director Kenton. On October 14, the Hollywood Citizen-News announced that Paramount has had Bela Lugosi had joined the cast of the film. Mank noted that newspapers were often late in publishing casting information, but as this was the earliest note of Lugosi's casting, that he was cast after the film has started shooting. On October 17, three day after this announcement, Lugosi had declared bankruptcy. Lugosi had lost most of his money after achieving popularity in Dracula to friends and signed on to the film for a total salary of $875. George Barbier was dropped from his role as the Sayer of the Law for Lugosi. Filming ended in early November. Kenton shot retakes of the scene of Hyams’ Ruth with Steinke’s Ouran on December 8. Release Island of Lost Souls opened in Chicago at the Roosevelt Theatre on December 23, 1932. This was followed by screenings in Los Angeles at the Paramount Theatre on January 7, 1933 and later in New York at the Rialto Theatre on January 11, 1933. At the Paramount theatre, the film earned $23,000 in its first and only week. At the Rialto, the film was screened for three weeks, taking in $26,100 in its first week. Burke was initially going to go on a personal appearance tour with the film which ended up cancelled. Instead, she was cast in Murders in the Zoo (1933) with Lionel Atwill. The film was released across the United States with several state censors editing the film. Around the world, the film was banned in several countries, including Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Hungary, India, Italy, Latvia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and Tasmania. The film's ban in Britain was lifted in 1958. In the 1958 re-release, the censors cut Laughton's entire death scene. Dialogue of Moreau asking Montgomery about the Panther Woman: "But how will she respond to Parker when there's no cause for fear? Will she be attracted? Is she capable of being attracted? Has she a woman's emotional impulses?" were cut in Pennsylvania, British Columbia, Quebec and Australia. Other scenes of Moreau cutting into a screaming man were cut in Chicago, Alberta and British Columbia. In 1935, Paramount wanted to reissue Island of Lost Souls but was denied a re-release by Joseph Breen's Hays Code due to the film's excessive horror. In 1941, Paramount attempted a second re-release, which led to a response stating that