more than two months before they reached perfection, and before Southern California was searched for special pieces of furniture to fit the various rooms of the mansion. In fact, even designers of the clothing worn by the actresses were called in, and told to design dresses which harmonized with the va
rious rooms in the modern mode.
A single entrance hallway to the mansion was one hundred feet long and fifty feet wide, with stairs leading to the second floor twenty-five feet wide. A huge crystal chandelier was specially designed to ornament this hall, and expensive paintings lined its sides. The stairs were of marble.
The living room in which much of the action took place was lined with burnt orange satin, giving a special sheen for photographic effect. Huge French windows, twenty-five feet high, reached from floor to ceiling. On the walls of this room and the library were specially painted Greek murals, which caused the costume designers to give evening dresses with Greek motifs to the various actresses.
In addition a six-car garage, a country roadhouse, a bachelor abode and gardens were built for this picture.
Edward Arnold as Danny Harrison, and his ubiquitous assistant, Maxic, played by Ed Brophy, who is becoming one of the comedy hits of screen.