Hearing the recorded 'proof' of this Overture confirmed our suspicions: it was merely those same few acetates that have been floating around for years, professionally edited into a short Suite and called an Overture.
Morgan writes, 'Another rumour has recently surfaced that Steiner composed an Overture for the film's world premiere opening in 1933 - there was even a recent recording claiming to be this long-lost Overture. According to John Morgan's notes on the score's re-construction, the overture was not written by Max Steiner. Note, however, that the overture was not part of the film's original exhibition. two-disc DVD collector's edition version. This increased the run time to slightly over 104 minutes. On November 22, 2005, Turner Classic Movies premiered a version with a four minute overture added.
