This is an old story. I do believe some of the images within the film were removed - mostly profiles of Alec Guinness. I could be wrong. A brilliant adaptation if anyone hasn’t seen it. A David Lean movie.
Remember the original Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory..?
That movie was made but baaaaarely released:
The British author of the original book lived in Africa long-term and it turns out the Oompah-Loompahs really were a bona fide African tribe:
US AfroCentrists argued that the lampoonish presentation marginalized that tribe and therefore, all blacks.
There was TONS of anger from the Mod Squad set; there was endless back-and-forth about the Oompah-Loompahs.
They studio finally retained the novel tribe name but agreed to reshoot the oompah-loompas portrayed as “out of this world” creatures (outlandish skin color and weird eyelashes) instead of being small Africans, before the complainers finally shut up.
(People tell me the Oompah-Loompas are alledgedly famous in their area for being lazy)
Looked like him, but it was Ron Moody.
I assume you mean in the role of Fagin.