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Encyclopedia > Lost films

A lost film is a film which, for any of several reasons, is no longer in existence. Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ...


Sometimes a copy of a "lost film" is rediscovered; these have been referred to as "Lazarus" films. Some "partially lost films" do not exist in full versions. Resurrection of Lazarus by Juan de Flandes, around 1500. ...

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Reasons for film loss

Most lost films are from the silent film era, from the 1890s to the late 1920s. Some estimates suggest that most of the films from this era are lost. Particularly striking is the case of Theda Bara: of the 40 films she made, only three and a half survive. Similarly, of the 57 movies made by Clara Bow, 20 are completely lost and 5 more are incomplete [1]. A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... Theda Bara portrayed Cleopatra, in a costume of dubious historical accuracy. ... Clara Bow Clara Bow (born July 29, 1907[1]; - September 27, 1965) was an American actress and sex symbol, best known for her film work in the 1920s and early 1930s. ...

  • Many early motion pictures are lost because the nitrate film used in that era was very unstable, and was extremely flammable.
  • Film can deteriorate rapidly if not preserved in temperature and humidity controlled storage.
  • Fires have destroyed entire archives of films. For example, a storage vault fire in 1937 destroyed the original negatives of pre-1935 movies from Fox Pictures.
  • Many films were recycled for their silver content or ignited to create explosion special effects in other films.
  • With the eras of home video and television decades away, films were viewed as having little value after their theatrical run ended. Thus, many films were deliberately destroyed: either by the studios as a space-saving maneuver, or in some cases by the cast and crew themselves.

In order to preserve films with a nitrate base, they can be copied to safety film or digitised. Nitrocellulose Nitrocellulose Nitrocellulose (also: cellulose nitrate, flash paper) is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through, for example, exposure to nitric acid or another powerful nitrating agent. ... The Fox Film Corporation was an American company which produced motion pictures, formed in 1915 when founder William Fox merged two companies he had established in 1913: Greater New York Film Rental, a distribution firm, which was part of the Independents; and Fox (or Box, depending on the source) Office... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Appearance lustrous white metal Atomic mass 107. ... Special effects (abbreviated SPFX or SFX) are used in the film, television, and entertainment industry to create effects that cannot be achieved by normal means, such as depicting travel to other star systems. ... The home video business rents and sells videocassettes and DVDs to the public. ... Photographic film called safety film is made with an acetate base, chemically either cellulose diacetate, cellulose acetate propiarate, cellulose acetate butyrate, or cellulose triacetate. ...


Later lost films

35mm safety film was introduced in 1949; it was much more stable than early nitrate film and as a result, there are comparatively few lost films from after about 1950. However, color fading of certain color stocks and vinegar syndrome threaten the preservation of films made since about 1950. Photographic film called safety film is made with an acetate base, chemically either cellulose diacetate, cellulose acetate propiarate, cellulose acetate butyrate, or cellulose triacetate. ... Vinegar syndrome [= VS] is a problem with cellulose triacetate film, in which it degrades and releases a smell resembling that of vinegar. ...


Most mainstream movies from the 1950s and beyond survive today, but several early pornographic films and some B-Movies are lost. In most cases these obscure films go unnoticed and unmissed, but some films by noted cult directors have been lost as well: This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires. ... Cult film is a colloquial term for a film that has accrued a small but devoted group of fans, having failed to achieve fame outside that group. ...

  • Cult favorite Herschell Gordon Lewis' 1972 film Black Love has disappeared, as have two of his 1969 films, Ecstasies of Women and Linda and Abilene. The latter of these is notorious for being filmed at the Spahn Ranch shortly before the arrival of the Manson Family.
  • Ed Wood, Jr.'s The Undergraduate (1972) has been lost and his 1970 film Take It Out In Trade exists only in fragments without sound. Wood's 1971 film Necromania was believed lost for years until an edited version resurfaced at a yard sale in 1992, followed by a complete unedited print in 2001 [2].
  • Many classroom educational, training, and religious short films of the 1940s through 1970s are also lost as they were thought of as "disposable" or upgradable.

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Almost lost films

Many, many important silent-era films, and films which involve important actors, directors, and creative talent, exist in single prints in museums, archives, and private collections — single prints which have not been copied, digitized, or preserved in any way. The possibility of losing these films forever is very real, unless they are preserved.


Tod Browning's London After Midnight still existed in 1967 — as a single print in a MGM warehouse that was destroyed by fire in that year. London has since come to be regarded as one of the most important lost films. Charles Albert Browning, Jr. ... London After Midnight is a 1927 silent horror lost film, starring Lon Chaney, Sr. ...


Commercially unavailable films

The term "lost films" has also been applied to films that do survive in their entirety, but have never been made available to the public on VHS or DVD. In some cases, the films have never been aired on television either. Many of these "lost" films do circulate on bootleg copies of varying quality. The John Wayne film The High and the Mighty from 1954 was one famous example, until it was finally issued on DVD in 2005. Another well known example is Disney's Song of the South, which is legitimately available in Europe and Asia, but not in North America. Top view of VHS cassette with U.S. 25c coin for scale Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard for video cassette recorders... This article is becoming very long. ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), popularly known as The Duke, [1] was an Academy Award winning, American film actor whose career began in silent movies in the 1920s. ... The High and the Mighty is a 1954 disaster film released through Warner Brothers. ... See also: 1953 in film 1954 1955 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... Song of the South is a feature film produced by Walt Disney Productions, released on November 12, 1946 by RKO Radio Pictures and based on the Uncle Remus cycle of stories by Joel Chandler Harris. ... World map showing Europe Political map (neighbouring countries in Asia and Africa also shown) Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...


Lost television broadcasts

  • Many early television series episodes were lost because they were aired live and no recording ever was made, or because the highly expensive early video tape was erased and re-used by the network. Most episodes of important, popular shows like Captain Video and Your Show of Shows are presumed lost.
  • This practice of re-using video tape continued well into the 1970s: many episodes of the pioneering Australian prime time soap opera Number 96 are lost.
  • Over 100 early episodes of the cult BBC sci-fi show Doctor Who do not exist in the BBC's archives, though they have an ongoing appeal for help from viewers who may have recorded the shows during their original airings[3].
  • Many other BBC programmes are missing from the archives, including the BBC studio footage from the Apollo 11 moon landings. Many series are missing in their entirety, such as A for Andromeda, a science fiction series that was Julie Christie's first major role. Also missing are episodes of Dad's Army, Hancock's Half Hour, Doomwatch, Out of the Unknown, The Quatermass Experiment, Dixon of Dock Green, Z Cars, and many others.
  • Almost all of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jack Paar and the first ten years hosted by Johnny Carson were taped over by the network and no longer exist; this is why Carson's The Tonight Show picture looked muddy during broadcast in the late 60s: the videotape was being used repeatedly. A single episode from Carson's first year turned up in a closet a few years ago.
  • With home VCRs being uncommon until the mid-1980s, it is unlikely that lost television episodes exist in the collections of individuals, though this occasionally happens. One well-known example is a clip of John Lennon visiting the announcers booth during a 1974 Monday Night Football broadcast. ABC lost the footage of this event, but a private collector's copy of the event appears in the Beatles Anthology.
  • Also lost is the broadcast of the first Super Bowl, even though NBC and CBS both originally broadcast the game.
  • Many soap operas such as Search for Tomorrow and The Edge of Night have lost episodes.

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List of selected lost films

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Spoiler warning: Charlie Chan Carries On (1930) is the fifth novel in the Charlie Chan series by Earl Derr Biggers. ... See also: 1930 in film 1931 1932 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Winstead Mata Hari, starring Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore City Lights staring Charles Chaplin Academy Awards Best Picture: Cimarron - MGM Best Actor... Louise Brooks. ... Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle (March 24, 1887–June 29, 1933) was an American silent film comedian who gained the nickname Fatty (a name that he hated, and only used professionally) from his portly frame and who is best known for his involvement in the Fatty Arbuckle scandal. He began his... Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle (March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film comedian. ... Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. ... 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Mary Louise Cecilia Texas Guinan (January 12, 1884 – November 5, 1933) was a saloon keeper, actress, and entrepreneur. ... Louise Brooks. ... The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, commonly referred to as Romeo and Juliet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare concerning the fate of two young star-crossd (ill-fated) lovers. ... Theda Bara portrayed Cleopatra, in a costume of dubious historical accuracy. ... Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... Salomé is a silent film produced by William Fox. ... Theda Bara portrayed Cleopatra, in a costume of dubious historical accuracy. ... Clara Kimball Young Clara Kimball Young (September 6, 1890 - October 15, 1960) was a notable highly regarded and publicly popular film actress of the early silent film era. ... Milton Sills Milton Sills (January 12, 1882 - September 15, 1930) was a highly successful American stage and film actor of the early twentieth century. ... Salem Custom House The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, is an American romance novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne; generally considered to be his masterpiece. ... Sehnsucht was a 1920 Silent film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Conrad Veidt. ... See also: 1919 in film 1920 1921 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events November 28 - The Mask of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. ... F W Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (December 28, 1888 - March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential directors of the silent film era. ... Conrad Veidt in The Spy in Black (1939). ... So Big! is a 1932 film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, and Bette Davis. ... Colleen Moore (August 19, 1900 - January 25, 1988) was a film actress, and one of the most fashionable stars of the silent movie era. ... Adolphe Menjou Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor of French and Irish descent. ... Louise Brooks. ... Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary. ... Air Vice Marshal Alexander Gray CB,MC (1896-1980) World War II 1939 July Officer Commanding, RAF Manston. ... Noah Beery (January 17, 1882 - April 1, 1946) was an American actor. ... Advertisment for the film. ... Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary. ... John Boles, Jr. ... Vivienne Sonia Segal (April 19, 1897 - December 29, 1992) was an American actress and singer. ... Joe E. Brown may refer to several people: Joseph Evans Brown (July 28, 1892 - July 6, 1973), American screen actor, portrayer of Capn Andy Hawks in the motion picture Show Boat Joseph Emerson Brown (April 15, 1821 - November 30, 1894) governor of Georgia from 1853 to 1865, and U... Emil Jannings (July 23, 1884 - January 3, 1950) was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor. ... Publicity photo for King Kong, ca. ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was one of the most accomplished American film directors of the 1930s to 1960s, known particularly as a director of the Westerns, although his tributes to the veterans of World War II and Americana are also equally effective. ... Edward Everett Horton (March 18, 1886 - September 29, 1970) was an American actor with a long career including motion pictures, theater, radio, television and voice work for animated cartoons. ... David Lewelyn Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 - July 23, 1948) was an American film director (commonly known as D. W. Griffith) probably best known for his film The Birth of a Nation. ... W. C. Fields (January 29, 1880 - December 25, 1946) was an American comedian and actor. ... Wanderer of the Wasteland is a 1924 silent western film. ... Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary. ... Billie Dove (born May 14, 1900 (although most sources incorrectly ascribed the year 1903; died December 31, 1997) was an American actress. ... The Werewolf is a 1913 silent short that is the first werewolf film, directed by Henry MacRae. ... A German woodcut from 1722 A werewolf (also lycanthrope or wolfman) in folklore and mythology is a person who shapeshifts into a wolf, either purposely, by using magic, or after being placed under a curse. ... Gloria in one of her many movie roles. ... Bebe Daniels in the 1920s Bebe Daniels (14 January 1901 - 15 March 1971) was a United States actress. ... The Young Rajah is a 1922 silent film starring Rudolph Valentino. ... Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ...

List of incomplete or partially lost films

  • The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906). Only nine minutes of this 70 minute feature survive; it is often considered to be the world’s first full-length motion picture.
  • Caligula This much-maligned film was originally 210 minutes long. The content of the deleted footage is discussed here, along with production stills. [1]
  • Cleopatra (1917), starring Theda Bara. Approximately 40 seconds exist at George Eastman House.
  • The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918 or 1919). Only 11 minutes of the original 90 minute film by Willis O'Brien remain, though it was later restored to 19 minutes.
  • Devil Dog Dawson, 38 seconds of footage from this 1921 Jack Hoxie Western, found in a mislabeled tin, were the subject of an investigation in a 2006 episode of the PBS series History Detectives. [2]
  • The Secret Man (1917) directed by John Ford
  • The Scarlet Drop (1918) directed by John Ford
  • The Miracle Man (1919), cast includes Lon Chaney, Sr.. Two clips exist as part of compilation films.
  • Greed (1924) directed by Erich von Stroheim. Initially cut by Von Stroheim to four hours, the film was trimmed to 140 minutes.
  • The Divine Woman (1927) starring Greta Garbo, only one reel survives (approximately 9 minutes)
  • The Magic Flame (1927), starring Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky. The first five reels out of nine are preserved at the George Eastman House.
  • Metropolis (1927) Fritz Lang. The German premiere cut no longer survives. When the film was sent to the US, it was truncated greatly by Paramount. Subsequently, UFA re-cut the film after the financial success of Paramount's version. Both of these latter versions, as well as international versions and incomplete elements survive. Existing prints are cobbled together from these various sources.
  • Beau Sabreur (1928), cast included Gary Cooper. A trailer exists with footage from the film.
  • The Patriot (1928), directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Emil Jannings and Lewis Stone. A few fragments and a trailer survive (at UCLA).
  • The Terror (1928) starring Edward Everett Horton. Soundtrack exists.
  • Gold Diggers Of Broadway (1929) Winnie Lightner, Nick Lucas. Two reels and some fragments survive.
  • Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929), with an All-Star cast — partial soundtrack survives
  • Honky Tonk (1929) starring Sophie Tucker — complete soundtrack survives
  • Married In Hollywood (1929), starring J. Harold Murray. The final reel survives (in color) at UCLA.
  • My Man (1928) starring Fanny Brice — almost complete set of soundtrack discs plus soundtrack trailer survive
  • On With the Show (1929) First All-Technicolor All-Talking Feature. Survives only in black and white.
  • Paris (1929), starring Irene Bordoni and Jack Buchanan — soundtrack discs survive
  • No, No Nanette (1930), starring Bernice Claire and Alexander Gray - soundtrack discs survive
  • The Rogue Song (1930), a Technicolor film directed by Lionel Barrymore and starring Lawrence Tibbett. Soundtrack, 2 reels and several clips survive.
  • Thunder (1929), directed by William Nigh, and starring Lon Chaney, Sr. (his last silent film). Several clips exist.
  • Lost Horizon (1937) directed by Frank Capra. Capra's initial 210 minute version was cut down to 131 minutes after a preview went awfully. In his autobiography, Capra claims to have personally destroyed the first two reels. In many currently used versions, still photos and individuals frames are used to replace missing footage that accompanies the soundtrack.
  • The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Directed by Orson Welles. Fifty minutes was cut by RKO Pictures from Welles' version after an unsuccessful preview.
  • Sanshiro Sugata (1943) Akira Kurosawa's first film.
  • Top Banana (1954) with Phil Silvers. Originally shot and edited in 3-D, the film was released flat. The film only exists in 16mm, and does not exist in 3-D at all.
  • Southwest Passage (1954) with Joanne Dru and John Ireland. Initially released in 3-D, this feature only survives in its flat form.
  • A Star Is Born (1954) starring Judy Garland and James Mason. Originally premiered at 181 minutes, Warner Bros. cut the film down by about 27 minutes for general release. The 1983 restoration included soundtrack from this cut and a few establishing shots, with stills filling in the rest.
  • The Wicker Man (1973) starring Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward. All original elements to the film (camera negative, etc) are thought to be lost after being destroyed in the late 1970s.

The Story of the Kelly Gang (also screened as Ned Kelly and His Gang) is widely regarded as the worlds first feature length film. ... Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (August 31, 12 – January 24, 41), most commonly known as Caligula, was the third Roman Emperor and a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from 37 to 41. ... The 1917 Cleopatra was directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starred Theda Bara in the title role. ... See also: 1916 in film 1917 1918 in film years in film film Events Technicolor is introduced Top grossing films Cleopatra Movies released Movies released in 1917 include: The Adventurer, a Charlie Chaplin short. ... Theda Bara portrayed Cleopatra, in a costume of dubious historical accuracy. ... The George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York, comprises over 23,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and paper artifacts. ... Willis H. OBie OBrien (March 2, 1886 - November 8, 1962) was a pioneering motion picture special effects artist who specialized in stop-motion animation. ... See also: 1920 in film 1921 1922 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres. ... Jack Hoxie Jack Hoxie (January 11, 1885 - March 28, 1965) was a notable rodeo performer and motion picture actor whose career was most prominent in the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1930s. ... Note: Public Broadcasting Services is a broadcaster in Malta. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... See also: 1916 in film 1917 1918 in film years in film film Events Technicolor is introduced Top grossing films Cleopatra Movies released Movies released in 1917 include: The Adventurer, a Charlie Chaplin short. ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was one of the most accomplished American film directors of the 1930s to 1960s, known particularly as a director of the Westerns, although his tributes to the veterans of World War II and Americana are also equally effective. ... See also: 1917 in film 1918 1919 in film years in film film Events Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture Patents Company to disband. ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was one of the most accomplished American film directors of the 1930s to 1960s, known particularly as a director of the Westerns, although his tributes to the veterans of World War II and Americana are also equally effective. ... Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera Lon Chaney, Sr. ... Greed is a 1924 dramatic silent movie about an honest dentist whose wife wins a lottery ticket, only to become obsessed with money. ... See also: 1923 in film 1924 1925 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) considers making a silent film of The Wizard of Oz. ... Erich von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was a filmmaker and actor, noted for his arrogant Teutonic character parts. ... Greta Garbo (September 17, 1905 – April 15, 1990) was a Swedish actress, by reputation one of the greatest and most inscrutable movie stars ever to be produced by MGM and the Hollywood studio system. ... Ronald Colman (February 9, 1891 – May 19, 1958) was an English actor. ... Vilma Banky on the cover of a 1920s fan magazine Vilma Banky (January 9, 1898* - March 18, 1991) was an American/Hungarian silent film actress. ... Metropolis is a very early science fiction film that was produced in Germany during the brief years of the Weimar Republic. ... Friedrich Anton Christian Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-American-jewish film director, screenwriter and occasional film producer, one of the best known émigrés from Germanys school of expressionism. ... Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of British heritage, whose career spanned from the 1920s up until the year of his death. ... The Patriot is a semi-biographical film that was released in 1928. ... Ernst Lubitsch (January 28, 1892 – November 30, 1947), was a German-born Jewish film director. ... Emil Jannings (July 23, 1884 - January 3, 1950) was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor. ... Lewis Shepard Stone (November 15, 1879 - September 12, 1953) was an American actor. ... Edward Everett Horton (March 18, 1886 - September 29, 1970) was an American actor with a long career including motion pictures, theater, radio, television and voice work for animated cartoons. ... Winnie Lightner and Albert Gran. ... See also: 1928 in film 1929 1930 in film 1920s in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events The days of the silent film were numbered. ... Sophie Tucker, 1917 Sophie Tucker (January 13, 1884 - February 9, 1966) was a singer and comedian, one of the most popular United States entertainers of the first third of the 20th century. ... Fanny Brice, early Ziegfeld Follies portrait photograph // Biography Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951) was a United States comedienne, singer, and entertainer. ... Color Fragment from Film. ... See also: 1928 in film 1929 1930 in film 1920s in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events The days of the silent film were numbered. ... Irène Bordoni Irène Bordoni (January 16, 1895 - March 19, 1953) was a singer and a Broadway theatre and film actress. ... Jack Buchanan (April 2, 1891 - October 20, 1957) was a British actor and singer. ... No, No, Nanette is a Broadway musical first produced in 1925 by H.H Frazee, who financed the production, at least in part, by selling baseball superstar Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees five years earlier (Frazee owned the Boston Red Sox at the time). ... Air Vice Marshal Alexander Gray CB,MC (1896-1980) World War II 1939 July Officer Commanding, RAF Manston. ... The Rogue Song is a 1930 musical romance film which tells the story of a Russian bandit who falls in love with a princess, but takes his revenge on her when her brother rapes and kills his sister. ... Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary. ... Lionel Barrymore Herbert Lionel Blyth (April 28, 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 15, 1954 in Van Nuys, California) was an American actor of stage, radio and film. ... Lawrence Mervil Tibbett (November 16, 1896 - July 15, 1960) was an American actor and singer. ... Thunder is a melodrama film released by MGM in 1929, starring Lon Chaney. ... Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera Lon Chaney, Sr. ... Lost Horizon is a 1937 film directed by Frank Capra starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, John Howard, Margo, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner, and Sam Jaffe. ... See also: 1936 in film 1937 category:1937 films 1938 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in the US. May 7 - Shall We Dance premieres in the US. Top grossing films Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Conquest Damaged Lives... Frank Capra (May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films. ... The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1942 film based on the novel of the same name by Booth Tarkington. ... See also: 1941 in film 1942 1943 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash when returning from a War Bond tour. ... George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American radio broadcaster, theatre director, film director and actor. ... The classic opening logo of RKO Radio Pictures. ... Sanshiro Sugata (姿三四郎 Sugata Sanshirō; aka Judo Saga) is a 1943 film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa, based on a novel by Tomita Tsuneo. ... See also: 1942 in film 1943 1944 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America For Whom the Bell Tolls The Song of Bernadette This is the Army Stage Door Canteen Random Harvest Star Spangled Rhythm Casablanca Journey Into Fear Academy Awards Best... Kurosawa redirects here. ... Top Banana is a 1954 United Artists movie musical based on the musical of the same title starring Phil Silvers. ... See also: 1953 in film 1954 1955 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. ... In film, the term 3-D (or 3D) is used to describe any visual presentation system that attempts to maintain or recreate moving images of the third dimension, the illusion of depth as seen by the viewer. ... Joanne Dru (January 31, 1922 – September 10, 1996) was an American film actress. ... This article is about the English composer. ... A Star Is Born is a 1954 musical remake of the original 1937 film, directed by George Cukor and starring Judy Garland and James Mason. ... See also: 1953 in film 1954 1955 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. ... Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American film actress considered by many to be one of the greatest singing stars of Hollywoods Golden Era of musical film. ... James Neville Mason (May 15, 1909 – July 27, 1984) was a three-time Academy Award nominated English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. ... For the Iron Maiden song, see The Wicker Man (song). ... // Events The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. ... Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE (born May 27, 1922 in Belgravia, London) is a legendary and prolific English actor known for his versatility, his professional longevity, and his distinctive basso delivery. ... Edward Woodward (born June 1, 1930) is an English actor born in Croydon, Surrey. ...

List of found films

The following films were once thought to be lost but have now been recovered.

Beyond the Rocks is a 1906 novel by Elinor Glyn and a 1922 silent film, based on that novel, in which Gloria Swanson and Rodolph Valentino starred together for the only time. ... See also: 1921 in film 1922 1923 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events November 26 - Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so but it was not widely... Gloria in one of her many movie roles. ... Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... See also: 1916 in film 1917 1918 in film years in film film Events Technicolor is introduced Top grossing films Cleopatra Movies released Movies released in 1917 include: The Adventurer, a Charlie Chaplin short. ... The Cook is a 1918 silent film staring Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle (1887-1933) in 1919 Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle (March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film comedian. ... Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. ... See also: 1920 in film 1921 1922 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres. ... Bela Lugosi as Dracula United States stamp. ... Duck Soup was a short film made by Hal Roach Studios in 1927. ... See also: 1926 in film 1927 1928 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events January 10 - The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premieres. ... Frankenstein is a 1910 film made by Edison Studios that was written and directed by J. Searle Dawley. ... See also: 1909 in film 1910 1911 in film years in film film Events The newsreel footage of the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is shot in Kinemacolor, making it the first color newsreel. ... Charles Ogle is: Charles Ogle (1798 - 1841), U.S. Congressman Charles Ogle (1775-1858), British Admiral Charles Stanton Ogle (1865-1940), American silent film actor This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... The Ghoul is a 1933 British Horror film starring Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke and Ernest Thesiger. ... See also: 1932 in film 1933 1934 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events British Film Institute founded. ... Boris Karloff (November 23, 1887 in East Dulwich, London, England – February 2, 1969) was an English actor best known for his roles in horror films. ... Ernest Thesiger, (January 15, 1879 - January 14, 1961), sometimes credited as Ernst Thesiger, was a British stage and film actor. ... Incubus (Inkubo in Esperanto) is a black and white horror film originally released in 1965 and later restored in 2001. ... // Events Top grossing films North America Mary Poppins The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews Goldfinger My Fair Lady Whats New Pussycat? Shenandoah The Sandpiper Father Goose Academy Awards Best Picture: The Sound of Music - Argyle, Twentieth Century-Fox Best Actor: Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou Best Actress: Julie Christie... William Bill Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is an Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning Canadian actor, who gained fame for his starring role as Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the television show Star Trek from 1966 to 1969 and in seven of the subsequent movies. ... Mare Nostrum (1926) is a silent film set during World War I. Production The young Michael Powell worked as an apprentice grip on the film, having been introduced by set-designer Harry Lachman. ... // August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. ... Antonio Moreno Antonio Tony Moreno (September 26, 1887 - February 16, 1967) was a notable actor and film director of the silent film era and through the 1950s. ... Alice Terry (July 29, 1899 - December 22, 1987) Born in Vincennes, Indiana, USA was an American actress who appeared in thirty-nine films between 1916-1933. ... Rex Ingram (October 20, 1895 - September 19, 1969) was an African American film and stage actor. ... The database did not find the text of a page that it should have found, named Momotaros Divine Sea Warriors. If it is a recently changed page, trying again in a minute or two will usually work. ... See also: 1944 in film 1945 1946 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short cartoon titled The Friendly Ghost, featuring ghost named Casper With Rossellinis Roma Città aperta, Italian neorealist cinema begins. ... A reel of film, which predates digital cinematography. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) Anime ) (IPA pronunciation: in Japanese, but typically or in English) is an abbreviation of the word animation. Outside Japan, the term most popularly refers to animation... Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP) was the title for Douglas MacArthur during the Occupation of Japan following WWII. The title did belong to Dwight David Eisenhower during WWII, however, he had nothing to do with the attacks on Japan. ... Shochiku Co. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Most Dangerous Game (1924) is a famous short story by Richard Connell and the authors most well-known work. ... See also: 1931 in film 1932 1933 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events Shirley Temples film career begins Disney released Flowers and Trees their first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film. ... This is about the original movie and novel. ... Publicity photo for King Kong, ca. ... Napoléon is an epic (1927) silent French film directed by Abel Gance that tells the story of the rise of Napoleon I of France. ... See also: 1926 in film 1927 1928 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events January 10 - The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premieres. ... Abel Gance (October 25, 1889 - November 10, 1981) a world renowned French film director, producer, writer, actor and editor. ... A Page of Madness ) is a silent film by Japanese film director Teinosuke Kinugasa, made in the early 1920s. ... // August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. ... KINUGASA Teinosuke (Japanese: 衣笠貞之助) (born 1 January 1896 in Mie-ken, Japan; died 26 February 1982 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese film director. ... The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne dArc) was a silent film released in France in 1928 based on the trial records of Joan of Arc. ... See also: 1927 in film 1928 1929 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. ... Carl Theodor Dreyer (February 3, 1889 - March 20, 1968) was a Danish film director. ...

See also

A lost work is a literary work produced some time in the past of which no surviving copies are known to exist. ... Lost artworks may be lost to history either through the deliberate or accidental destruction of the original, or through ignorance and loss of connoisseurship. ... Social guidance films constitute a genre of films attempting to guide children and adults to behave in certain ways. ... Ephemeral film, as defined by film archivist Rick Prelinger, is film made for a specific purpose other than as a work of art: the films were designed to serve a specific pragmatic purpose for a limited time. ... Wiping or junking is an economic move by radio and television companies in which old audiotapes, videotapes and telerecordings are wiped (deleted) and reused or destroyed. ...

References

  1. ^ Clara Bow.net
  2. ^ New Yorker:In the Vault
  3. ^ List of missing Doctor Who episodes at the BBC
  4. ^ Sinister Cinema

External links


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Lost Horizon (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (738 words)
Lost Horizon is a 1937 film directed by Frank Capra starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt and Sam Jaffe.
The film is based upon the James Hilton novel of the same name and was adapted by Sidney Buchman (uncredited) and Robert Riskin.
Artistically, Lost Horizon evokes many of the themes associated with Capra as an auteur but is somewhat darker and at times, cynical, as with much of his early work.
Lost film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1716 words)
Many films are lost because the nitrate film then used for cinematography has long been known as extremely unstable.
Sometimes when a film which is presumed to be a lost film, a copy of the film is found somewhere in the world and the film is no longer considered to be lost.
The term "lost films" has also been applied to films that do survive in their entirety, but have never been made available to the public on VHS or DVD.
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