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has said, "Most of the early films did not survive because of wholesale junking by the studios. There was no thought of ever saving these films. They simply needed vault space and the materials were expensive to house." The studios could earn money by recycling film for its silver content. Many
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in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. Early films were not thought to have value beyond their theatrical run, so many were discarded afterward.
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employed to increase the film's flexibility evaporated too quickly, rendering the film dry and brittle and causing splices to separate and perforations to tear. By 1911, the major
American film studios had reverted to nitrate stock. "Safety film" was relegated to sub-35 mm formats such as
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two-color negatives from the 1920s and 1930s were discarded when studios simply refused to reclaim their films, still being held by
Technicolor in its vaults. Some used prints were sold to scrap dealers and ultimately edited into short segments for use with small, hand-cranked 35 mm movie
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system, in which the soundtrack is separate from the film, are now considered lost because the soundtrack discs were lost or destroyed, while the picture elements survive. Conversely, and more commonly, some early sound films survive only as sets of soundtrack discs, with the picture elements
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It is often claimed that 75 percent of all
American silent films are gone and 50 percent of all films made prior to 1950 are lost; such figures, as archivists admit in private, were thought up on the spur of the moment, without statistical information to back them
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to take pictures during production for potential publicity use. Some are produced in quantity for display use by theaters, others in smaller numbers for distribution to newspapers and magazines, and have subsequently preserved imagery from otherwise lost films.
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from the early to mid-1950s that were either played in interlock on a 35 mm full-coat magnetic reel or single-strip magnetic film (such as Fox's four-track magnetic, which became the standard of magnetic stereophonic sound) are now lost. Films such as
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Haghefilm Conservation. It turned up among about two thousand rusty film canisters donated by Haarlem's eccentric Dutch collector, Joop van Liempd. It was given its first modern screening in 2005 and has since been aired on
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was not required to retain those copies: "Under the provisions of the act of March 4, 1909, authority is granted for the return to the claimant of copyright of such copyright deposits as are not required by the
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that were initially available with three-track magnetic sound are now available only with monophonic optical soundtracks. The process by which magnetic particles adhere to the tri-acetate film base eventually caused the
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films as were salvageable. Likewise, almost all of the films created by
Charlie Chaplin have survived, as well as extensive amounts of unused footage dating back to 1916; the exceptions are the aforementioned
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breakdown of the film (vinegar syndrome). As long as studios had a monaural optical negative that could be printed, studio executives felt no need to preserve the stereophonic versions of the soundtracks.
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created before 1952 is highly flammable unless carefully conditioned and handled. When in very badly deteriorated condition and improperly stored (such as in a sun-baked shed), nitrate film can
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of preserving the film, as the original film (though generally not considered a lost film) shows noticeable degradation of image and missing frames, damage not evident in the 1942 version.
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As a consequence of this widespread lack of care, the work of many early filmmakers and performers exists in the present day only in fragmentary form. A high-profile example is the case of
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began acquiring copies of
American films in 1909, but not all were kept. Due to improvements in film technology and recordkeeping, few films produced in the 1950s or beyond have been lost.
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was equally celebrated in her heyday, but 20 of her 57 films are completely lost, and another five are incomplete. Once-popular stage actresses who transitioned to silent films, such as
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was introduced in 1949. Since safety film is much more stable than nitrate film, comparatively few films were lost after about 1950. However, color fading of certain color stocks and
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benefited from their great popularity: because their films were repeatedly reissued throughout the silent era, surviving prints could be found even decades later. Pickford, Chaplin,
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During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy of every
American film to be deposited at the Library of Congress at the time of
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Rarely, but occasionally, films classified as lost are found in an uncataloged or miscataloged archive or private collection, becoming "rediscovered films".
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that destroyed all the original negatives of pre-1935 films made by
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in the 1930s and were preserved under the auspices of curator
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estimates that 75% of all silent films are lost forever.
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Many other early motion pictures are lost because the
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Feature or short film that is no longer known to exist
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was destroyed by Chaplin himself as a tax write-off.
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have been lost. Most of the starring performances of
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List of 7200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films 1912-29
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1708:"The Survival of American Silent Films: 1912-1929"
1023:(1955), the first feature film by director/writer
1961:"Most of America's Silent Films Are Lost Forever"
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2136:. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 59–61.
1125:Some films produced from 1926 to 1931 using the
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2575:List of rediscovered film footage
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1911:"Silent Era : Presumed Lost"
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1945:March 12, 2013, at the
1775:Slide, Anthony (2000).
1556:, about the history of
1521:which were later lost.
1282:American Film Institute
1218:Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1136:The Man from Blankley's
939:An improved 35 mm
829:Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
682:1937 storage-vault fire
534:In some cases, such as
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1949:, The Film Foundation.
1585:(2007), both segments—
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2322:. December 12, 2018.
2109:. Haynes Publishing.
2016:Bergen Evening Record
1649:Archive Treasure Hunt
1550:The 2016 documentary
1392:," the original 1964
1325:Turner Classic Movies
1320:Nederlands Filmmuseum
1196:From Here to Eternity
1178:The War of the Worlds
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1896:May 5, 2014, at the
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1816:(October 14, 2010).
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1478:The Battle of Hearts
1465:The Battle of Hearts
1354:Metropolis Refundada
1298:barn and donated to
1284:. In 2013, an early
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2601:1965 MGM vault fire
2596:1937 Fox vault fire
2482:finds and restores
2469:Library of Congress
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2246:"METROPOLIS REBORN"
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1715:Library Of Congress
1558:Dawson City, Canada
1544:The Forbidden Quest
1503:O czym się nie mówi
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1300:Keene State College
927:In March 2019, the
879:Library of Congress
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752:partially lost film
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2535:List of lost films
2461:(2013) documentary
2402:List of Lost Films
2171:. March 18, 2019.
2107:Century of Scandal
2078:The Clara Bow Page
1989:Robert A. Harris,
1879:Apogee Space Books
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1258:Rediscovered films
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1233:List of lost films
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1940:Film Preservation
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