Deleted kissing scenes in the film 'Cinema Paradiso'
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The final scene in the film Cinema Paradiso[1] is a montage of deleted kissing scenes from the movies shown at the local movie theatre Cinema Paradiso, where the protagonist Salvatore used to hang out as a kid, keeping the old projectionist, Alfredo (Philippe Noiret), company.
During Salvatore's childhood, the audience of Cinema Paradiso can frequently be heard booing whenever there are missing sections, causing the films to suddenly jump, bypassing a critical romantic kiss or embrace. These missing sections are "censored" for being 'pornographic' by the village priest. The deleted scenes are piled on the projection room floor. Most of them are kissing scenes.
At the end of the film Salvatore takes home an unlabeled film reel and discovers that it is a very special montage. It contains all the deleted kissing scenes that the village priest ordered to be cut from movies. Alfredo spliced all the sequences together to form a single film sequence.
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- "The following compilation presents (in order) and identifies, as fully as possible, the films in the romantic kissing montage -- 47 segments, of which 41 were kissing scenes, and a few other snipped shots (usually partial nudes)"[3].
1. Riso Amaro (1949, It.) (aka Bitter Rice) Vittorio Gassman and Silvana Mangano
2. His Girl Friday (1940) Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell
3. The Outlaw (1943) Jane Russell
4. Unknown
5. Unknown
6. Unknown
7. Riso Amaro (1949, It.) (aka Bitter Rice) Silvana Mangano
8. Unknown
9. The Gold Rush (1925) Charlie Chaplin and Georgia Hale
10. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Olivia De Havilland and Errol Flynn
11. Riso Amaro (1949, It.) (aka Bitter Rice) Vittorio Gassman and Silvana Mangano
12. Unknown (maybe) Room at the Top (1959) Simone Signoret
13. The Son of the Sheik (1926) Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Banky
14. It's A Wonderful Life (1946) James Stewart and Donna Reed
15. Unknown
16. Unknown
17. Unknown
18. La Terra Trema (1948, It.) (aka The Earth Trembles)
19. Le Notti Bianche (1957, It.) (aka White Nights) Marcello Mastroianni and Maria Schell
20. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Olivia De Havilland and Errol Flynn
21. La Cena Delle Beffe (1942, It.) (aka The Jester's Banquet) Clara Calamai
22. Les Bas-fonds (1936, Fr.) (aka Underground, or The Lower Depths) Jean Gabin and Junie Astor ?
23. Unknown
24. Unknown Toto Mignone and ?
25. Unknown
26. Unknown
27. Unknown
28. A Farewell to Arms (1932) Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes
29. It's A Wonderful Life (1946) James Stewart and Donna Reed
30. Senso (1954, It.) Farley Granger and Alida Valli
31. Les Bas-fonds (1936, Fr.) (aka Underground, or The Lower Depths) Jean Gabin and Junie Astor ?
32. Unknown
33. Il Cavaliere Misterioso (1948, It.) (aka The Mysterious Cavalier) Vittorio Gassman and ?
34. Unknown (same as # 26)
35. Unknown
36. A Free Soul (1931) Clark Gable and Norma Shearer
37. Senso (1954, It.) Farley Granger and Alida Valli
38. Unknown (same as # 35)
39. The Son of the Sheik (1926) Rudolph Valentino and Vilmy Banky
40. Unknown
41. Unknown
42. Bellissima (1951, It.) Anna Magnani and ?
43. Unknown
44. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Olivia De Havilland and Errol Flynn
45. Grand Hotel (1932) Greta Garbo and John Barrymore
46. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) Spencer Tracy and Ingrid Bergman
47. Unknown
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