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Post by John Green on Jan 29, 2021 15:04:25 GMT
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Jan 31, 2021 16:10:28 GMT
Not quite as easy as you think Ray. 'Brother Martin, Servant of Jesus' is indeed a 35mm nitrate print of the trailer for the feature film which doesn't exist. It might sound sacrilegious but I don't think there is anyone alive that truly mourns its loss. The other two are the well catalogued Vitaphone discs, not the films, that were donated by Warner IIRC quite some years ago. These are part of a very interesting collection that includes the Ernst Lubitsch 1928 film The Patriot that was shot as a silent but then had a new soundtrack created, and from the same year the D.W. Griffith comedy 'The Battle of the Sexes'. These both have a very interesting history, but the rest of the collection is also very enlightening as you may discover if you look into it further. Re: Lilies of the Field; you neglected to mention that the trailer for that is also there, albeit in Vitaphone sound only. Oh, and the BFI hold some Technicolor nitrate of 'No, No, Nanette. Just 160ft so probably just one short scene. All you need to do now is find the actual films and then you can marry up the sound! Paul The "Vitaphone Project" has been doing that for the past few decades - reuniting reels with discs: www.picking.com/vitaphone.htmlSlowed down a bit by a respected key figure dying a year ago though. I've done more research and apparently about two minutes of 'Lilies' exists as part of another film 'the Tenderfoot'; only a 1.13' fragment, but....
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Post by RWels on Jan 31, 2021 16:48:56 GMT
The "Vitaphone Project" has been doing that for the past few decades - reuniting reels with discs: www.picking.com/vitaphone.htmlSlowed down a bit by a respected key figure dying a year ago though. I've done more research and apparently about two minutes of 'Lilies' exists as part of another film 'the Tenderfoot'; only a 1.13' fragment, but.... Cool! I suppose you might mention it here: www.facebook.com/groups/113444792025031
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Post by TonyDow on Mar 16, 2021 14:35:30 GMT
Brilliant findings! How on earth do you find these treasures? Im very impressed. Although if the BFI gets their hands on these they may as well stay buried. Wonder how these films ended up at UCLA? Again brilliant work Ray.
Tony
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Post by Mark Tinkler on Mar 16, 2021 16:10:11 GMT
...though to be honest in my experience, getting material out of the UCLA Film & TV Archive was far more difficult that the BFI.
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