Comment from another thread:
Elizabeth McGovern had an extended topless scene in the DVD of Ragtime that was blurred. There was a few frames that was uncensored, though. I had heard, however, that the more recent Bluray release had that scene completely uncensored. I was wondering if anyone had that.
I verified from many sites that the scene was uncensored on the Blu-Ray. It’s on the second disc, which is a rare workprint that runs 19 minutes longer than the theatrical release.
I had no luck tracking that down. All of the usual places had rips of disc one on the Blu-Ray, but nobody ripped the workprint. I considered buying the damned Blu-Ray, but it was a limited edition and is no longer available. It can be had on Amazon marketplace or E-Bay, but the price is exorbitant.
So, I’m with the commenter. I’d love to see that uncensored version of the scene. Has anybody had better luck finding it?
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By the way, the theatrical release of Ragtime was rated PG, despite a nude scene that was more than three minutes long and showed most of the fun stuff. I like that scene. I like the film as well.
You get a very brief (and somewhat long-range) glimpse of bush behind her hand at the beginning of the shot. Lovely. And lots of views of her nice breasts throughout. Good for her for doing this scene.
Scoopy I have the full movie… Here is that 3.30 scene in its entirety
That’s the same scene shown in the original post.
The one we’re looking for is the scene from the workprint. It’s about nine minutes long – a discussion between McGovern and the actress playing Emma Goldman. I assume it is in B&W, since it was in B&W on the DVD (in censored form).
Here is the (censored) scene from the DVD.
It would indeed be nice to see the uncensored version of that scene. That said, the scene is a very highly sanitized version of the account in the book itself. It has been many years since I read the book, so my memory may be faulty, but if I remember correctly, in the original written account, Emma Goldman ends up stripping McGovern’s character entirely out of her clothes, gets her to recline on the bed, gives her a massage including, eventually, a massage of her pussy, all while the male character watches from the wardrobe. The scene in the book ends as the man masturbates while he watches, loses control, and stumbles out of the wardrobe as he shoots his wad all over the reclining McGovern character. Great book.
It was one of my favorite books, but my memory of it is very dim.
I just found my old copy of the book on our shelves. My memory was not wrong. The scene in the book was as I recounted, with a minor correction: in the book, Emma Goldman’s massage includes just a brief stimulation of the McGovern’s character’s pussy, and after than McGovern’s character continues with self-masturbation as the male character watches from the wardrobe…leading to the ‘climax’ of the scene that I referred to. It is at the end of Chapter 8.
It’s available on Amazon as an import BluRay.
Maybe try public libraries? They often have dvds to check out. If they don’t have it, they’ll usually try to find it for you.
She has had an interesting life and career. She has worked pretty steadily as an actress on film, TV, and the stage (NYC and London). She is a singer-songwriter, plays guitar and fronts a band that has released numerous albums and played various festivals. She has been married to a film producer since 1992, has two kids, and lives in London.
Yeah, I hate the Paramount Presents line, if you miss something they get hard to get at a decent price. Also this was released in 2021, so about 5 years ago now, so it’s to be expected with this FOMO line that Paramount has.
However, this released for ~$30 and there’s one on Ebay for $50+S/H (which isn’t bad if you enjoy the movie).
There’s an option if you want one.