LATEST NEWS ! The con man who struggles with Pearl White shown here is EARLE FOXE, the then-stage actor from Ohio, US, who has been in active as a film actor from 1912 to last role as an uncredited gambler in "My Darling Clementine" in 1946.
Which is why lost films have less of a chance to be found each passing year. There may be a hidden copy of Theda Bara’s Cleopatra in a film archive somewhere slowly deteriorating away.
Bought it thru from eBay where I was former member there but changed to other bidding sites. I'd wishes that the discovered footage to be more than 200ft, not less than that.
That part looked straight out of Bill Morrison's Decasia Is there ANY way in the world that ANY software can reconstruct that deterioration? I heard somewhere you can use CGI to reconstruct those deteriorated parts
Well, only some of them to name - No. 9 - THE SCREEN TEST OF GEORGE HERBERT HALL ( 1930 - Australia - 63ft - 55 secs ) No. 14 - POGO TEAM ( not original titled. 1921 (?) - England - 57ft - 55 secs ) No. 18 - NINJUTSU CHIBISUKE : BANDIT EXTERMINATION ( 19?? - Japan - 43 secs ) No. 32 - CARTOON : HATANOSUKE MARU'S DAY ( 19?? - Japan - 50 secs ) No. 34 - Four TOPICAL BUDGET Short Films ( 1928 to 1930 - England - 267ft - 5 mins ) That's all of the 'complete' version which does shown the Head and End titles, even if it's in 'Abridged' version just like the two Japanese cartoons that does have it.
Please do not tempt to criticism any matters from this film. I have to put this film in natural mode with steady lightning backgrounds as the actual film speed is to be exact at 13 fps, not by 14 fps as I can see quite clearly that the 14 fps version that showed the 'suddenly' body movement of the un-named 'Con Man' which appeared to be 'too rushy' in certain scene. The struggling action between Ms. White and the Con Man on floor is correct-paced action at 13 fps.
Dang, I did a search on silver nitrate films, and listening to this piano score now makes me want to make a silent film.
How awesome! You can see all the care that went into this restoration!
4:24 rip 5:00 rip again
You’re doing God’s work, Robert. Thanks for finding this piece of fragment from a lost film.
There seem to be hints of color here. Green and reddish hues
Aw this looks so good! I love silent cinema!
Made in Ithaca NY by the Wharton Brothers,I assume?
LATEST NEWS ! The con man who struggles with Pearl White shown here is EARLE FOXE, the then-stage actor from Ohio, US, who has been in active as a film actor from 1912 to last role as an uncredited gambler in "My Darling Clementine" in 1946.
So many of those silent movies went bad in the cans while being stored.
Which is why lost films have less of a chance to be found each passing year. There may be a hidden copy of Theda Bara’s Cleopatra in a film archive somewhere slowly deteriorating away.
Great job, and impressive quality!
That was great. I loved it.
Bravo!
Interesting to see an early role of Warner Oland before the Charlie Cham films. How and where do you keep your film reels?
Bought it thru from eBay where I was former member there but changed to other bidding sites. I'd wishes that the discovered footage to be more than 200ft, not less than that.
Interesting
I thought UCLA had the entire film "The Fatal Ring" in the 1990s. They only have one reel?
Yes, only ONE full episode film print in 16mm format.
That part looked straight out of Bill Morrison's Decasia
Is there ANY way in the world that ANY software can reconstruct that deterioration? I heard somewhere you can use CGI to reconstruct those deteriorated parts
The CGI software can be expensive to use it, but I'll look to it. Thanks for letting me know about this. Cheers Robert
What's the most complete/extant film you've scanned so far? Like 80% or more complete? Other than Ince's PictureLand.
Well, only some of them to name -
No. 9 - THE SCREEN TEST OF GEORGE HERBERT HALL ( 1930 - Australia - 63ft - 55 secs )
No. 14 - POGO TEAM ( not original titled. 1921 (?) - England - 57ft - 55 secs )
No. 18 - NINJUTSU CHIBISUKE : BANDIT EXTERMINATION ( 19?? - Japan - 43 secs )
No. 32 - CARTOON : HATANOSUKE MARU'S DAY ( 19?? - Japan - 50 secs )
No. 34 - Four TOPICAL BUDGET Short Films ( 1928 to 1930 - England - 267ft - 5 mins )
That's all of the 'complete' version which does shown the Head and End titles, even if it's in 'Abridged' version just like the two Japanese cartoons that does have it.
Way too contrasty. The highlights are clipping and the shadows are crushing. Also too slow. But thanks for posting.
Please do not tempt to criticism any matters from this film. I have to put this film in natural mode with steady lightning backgrounds as the actual film speed is to be exact at 13 fps, not by 14 fps as I can see quite clearly that the 14 fps version that showed the 'suddenly' body movement of the un-named 'Con Man' which appeared to be 'too rushy' in certain scene. The struggling action between Ms. White and the Con Man on floor is correct-paced action at 13 fps.
I honestly can't see that at all on my screen. Only bright parts are the perf holes?
This film is over a century old what do you expect 4k HD modern day hollywood quality?