Showing posts with label Lost Films. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lost Films. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Lost Films

 

From the Kinja archive (9/14/16):

Who wants to see the legendary nine hour cut of Greed (1924)? Gone. Most of the silent era of movie history is missing. Some lost films have now been found. Sometimes still photographs, publicity materials, and contemporary reviews exist but the movie does not.

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/22/The-Greatest-Lost-Films/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_film

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/26045/10-famous-lost-films

The First Men in the Moon (1919).

This film from 1967 is an unlicensed parody that sees the DC Comics hero, Batman face off against Dracula (something the official comics themselves have done a number of time). This Filipino film starring Jing Abalos as the caped crusader is one of the most sought after lost Asian films for vintage movie buffs.

https://listverse.com/2015/09/15/10-lost-films-weve-finally-found/

https://listverse.com/2014/01/15/10-great-lost-films-and-where-they-turned-up/

Convention City (1933)

 



Lost film. Highly sought after because of its pre-code racy content. I just heard it mentioned by Michael Schlesinger on his Trailers From Hell commentary on Baby Face (1933), which I will add down below in the comments. I saw the star of Convention City, Joan Blondell, the other day on the new Criterion Blu-ray of Nightmare Alley.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_City

http://jazzage1920s.com/conventioncity/conventioncity.php

- Nice write up here.