Alfred Hitchcock liked to play fast and loose with the censorship rules!

>[Alfred Hitchcock](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Hitchcock%2C_Alfred_02.jpg) enjoyed outwitting the censors. In making *Notorious* (1946), he arranged for [Cary Grant](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Grant%2C_Cary_%28Suspicion%29_01_Crisco_edit.jpg) and [Ingrid Bergman](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/IngridBergmanportrait.jpg) to engage in a kissing scene that lasted far longer than the three seconds permitted by the Production Code Administration. >In the film, Bergman and Grant begin kissing, talk briefly, resume kissing, lean away for a moment and kiss again, nibble on each other’s ears, and get back to kissing again. >For audiences, the scene was one prolonged sensational kiss. But the two stars never at any one point kissed for more than three seconds, so it got by censors. _______________________________ **Bonus:** [I believe this is the scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEaR9aQZJwY)! _______________________________ **Source:** Boller, Paul F., and Ronald L. Davis. "Censorship." *Hollywood Anecdotes*. New York: Morrow, 1987. 224. Print. **Original Source Listed:** Ingrid Bergman, *Ingrid Bergman: My Story* (N.Y.: Dell, 1980), pp. 199-200. ___________________________________ **Further Reading:** [Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE / “The Master of Suspense”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock) [Notorious (1946 Film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notorious_(1946_film)) [Archibald Alexander Leach / Cary Grant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Grant) [Ingrid Bergman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Bergman)