▁er otic ▁" D ance ▁of ▁the ▁N aked ▁Moon " ▁that ▁will ▁" w arm ▁her ▁into ▁life ". ▁This ▁" les bian ▁dance " ▁was ▁cut ▁from ▁the ▁negative ▁for ▁a ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁re issue , ▁but ▁was ▁restored ▁by ▁M CA / Univers al ▁for ▁its ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁video ▁release . ▁Some ▁gl adi atorial ▁combat ▁foot age ▁was ▁also ▁cut ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁re issue , ▁as ▁were ▁ar ena ▁sequences ▁involving ▁n aked ▁women ▁being ▁attacked ▁by ▁cro cod iles ▁and ▁a ▁g or illa . ▁These ▁were ▁also ▁restored ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁ ▁De M ille ▁himself ▁super vised ▁a ▁new ▁version ▁for ▁its ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁r ere lease . ▁New ▁foot age ▁with ▁a ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁setting , ▁featuring ▁actor ▁Stanley ▁R id ges ▁( who ▁did ▁not ▁originally ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁film ) ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁film ▁more ▁top ical . ▁In ▁the ▁new ▁pro log ue , ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁plan es ▁is ▁seen ▁flying ▁over ▁what ▁was ▁ancient ▁Rome . ▁The ▁conversation ▁of ▁the ▁soldiers ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁plan es ▁leads ▁directly ▁into ▁the ▁film ' s ▁original ▁opening ▁scene . ▁The ▁last ▁few ▁seconds ▁of ▁the ▁edited ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁showed ▁the ▁plan es ▁flying ▁off ▁into ▁the ▁distance , ▁rather ▁than ▁simply ▁f ading ▁out ▁on ▁the ▁original ▁closing ▁scene ▁of ▁the ▁movie . ▁ ▁For ▁many ▁years ,