▁their ▁British ▁acc ents ▁were ▁completely ▁un con vin cing ▁and ▁Haw ks ▁res orted ▁to ▁ex cis ing ▁their ▁scenes ▁altogether ▁and ▁entering ▁a ▁new ▁rewrite , ▁foc using ▁more ▁heavily ▁on ▁C raw ford ' s ▁character , ▁with ▁no ▁better ▁results . ▁The ▁upper - class ▁dialog ue ▁that ▁once ▁was ▁considered ▁" sn appy " ▁now ▁appeared ▁to ▁be ▁" H em ing way es que " ▁and ▁combined ▁with ▁the ▁lud ic r ous ▁period ▁out f its ▁worn ▁by ▁the ▁cast , ▁especially ▁C raw ford ' s ▁out land ish ▁g own s , ▁made ▁it ▁difficult ▁for ▁cast ▁members ▁to ▁not ▁consider ▁the ▁entire ▁exercise ▁a ▁far ce . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Although ▁well ▁received ▁in ▁a ▁preview , ▁Today ▁We ▁Live ▁was ▁a ▁very ▁different ▁film ▁in ▁its ▁final ▁release ▁form , ▁and ▁was ▁almost ▁univers ally ▁p anned , ▁with ▁Vari ety ▁having ▁a ▁lit any ▁of ▁compla ints : ▁"... ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁ 2 0 ▁minutes ▁too ▁long . ▁C raw ford ▁was ▁un con vin cing , ▁Haw ks ▁used ▁too ▁much ▁aer ial ▁foot age ▁from ▁' H ell ' s ▁Ang els ' ▁ ▁( 1 9 3 0 ), ▁the ▁" G own s ▁by ▁Ad rian " ▁were ▁extreme ▁and ▁anno ying , ▁and ▁the ▁story ▁was ▁super f icial ▁... ▁" ▁M ord ant ▁Hall ▁in ▁his ▁review ▁for ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁was ▁less ▁str ident , ▁but ▁noted ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁"