![]() ![]() Main articles: List of lost silent films (1920–1924) and List of lost silent films (1925–1929) Sound films From 1929 on, films are "all-talking" unless otherwise specified. ![]() Based on the play by Victorien Sardou that was adapted into an opera by Giacomo Puccini. The second film starring Bernhardt, the best known stage actress of the 1880s–1900s. Shown only in roadshow engagements as part of a live theater presentation, the print decomposed and was discarded. The first American film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella of the same name.įirst adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and several of its sequels. Some sources also consider it to be the first Russian fiction film, as Finland was a part of the Russian Empire until 1917. The second film with this title, featuring the Dutch comedians Lion Solser and Piet Hesse The first film with this title, featuring the Dutch comedians Lion Solser and Piet Hesseīelieved to be the first Canadian fiction film Jetée et Plage de Trouville (first and second parts) Silent films 1890s YearĬampement de bohémiens ( The Bohemian Encampment) Films with all-African American casts produced by Ralph Cooper, including Bargain with Bullets starring Theresa Harris and While Thousands Cheer starring Kenny Washington, are also considered lost. Hollywood, a silent comedy film directed by James Cruze, featured over 30 cameo appearances from major stars of the day, including Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Astor and Pola Negri, but no footage exists. London After Midnight, starring Lon Chaney and directed by Tod Browning in 1927, was a silent-era mystery-thriller pseudo-vampire film that is now considered to be the 'holy grail' of lost films by collectors. The Mountain Eagle was the second film to be directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1926 the silent melodrama has been described by the British Film Institute as their "most wanted" lost film. Notable lost films Īmongst the films commonly mourned among critics and film historians are early films by noted directors and films of unique cultural importance. Of approximately the 1,100 films made in India between 19, only 29 of them are known to have survived. While others dispute whether the percentage is quite that high, it is impractical to enumerate any but the more notable and those that can be sourced.įor example, roughly 200 out of over 500 Méliès' films and 350 out of over 1,000 of Alice Guy's films survive. Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation claims that "half of all American films made before 1950 and over 90% of films made before 1929 are lost forever." Deutsche Kinemathek estimates that 80–90% of silent films are gone the film archive's own list contains over 3,500 lost films.Ī study by the Library of Congress states that 75% of all silent films are now lost. Silent films in particular were once seen as having no further commercial value and were simply junked to clear out expensive storage space. ![]() Occasionally, a studio would remake a film and destroy the earlier version. Films have disappeared when production companies went bankrupt. īlack-and-white film prints judged to be otherwise worthless were sometimes incinerated to salvage the meager scrap value of the silver image particles in their emulsions. This type of film is highly flammable, and there have been several devastating fires, such as the Universal Pictures fire in 1924, the 1937 Fox vault fire and the 1965 MGM vault fire. One major contributing factor is the common use of nitrate film until the early 1950s. Films may go missing for a number of reasons. ![]()
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