Lost Films

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Stefan Andersson · #526 Post by **Stefan Andersson** » Thu Sep 05, 2024 6:12 am

On 8 June 2024, a fire broke out in the nitrate cellars of the Italian "Centro sperimentale di cinematografia" in Rome, the Italian National Film Library. 220 titles were lost.

List of lost films:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/ ... 5074&pli=1

More info and links:
https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36387

tenia · #527 Post by **tenia** » Thu Sep 05, 2024 6:41 am

Saw this news only a few days ago, and was eager to see this list. Hopefully, most of these were copies, and not original (and/or unique) elements.

Peacock · #528 Post by **Peacock** » Thu Sep 05, 2024 7:39 am

Terrible news for Griffith, Feyder, Feuillade fans among others.

Captain Paranoia · #529 Post by **Captain Paranoia** » Thu Sep 05, 2024 8:15 am

Hopefully most of these were at least digitzed, or if they were original elements have duplicate prints available.

spectre · #530 Post by **spectre** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 5:59 pm

More about the rediscovery of the complete version of Captain Thunderbolt here:

https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/captain- ... ides-again

Stefan Andersson · #531 Post by **Stefan Andersson** » Mon Sep 30, 2024 2:35 pm

Matrimony (1915) with John Gilbert found in Moscow:

https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36466

JamesF · #532 Post by **JamesF** » Mon Nov 25, 2024 3:30 pm

John Ford’s The Scarlet Drop (1918), starring Harry Carey, found in Chile one day before almost being destroyed: https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-cu ... rop-chile/

Stefan Andersson · #533 Post by **Stefan Andersson** » Wed Dec 04, 2024 4:06 pm

"Play Safe" (1925), starring Monty Banks, rediscovered in Berlin:
https://www.stummfilm-magazin.de/aktuel ... onty-banks