The Last Laugh (1924)

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Director F.W. Murnau and screenwriter Carl Mayer originally wanted the film to end with the death of the doorman at the bathroom. Executives at UFA pressed them to conjure up a happy ending before the film's premiere in order to maximize its economic potential. Murnau and Mayer, obviously annoyed by this, created a cynical epilogue, showing the doorman having inherited from an eccentric hotel guest, who bequeathed his entire estate to the last person seen before he died. The executives also pressed the artits to change the film's title from "The Last Man" to "The Last Laughter".
The film only uses title cards to explain the job replacement and in the end for the epilogue; but none are ever used for dialog.
Included among the '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die', edited by Steven Jay Schneider.
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