identifying lost silent films

[Uranium City]

Interesting article on identifying lost silent films:

The Silence of The Silents

 

[Zensteve]

Awesome article.

I wonder which John Ford flick they found in NZ? I still need to see that new version of Metropolis that was found a few years back. I think it was released in a few arthouse cinemas earlier this year.

Edit: linked article says it was Upstream. Never heard of it.

they (studios) saw little commercial value left in the outdated old films.

The BBC were notorious for filming television shows on video, and then re-using the tapes for filming other shows almost straight after broadcast. Dumbos.

A complete Dr Who collection would be amazing.

 

[barnaclelapse]

That's what happened with the first few seasons of Carson's run on The Tonight Show, too.

Great article.

 

[Zensteve]

Heh, a long-lost Keystone Kop film, with Charlie Chaplin making a cameo, is showing this weekend.

The film turned up late last year at a Michigan antique sale. Film historian Paul Gierucki thought he was buying just another Keystone Studios comedy.

Entire article:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/07/15/arts/AP-US-Chaplin-Film-Discovered.html