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Originally Posted by Fearonsarms
Has anyone seen the director (Tod Browning's) cut of this? I've only seen the commercial 64minute version and heard that it was originally a longer film. Does anyone know of anything extra that I didn't see?
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Browning's original version included many more comedic scenes (including one of Prince Randian, the "Human Torso", not only lighting his cigarette, but rolling it, too), a longer climax featuring the freaks attacking Cleo and Hercules, implying castration on the latter, and an additional scene during the epilogue showing Hercules singing soprano. The only venue to ever show the uncut film was the Fox Theatre in San Diego. And most of those scenes are now considered lost, which as much of a bummer that is, it's still a great, absolutely singular film.