"Steve(JazzHunter)" <> wrote in message
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: On Mon, 17 May 2004 21:12:58 -0500, "Joyeux Chanson"
: <we-@re-star-stuff.cosmos> wrote:
:
: >I know that Scarface (1932) suffered quite a few cuts prior to its
: >release seventy-two years ago, and I'd like to know if the Scarface
: >dvd starring Paul Muni has been restored, with deleted scenes
: >back intact, if anyone has info about this release - thanks.
:
: Some 16mm TV prints of the 1950s did have a few bits of violence
: spliced out directly from the print, however;
: according to the Breen commission Scarface was a category One film. At
: the time of the adoption of the Breen version of the Hays code in July
: 1934 all category one films could no longer be shown or reissued,
: Category two films had cuts made to the negative, often meaning the
: naughty bits would never be seen again. Since Scarface was not shown
: it was therefore not cut, it in fact had not lost any of the PreCode
: scenes. However there was controversy at the time of its 1923 release
: and a new ending was filmed where the lead character would definitely
: and obviously pay for his crimes, one of the most important aspects of
: the fully practised Hays code after 1933. Both the laser and the DVD
: have both the original and Breen endings, there has never been
: anything cut to be "restored" and it remains one of the most intense
: PreCode films. .
:
: . Steve .
Thanks Steve - you've settled my dilemma: I'm buying the Scarface dvd
from '32.
I wish more dvds would show alternate scenes, but in the older films
a lot gets lost sometimes, I suppose.
I was thrilled to see Frankenstein pieced together to its original
version, but pieced together seems to be the correct term, re the
scene with the creature and the little girl. I noticed that the film
briefly changes at that point, becomes darker and a little less
distinct. I assume the drowning scene was taken from another
print which had suffered a little more aging than the rest of the
film.
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