Comparisons To Novel
While leaving Corliss' character basically unchanged (other than renaming him Jonathan), the film drastically changed the story of the novel.
Corliss fakes his own suicide after murdering Dorothy, and re-emerges as "Jay Faraday" to woo and marry Dorothy's sister, Ellen (the third sister, Marion, does not appear in either film version).
The "Grant" character in the novel was rewritten as a homicide detective who had investigated Dorothy's death. Also Corliss meets his end while attempting to kill Ellen after she discovers who he really is; while chasing her down, and for the sake of irony, he is run over by one of her father's trains.
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