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===Difference between von Stroheim's cut and MGM's cut=== The main cuts to ''Greed'' were the elimination of its two sub-plots and other entire sequences, while individual scenes were often not touched.{{sfn|Finler|1972|p=11}}{{sfn|Finler|1972|p=12}} Commenting about the cuts made in the film to the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', Thalberg stated: {{blockquote|1= This whole story is about greedβa progressive greed. It is the story of the way greed grew in Trina's heart until it obsessed her. I found that the junk dealer's greed was so much greater than hers that it almost destroyed the theme. His intense greed drowned out Trina's greed just as a steam whistle drowns out a small street noise. Instead of hurting the picture, throwing out this junk dealer's story made the picture stronger.{{sfn|Vieira|2010|p=47}}}} Thalberg also stated that he "took no chances in cutting it. We took it around to different theaters in the suburbs, ran it at its enormous length, and then we took note of the places at which interest seemed to droop."{{sfn|Vieira|2010|p=47}} Individual scenes or sequences that were cut include McTeague and Trina's early, happy years of marriage, the sequence showing McTeague and Trina eventually moving into their shack,{{sfn|Finler|1972|p=12}} the family life of the Sieppe family before Trina's marriage, the prologue depicting McTeague's mother and father at the Big Dipper mine and McTeague's apprenticeship. Other cuts included the more suggestive and sexual close-up shots depicting McTeague and Trina's physical attraction to each other, the scenes after McTeague has murdered Trina and roams around San Francisco and Placer County, additional footage of Death Valley, additional footage of Trina with her money, and a more gradual version of Trina's descent into greed and miserly obsession.{{sfn|Finler|1972|pp=19β20}}
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