I know there are the preservation societies for films, but I was wondering if there was any type of website (beyond Wikipedia) which lists a lot of the lost movies or TV shows, and those that have been recovered, what some of the recovered films or TV shows have been. I guess I'm most interested to know whether or not they are still finding lost stuff. I know there is only so much to find but I hate to think that they aren't finding anymore. There are still so many old silent and early sound films, the Our Gang shorts, and so many old episodes of lost TV shows, like Doctor Who, Z Cars, the live anthology shows, et al.

He already recut OFTH once years ago. It was his vision from beginning to end, I believe. I love it.

 

Thankfully, she also understands the rarity/fragility of the gift she was given and is donating the reel to the Library of Congress. I hope it's salvageable.

Edited September 10, 20205 yr by Bright Eyes

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/30/iranian-film-chess-of-the-wind-reborn-mohammad-reza-aslani-bfi-london-film-festival

Very nice.

An interesting article on poring through old images of flipbooks to find and reassemble lost Melies-era films.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/22/what-the-flip-the-chance-discovery-thats-uncovered-treasures-of-the-very-earliest-cinema

 

What a great find! Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Almost all of Theda Bara's films are lost, but two minutes of Salome  were found and have been posted on Vimeo:

 

Oh, wow.

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/living-dead-museum-unearths-lost-version-of-pittsburgh-vampire-film-martin/

The three and a half hour, B&W version of Martin. 

Sorry - the above link may not be working:

https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3690412/3-5-hour-directors-cut-george-romeros-martin-reportedly-unearthed/

 

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/pitt-discovers-bigfoot-found-footage-movie-by-george-romero/

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2022/04/05/prince-rare-footage-1970/