ray_afraid said:

The Aluminum Falcon said:
Was it always in error of speed for the English version? Like from 1931, or was that wear and tear?

I dunno about that... but either way it's a "fix" I don't mind as I'm sure it wasn't supposed to be that way ever. Of course, if it was that way in it's original form, one could say that they are making changes. But I'd call it restoration.

Probably happened in one of the numerous re-printings made from the negative, done throughout the years for both theaters and TV. Nothing survived of the original film, and the best available materials are pretty much the stuff made for TV reprintings in the 50's. Dracula is probably the best example for a popular film destroyed by its popularity. Just horribly treated-horribly.