Original Ending

I don't know if the ending was forced by the producers but IT IS TRUE that there was an original ending that I have seen when the movie was first released.
After His Excellency tells the lift operator to go UP (Heaven) the elevator stops at the next floor and a glamorous woman walks in. The lift operator asks "up or down?" and the lady says "down". The lift operator looks at Henry Van Cleve like asking "what shall I do now?" and the incorregible Henry Van Cleve shrugs his shoulders and says "It's ok, Heaven Can Wait."
Maybe the "second cut right" allowed some religiose censor to spoil the original ending, most likely againts Lubitsch will, but the fact is that the original ending was consistant with the whole story and the current ending is not. And it is also a shame that the original version of the movie can not be found anywhere.
Atos

This was one of the ending that was written and shot. But it was never used. Samson Raphaelson and Lubitsch thought this ending was wrong. So they never used it.