Buenos Aires' Museo del Cine collection continues to be a gold mine for rediscovered lost films (1 Viewer)

[Brandon Conway]

From the latest article on the restored Metropolis:

Even as the full-length version of “Metropolis” plays in Germany and the United States, the Argentine archivists continue to examine the Museo del Cine collection in Buenos Aires. Just last month, Ms. Félix-Didier said, a print was found of a Soviet-era silent film long thought to have been lost: Yevgeny Chervyakov’s 1928 “My Son.”
In addition, the Museo del Cine has discovered what the Library of Congress says are the only surviving copies of three American films: a 1916 William S. Hart western called “The Aryan”; a 1928 drama called “The Crimson City,” with Myrna Loy and Anna May Wong; and a melodrama from 1921 called “The Gilded Lily” and starring Mae Murray.
“This is great news,” said Stephen Leggett, program coordinator of the library’s National Film Preservation Board. Mr. Peña said: “I’m glad I persisted. We still haven’t been through everything, so new discoveries could keep appearing.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/movies/05metropolis.html

VERY cool news.

 

[oscar_merkx]

wow great news indeed

 

[Richard--W]

This is very good news.
Let's hope they keep looking and keep finding new stuff.
i want to see that William S. Hart film.

 

[Ray H]

Very cool news.