Most of the movies made before strait hit the crowing screen will never be seen by our eyes . According to Martin Scoresese’sFilm Foundation , half of the films made pre-1950 — and more than 90 per centum of those made before 1929 — are lose forever . And while not all of them are drop off , you ’ll probably never see the flick that remain , since they ’re seldom screen out . Their placard remain as last keepsake of Hollywood ’s start .
Often , these gleam adverts are just as much art as the forgotten pic themselves . These are some of our favorites :
Bungalow Boobs, 1924
Image credit entry : LAPL
Cabaret, 1927
Doctor X, 1932, is actually not lost. It was preserved in 1978 and done up in technicolor when a print was discovered in Jack Warner’s personal collection.
1928’s Red Hair is lost, save for a color sequencepreservedat UCLA’s Film and Television archive.
Image credit : MoviePosterShop
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew, 1922
Onlyone reelof 1923’s Flaming Youth survives. It’s kept at the Library of Congress.
trope credit : Flickr
All that remainsof 1926’s The American Venus are two trailers and two clips, housed at the Library of Congress.
Image deferred payment : Benny - Drinnon
The Sea Hawk, 1924 (not lost)
Image credit rating : Wikipedia
In the Palace of the King, 1923
Hollywood, 1923
There isno known copyof Tip Toes (1927) in existence today.
range of a function credit rating : eBay
Tenderloin, 1928
ikon credit : FilmPosters.com
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