location joke and not a scene in the film. Another idea was to  make up a couple print ads that tried to make the movie look like a soap  opera, adding "Loves Of A... to the title. The "Loves Of A Star!" ads were  only tested briefly in a few papers, and never used widely. This prompted a  politely shocked letter from Robert Wise to the studio, who sheepishly  admitted it was a desperate attempt that failed. That title was never put on  the actual film. In the spring of 1969, the studio withdrew the film from  release entirely and decided on a drastic edit and total new identity. After  removing many of the musical numbers and preparing new ads that deliberately  made the picture look like The Sound Of Music, a two