NEXT: Lost & Found: films thought to be lost, or that existed only in pieces, and then complete copies were located; films that were discovered that were unknown; films that were finally made after years in Development Hell; something that fits the category that I did not think of
Queen Kelly – Gloria Swanson film made in 1932 that was not released until 1986.
NEXT: Lost & Found: films thought to be lost, or that existed only in pieces, and then complete copies were located; films that were discovered that were unknown; films that were finally made after years in Development Hell; something that fits the category that I did not think of
Queen Kelly – Gloria Swanson film made in 1932 that was not released until 1986.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote - Terry Gilliam film made in 2018 after 29 years of trying, including versions with Gerard Depardieu and Johnny Depp.
Lost & Found: films thought to be lost, or that existed only in pieces, and then complete copies were located; films that were discovered that were unknown; films that were finally made after years in Development Hell; something that fits the category that I did not think of
Queen Kelly – Gloria Swanson film made in 1932 that was not released until 1986.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote - Terry Gilliam film made in 2018 after 29 years of trying, including versions with Gerard Depardieu and Johnny Depp.
Lost Horizon - Considered lost for half a century, this early Frank Capra film was re-released when an almost intact copy was found in an attic.
Lost & Found: films thought to be lost, or that existed only in pieces, and then complete copies were located; films that were discovered that were unknown; films that were finally made after years in Development Hell; something that fits the category that I did not think of
Queen Kelly – Gloria Swanson film made in 1932 that was not released until 1986.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote - Terry Gilliam film made in 2018 after 29 years of trying, including versions with Gerard Depardieu and Johnny Depp.
Lost Horizon - Considered lost for half a century, this early Frank Capra film was re-released when an almost intact copy was found in an attic.
The Passion of Joan of Arc - Silent film made in 1928; edited by French censors against the wishes of the director, Carl Theodor Dreyer; the original negative was subsequently destroyed in a fire. Dreyer restored some of the edits using outtakes, but the true original version was thought to be lost for several decades until a copy was found in, of all places, a closet in a mental institution in Norway.
Lost & Found: films thought to be lost, or that existed only in pieces, and then complete copies were located; films that were discovered that were unknown; films that were finally made after years in Development Hell; something that fits the category that I did not think of
Queen Kelly – Gloria Swanson film made in 1932 that was not released until 1986.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote - Terry Gilliam film made in 2018 after 29 years of trying, including versions with Gerard Depardieu and Johnny Depp.
Lost Horizon - Considered lost for half a century, this early Frank Capra film was re-released when an almost intact copy was found in an attic.
The Passion of Joan of Arc - Silent film made in 1928; edited by French censors against the wishes of the director, Carl Theodor Dreyer; the original negative was subsequently destroyed in a fire. Dreyer restored some of the edits using outtakes, but the true original version was thought to be lost for several decades until a copy was found in, of all places, a closet in a mental institution in Norway.
The Day The Clown Cried – an unfinished and unreleased 1972 Swedish-French drama directed by and starring Jerry Lewis which features a circus clown who is imprisoned in a Nazi.concentration camp. Lewis repeatedly insisted that it would never be released, but later donated an incomplete copy of the film to the Library of Congress in 2015 under the stipulation that it was not to be made available before June 2024. The Library of Congress intends to eventually screen it at its Audio Visual Conservation campus in Culpeper, Virginia, but it will not be available for loan nor will it become available in any form of home media.
Lost & Found: films thought to be lost, or that existed only in pieces, and then complete copies were located; films that were discovered that were unknown; films that were finally made after years in Development Hell; something that fits the category that I did not think of
Queen Kelly – Gloria Swanson film made in 1932 that was not released until 1986.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote - Terry Gilliam film made in 2018 after 29 years of trying, including versions with Gerard Depardieu and Johnny Depp.
Lost Horizon - Considered lost for half a century, this early Frank Capra film was re-released when an almost intact copy was found in an attic.
The Passion of Joan of Arc - Silent film made in 1928; edited by French censors against the wishes of the director, Carl Theodor Dreyer; the original negative was subsequently destroyed in a fire. Dreyer restored some of the edits using outtakes, but the true original version was thought to be lost for several decades until a copy was found in, of all places, a closet in a mental institution in Norway.
The Day The Clown Cried – an unfinished and unreleased 1972 Swedish-French drama directed by and starring Jerry Lewis which features a circus clown who is imprisoned in a Nazi.concentration camp. Lewis repeatedly insisted that it would never be released, but later donated an incomplete copy of the film to the Library of Congress in 2015 under the stipulation that it was not to be made available before June 2024. The Library of Congress intends to eventually screen it at its Audio Visual Conservation campus in Culpeper, Virginia, but it will not be available for loan nor will it become available in any form of home media.
It - 1927 movie that made Clara Bow a superstar, and gave us the enduring meme of the “it girl”. Long thought to be lost forever, a nitrate copy was found in the 1960s in Prague.
Lost & Found: films thought to be lost, or that existed only in pieces, and then complete copies were located; films that were discovered that were unknown; films that were finally made after years in Development Hell; something that fits the category that I did not think of
Queen Kelly – Gloria Swanson film made in 1932 that was not released until 1986.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote - Terry Gilliam film made in 2018 after 29 years of trying, including versions with Gerard Depardieu and Johnny Depp.
Lost Horizon - Considered lost for half a century, this early Frank Capra film was re-released when an almost intact copy was found in an attic.
The Passion of Joan of Arc - Silent film made in 1928; edited by French censors against the wishes of the director, Carl Theodor Dreyer; the original negative was subsequently destroyed in a fire. Dreyer restored some of the edits using outtakes, but the true original version was thought to be lost for several decades until a copy was found in, of all places, a closet in a mental institution in Norway.
The Day The Clown Cried – an unfinished and unreleased 1972 Swedish-French drama directed by and starring Jerry Lewis which features a circus clown who is imprisoned in a Nazi.concentration camp. Lewis repeatedly insisted that it would never be released, but later donated an incomplete copy of the film to the Library of Congress in 2015 under the stipulation that it was not to be made available before June 2024. The Library of Congress intends to eventually screen it at its Audio Visual Conservation campus in Culpeper, Virginia, but it will not be available for loan nor will it become available in any form of home media.
It - 1927 movie that made Clara Bow a superstar, and gave us the enduring meme of the “it girl”. Long thought to be lost forever, a nitrate copy was found in the 1960s in Prague.
Portrait of Gina - A documentary filmed in 1958 but the only print was accidentally left in a hotel room my director Orson Wells. It was put in a lost and found, then a storage facility, and finally rediscovered in 1986. The subject, actress Gina Lollobridgia, then refused to let the film be released publicly.
Lost & Found: films thought to be lost, or that existed only in pieces, and then complete copies were located; films that were discovered that were unknown; films that were finally made after years in Development Hell; something that fits the category that I did not think of
Queen Kelly – Gloria Swanson film made in 1932 that was not released until 1986.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote - Terry Gilliam film made in 2018 after 29 years of trying, including versions with Gerard Depardieu and Johnny Depp.
Lost Horizon - Considered lost for half a century, this early Frank Capra film was re-released when an almost intact copy was found in an attic.
The Passion of Joan of Arc - Silent film made in 1928; edited by French censors against the wishes of the director, Carl Theodor Dreyer; the original negative was subsequently destroyed in a fire. Dreyer restored some of the edits using outtakes, but the true original version was thought to be lost for several decades until a copy was found in, of all places, a closet in a mental institution in Norway.
The Day The Clown Cried – an unfinished and unreleased 1972 Swedish-French drama directed by and starring Jerry Lewis which features a circus clown who is imprisoned in a Nazi.concentration camp. Lewis repeatedly insisted that it would never be released, but later donated an incomplete copy of the film to the Library of Congress in 2015 under the stipulation that it was not to be made available before June 2024. The Library of Congress intends to eventually screen it at its Audio Visual Conservation campus in Culpeper, Virginia, but it will not be available for loan nor will it become available in any form of home media.
It - 1927 movie that made Clara Bow a superstar, and gave us the enduring meme of the “it girl”. Long thought to be lost forever, a nitrate copy was found in the 1960s in Prague.
Portrait of Gina - A documentary filmed in 1958 but the only print was accidentally left in a hotel room my director Orson Wells. It was put in a lost and found, then a storage facility, and finally rediscovered in 1986. The subject, actress Gina Lollobridgia, then refused to let the film be released publicly.
The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe (Život i dela besmrtnog vožda Karađorđa) - 1911 Serbian historical film about “Black” George Petrovich, the leader of the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire. This culturally very significant film was thought to be lost, until a largely intact copy was discovered in Vienna in 2003.
Queen Kelly – Gloria Swanson film made in 1932 that was not released until 1986.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote - Terry Gilliam film made in 2018 after 29 years of trying, including versions with Gerard Depardieu and Johnny Depp.
Lost Horizon - Considered lost for half a century, this early Frank Capra film was re-released when an almost intact copy was found in an attic.
The Passion of Joan of Arc - Silent film made in 1928; edited by French censors against the wishes of the director, Carl Theodor Dreyer; the original negative was subsequently destroyed in a fire. Dreyer restored some of the edits using outtakes, but the true original version was thought to be lost for several decades until a copy was found in, of all places, a closet in a mental institution in Norway.
The Day The Clown Cried – an unfinished and unreleased 1972 Swedish-French drama directed by and starring Jerry Lewis which features a circus clown who is imprisoned in a Nazi.concentration camp. Lewis repeatedly insisted that it would never be released, but later donated an incomplete copy of the film to the Library of Congress in 2015 under the stipulation that it was not to be made available before June 2024. The Library of Congress intends to eventually screen it at its Audio Visual Conservation campus in Culpeper, Virginia, but it will not be available for loan nor will it become available in any form of home media.
It - 1927 movie that made Clara Bow a superstar, and gave us the enduring meme of the “it girl”. Long thought to be lost forever, a nitrate copy was found in the 1960s in Prague.
Portrait of Gina - A documentary filmed in 1958 but the only print was accidentally left in a hotel room my director Orson Wells. It was put in a lost and found, then a storage facility, and finally rediscovered in 1986. The subject, actress Gina Lollobridgia, then refused to let the film be released publicly.
The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe (Život i dela besmrtnog vožda Karađorđa) - 1911 Serbian historical film about “Black” George Petrovich, the leader of the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire. This culturally very significant film was thought to be lost, until a largely intact copy was discovered in Vienna in 2003.
Gojira Un-Americanized “Godzilla” with no Raymond Burr, but with subtitles instead of overdubs-- basically, the movie as it was released in Japan in 1954, for English-speakers at last. Released on DVD in 2004, straight up, or with a commentary track, and also with the 1955 “Godzilla.”
Lost & Found: films thought to be lost, or that existed only in pieces, and then complete copies were located; films that were discovered that were unknown; films that were finally made after years in Development Hell; something that fits the category that I did not think of
Queen Kelly – Gloria Swanson film made in 1932 that was not released until 1986.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote - Terry Gilliam film made in 2018 after 29 years of trying, including versions with Gerard Depardieu and Johnny Depp.
Lost Horizon - Considered lost for half a century, this early Frank Capra film was re-released when an almost intact copy was found in an attic.
The Passion of Joan of Arc - Silent film made in 1928; edited by French censors against the wishes of the director, Carl Theodor Dreyer; the original negative was subsequently destroyed in a fire. Dreyer restored some of the edits using outtakes, but the true original version was thought to be lost for several decades until a copy was found in, of all places, a closet in a mental institution in Norway.
The Day The Clown Cried – an unfinished and unreleased 1972 Swedish-French drama directed by and starring Jerry Lewis which features a circus clown who is imprisoned in a Nazi.concentration camp. Lewis repeatedly insisted that it would never be released, but later donated an incomplete copy of the film to the Library of Congress in 2015 under the stipulation that it was not to be made available before June 2024. The Library of Congress intends to eventually screen it at its Audio Visual Conservation campus in Culpeper, Virginia, but it will not be available for loan nor will it become available in any form of home media.
It - 1927 movie that made Clara Bow a superstar, and gave us the enduring meme of the “it girl”. Long thought to be lost forever, a nitrate copy was found in the 1960s in Prague.
Portrait of Gina - A documentary filmed in 1958 but the only print was accidentally left in a hotel room my director Orson Wells. It was put in a lost and found, then a storage facility, and finally rediscovered in 1986. The subject, actress Gina Lollobridgia, then refused to let the film be released publicly.
The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe (Život i dela besmrtnog vožda Karađorđa) - 1911 Serbian historical film about “Black” George Petrovich, the leader of the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire. This culturally very significant film was thought to be lost, until a largely intact copy was discovered in Vienna in 2003.
Gojira Un-Americanized “Godzilla” with no Raymond Burr, but with subtitles instead of overdubs-- basically, the movie as it was released in Japan in 1954, for English-speakers at last. Released on DVD in 2004, straight up, or with a commentary track, and also with the 1955 “Godzilla.”
Pirates of the Plains (1914) - found in a private collection in 1993. Thought to be the only film made by the Colorado Motion Picture Company.