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Why did Otto Preminger take over directing A Royal Scandal?
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Otto Preminger took over directing the 1945 film A Royal Scandal because the original director, Ernst Lubitsch, fell ill during production. Lubitsch handed over the reins to Preminger to complete the project, which starred Tallulah Bankhead as Catherine the Great.12