July 2, 1946 –
Orson Welles first attempt at restarting his Hollywood career, The Stranger, starring Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, and Orson Welles premiered in Los Angeles, on this date. (This was the first mainstream American movie to feature footage of Nazi concentration camps following World War II.)
Knowing Orson Welles‘ reputation for long exposition scenes, International Pictures gave editor Ernest J. Nims the freedom to cut any sequences from the film he felt were unnecessary. To Welles’ disgust, Nims ended up cutting almost 30 minutes of Welles’ final version, including 19 minutes from the film’s opening. The footage is believed lost, as even the original negatives have gone missing.
The Haus of Dcaligari 