▁from ▁the ▁st ilt ed ▁direction ▁of ▁a ▁micro phone - cons cious ▁Lion el ▁Barry more ". ▁ ▁Rum ors ▁of ▁sab ot age ▁Some , ▁including ▁Gilbert ' s ▁own ▁daughter ▁Le atrice ▁Gilbert ▁F ount ain , ▁have ▁bl amed ▁M GM ▁studio ▁chief ▁Louis ▁B . ▁May er ▁for ▁deliber ately ▁perpet u ating ▁a ▁rum or ▁that ▁Gilbert ' s ▁voice ▁was ▁un su itable ▁for ▁sound ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁drive ▁out ▁a ▁star ▁whom ▁he ▁jud ged ▁to ▁be ▁too ▁expensive , ▁too ▁co ck y , ▁and ▁approaching ▁his ▁use - by ▁date . ▁May er ▁and ▁Gilbert ▁und ou bt edly ▁shared ▁a ▁strong ▁en m ity , ▁and ▁according ▁to ▁rum ors , ▁May er ▁knew ▁that ▁the ▁script ▁was ▁sub standard , ▁and ▁deliber ately ▁h ired ▁an ▁out - of - condition ▁Lion el ▁Barry more ▁as ▁the ▁director . ▁ ▁As ▁was ▁common ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁foreign - language ▁versions ▁of ▁a ▁film ▁were ▁not ▁made ▁by ▁dub bing ; ▁instead , ▁scenes ▁were ▁res hot ▁either ▁with ▁the ▁original ▁actors ▁reading ▁transl ations ▁of ▁their ▁lines ▁ph on et ically ▁or ▁by ▁using ▁other ▁actors ▁fl uent ▁in ▁a ▁specific ▁language . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁the ▁French ▁re make ▁Si ▁l ' emp ere ur ▁s avait ▁ ça , ▁Spanish ▁re make ▁Olimp ia ▁and ▁German ▁re make ▁Olymp ia ▁were ▁released . ▁All ▁versions ▁received ▁not ably ▁better ▁reviews . ▁ ▁M GM