The film opened in late August of 1956, just a few months after the Broadway play ended its run in April.Clay and Jenna explored the cabins of the dilapidated Crystal Lake camp area, and came upon Jason""s place.Its fate appeared to follow the same legacy as many other classics that were butchered, recut, corrupted and lost, such asGreed (1924),The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), andThe Lady From Shanghai (1948)."""As she struggled with him to be taken upstairs, he proposed striking her with his cane - she revealed that she knew his forbidden, ""smuggled"" cigars (one of the original causes of Sir Wilfrid""s heart attack) were hidden there - and she confiscated them.