Opened June 17, 1970
PART THREE ...
Based on Alan Jay Lerner’s “2nd Revised First Draft” screenplay (dated October, 1968), Barbra Archives has reconstructed the scenes which were cut from “On A Clear Day You Can See Forever.” Still photographs of the scenes from my collection, lobby cards and even audio recordings have helped fill in the blanks, too. The scenes are presented in the order they would have appeared in the final film.
BARBRA ARCHIVES “ON A CLEAR DAY” PAGES:
OVERVIEW (DEVELOPMENT, CASTING, HAIR TESTS, REINCARNATION BALL, FILMING, LOCATIONS)
PUBLICITY, POSTERS, SOUNDTRACK ALBUM, FEATURETTES
BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTOS, BEATON & SCAASI COSTUMES
CUT SCENES / ROADSHOW PT. 1 — WAIT TILL WE’RE 65 + MORE
CUT SCENES / ROADSHOW PT. 2 — E.S.P., SHE ISN’T YOU + MORE
After Intermission ....... We find Daisy and her stepbrother Tad (Jack Nicholson) on the roof. The entire scene was cut out of the final film, including Nicholson's song, “Who Is There Among Us Who Knows?”
DAISY
What do you think about it all, Tad?
TAD
Well, when you don’t know anything about anything, anything is possible. Why we may be living right this minute in a world filled with sights and sounds we’ve never seen or heard. We could have unnamed senses sensing unnamed things … and we could be wasting all our time searching for reasons when somewhere inside we already know the meaning. Do you know what I mean?
DAISY
No.
TAD
Sure you know it. You just don’t know it.
As the crowd of protestors grows around the school, Conrad and Marc have a conversation about what Pam (Marc's estranged wife) would think about the current situation. Marc reveals to Conrad that they've been separated since February. This was another cut scene in which Marc's wife was mentioned ... in the final movie, I suppose it makes Marc less of a louse for having a reincarnational affair with Daisy/Melinda.
A policeman complained about the student protests to Marc. Marc helps the policeman out by telling the students that the investigation into reincarnation will continue. “You mean it’s all over?” they ask. Marc replies, “I’m afraid so.” And the students disperse. Marc turns to the policeman and winks.
This scene follows Barbra’s big number, “What Did I Have” in which she emotes after finding out Dr. Chabot’s nutty patient is her. It precedes the “Get off my roof!” scene.
On the roof, Warren and Tad and the roofies were hanging out. Daisy was stretched slumped in a wicker chair, sad about discovering she is Melinda, her eyes glistening with tears.
Back at his apartment, Dr. Chabot picked up the phone to call Daisy. Daisy, on the roof, senses his call and takes the phone off the hook to prevent him from communicating with her.
WARREN
Honey, I wish Chem Foods could see you now. Tonight, you are perfect. Quiet ... dewy-eyed ... contained ... quiet ... just the way I like you.
Muriel and McShane, suggest getting pizza downstairs at Enrico and Bernardi's. They leave Daisy alone on the roof.
Meanwhile, Marc has arrived at Daisy's apartment and passes Warren and Daisy's friends on the stairway.
This song, as written and filmed, was reassembled in a different order in the editing room. It plays just fine in the final film (perhaps better than was written), but you must know that the three scenes which preceded this song were originally meant to play out during it. The editor (probably wisely) has moved these scenes and kept the momentum of the song going — they really would have stopped the uptempo song cold.
The three scenes that were moved before the song:
Now we see Marc on top of the Pan Am building (in a rust-colored jacket) singing the first verse of “Come Back To Me.”
Below: The next part of “Come Back To Me” plays out as you see it in the movie ....Click the arrows to view the slides.
“Come Back To Me” continues.... After the French poodle sang in French to Daisy, there was another verse of “Come Back to Me” which was filmed and omitted. Many fans have assumed that Barbra's crazy outfit was for a futuristic sequence. However, it was for this short, omitted verse in “Come Back to Me”—literally a few seconds of film:
184A. EXT. The Zoo - Central Park. (Day).
As Daisy rushes by the cages, the animals look at her and each in turn sounds like Marc. (The cages along the walk leading to the 57th Street exit.)
LLAMA-MARC
In a diaper and pins,
YAK-MARC
In your snorkel and fins.
IBOU-MARC
Come alone or as twins.
BISON-MARC
Come back to me ... Come back to me... Come ...!
Back to the original screenplay ... there was one more scene that was omitted (because of pacing and because they cut this subplot out!). The scene was between Marc and his estranged wife, Pam. Marc spoke to her on speaker phone. She confessed to Marc, “You're the last person on earth I would have expected to find doing research in reincarnation. It's so touching ... It's so hopeful. It's exactly all the things I always said you were not.” The scene hinted at a reconciliation between the two.
Finally, in a scene which was retained for the film, Marc sang the last verse of “Come Back to Me” and psychically bothered Daisy enough to make her barge into his office yelling, “Would you stop bothering me?”
Dr. Chabot and Daisy's goodbye was different in the final film than in the screenplay.
In the film, Marc asked, “Daisy, have you ever been to Virginia?” and Daisy, clueless about her future reincarnation as “Mrs. John Caswell,” said no. However, in the 2ND DRAFT screenplay, the dialogue went like this:
MARC
Daisy, have you ever been to Virginia?
Daisy stops as something flashes through her mind.
DAISY
Doctor, do you believe that?
MARC
Yes, I do.
DAISY
I do, too.
The 1968 screenplay implied that Daisy remembered her future and was content with it, as was Marc.
Would all of these deleted scenes have made Clear Day a better film? Who knows? We certainly would have seen more of Streisand as Daisy/Melinda, which is always a pleasure.
Most big film studios simply did not keep deleted footage. In fact, in the era of On A Clear Day, several studios were selling off their costumes and props, and throwing everything else into a bonfire.
I don't think this film will ever be “restored” like Garland's A Star is Born.
But maybe .... one day .... one or more of these scenes will be uncovered.
On A Clear Day was the 13th top grossing film of 1970, earning $14 million.
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