Violent footage missing from TCM broadcast of June 16 2011
Having first seen the Elvira broadcast of THE CYCLOPS, I was definitely disappointed to find TCM's June 16 2011 showing missing the more violent scenes. The hawk attack on the rodent was quite graphic for its time, some of the cave footage, as the Cyclops was reaching for Lon Chaney, the bloody aftermath of the battle with the python, the impressive gouging of its lone eye, and the extraction of the protruding spear were all cut, leaving the film two minutes shorter than the uncut version. TCM even listed the long incorrect 75 minute running time, but wound up with a 64 minute print of a 66 minute feature. At least the week before, they showed all the violence intact for THE COSMIC MONSTER, which was only missing one two minute sequence in a pub from the first reel. Sadly lacking for both features though was the sound quality, inferior to the DVDs.
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