75 lost films found in New Zealand

[dhermann1]

I haven't even read this yet, just posted it immediately.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/movies/07silent.html?hp

 

[zetwal]

Interesting! Note too the last line in the article ...

The preserved films will be made public through archival screenings and as streaming videos on the preservation foundation’s Web site, filmpreservation.org.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Nothing but good things can come from this.

As Monty Burns would say:

http://s3.hubimg.com/u/292494_f260.jpg

 

[byronic]

John Ford classic

Dhermann, you beat me to it! I was about to post this too.
Apparently, amongst this treasure trove there is also a long-lost John Ford classic:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/jun/07/john-ford-movie-new-zealand?CMP=AFCYAH

 

[skyvue]

I posted about this today at Cladrite Radio.

The real treasure for this particular group, of course, is:

Birth of a Hat (Stetson Company, 1920), an industrial short illustrating how Stetson makes its hats.

Here are more of the highlights:

http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/new-zealand-project-films-highlights

 

[Story]

Date night at the OK Corral?

 

[Leesensei]

As soon as I saw this article, I rushed here to post it. Of course you guys had already beat me to it!

I sure hope that we will be seeing these movies on TCM soon!

Lee

 

[Dagwood]

This is superb news!

Will someone please now find the lost Charlie Chan films!

Please!

 

[Smithy]

The NZFA is a veritable goldmine. Not overplaying this but they are consistently finding long lost footage tucked away.

Good to see this.

 

[BellyTank]

Yeh- good on 'em, eh.


B
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[Annichen]

That is fantastic!
I would love to see the full list.

 

[The Wolf]

I hope the original "Great Gatsby" (or any silent William Powell films) is amongst these.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[J. M. Stovall]

Not to be a negative Nelly but I hope they don't fly these to the US all on one plane, God forbid the worst could happen. I'm just sayin'.

 

[Bustercat]

A real life "Forgotton Silver!"

 

[ron521]

Perhaps a complete "Lost Horizon" might be among these, retaining the scenes edited out during the 1942 and later re-releases, which have since been totally lost.