For me it is the Johnny Fontaine character, (after all he is based on Frank Sinatra). I would have liked to see Tom Hagen's visit to Fontaine, when he tells him he can become a powerful producer in Hollywood. The scene where Fontaine throws the shot glass against the wall and it does not break. JF's relationships with Nino, and his slutty 2nd wife (Ava Gardner?), etc. The problem is that Johnny Fontaine is an integral character in the Novel, but just window dressing in all three movies. To explore JF even remotely on screen, would have been difficult, and extremely time consuming, in movies already fairly lengthy.

wil.