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- Roscoe Karns, Night After Night, 1931. Shooting was stalled during an all-change of director (Archie Mayo relieving David Burton), writer (Vincent Lawrence replacing, among others, Joseph L Mankiewicz). So no surprise that Karns took Leo from Pawley - and Mae West debuted by usurping Nancy Carroll as George Raft’s gal in his starring debut. (He didn’t stand a chance…). Karns was applauded by New York Times critic Mordaunt Hall. “Karns, as Leo, does so well that one is inclined to feel just as interested in his characterisation as in Mr. Raft’s.”
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