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==Background== |
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An electrical fire burned the vault and destroyed hundreds of [[silent films]], including ''[[The Black Butterfly]]'', ''[[The Divorcee (1919 film)|The Divorcee]]'', ''[[A Blind Bargain]]'', ''[[The Big City (1928 film)|The Big City]]'', ''[[The Divine Woman]]'', ''[[London After Midnight (film)|London After Midnight]]'' and ''[[The Actress (1928 film)|The Actress]]'', most famously.<ref>{{cite web|url= |
An electrical fire burned the vault and destroyed hundreds of [[silent films]], including ''[[The Black Butterfly]]'', ''[[The Divorcee (1919 film)|The Divorcee]]'', ''[[A Blind Bargain]]'', ''[[The Big City (1928 film)|The Big City]]'', ''[[The Divine Woman]]'', ''[[London After Midnight (film)|London After Midnight]]'' and ''[[The Actress (1928 film)|The Actress]]'', most famously.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fan.tcm.com/_Vault-and-Nitrate-Fires-A-History/blog/346284/66470.html |title=Vault and Nitrate Fires - A History |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies|TCM.com]] |accessdate=December 26, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615124657/http://fan.tcm.com/_Vault-and-Nitrate-Fires-A-History/blog/346284/66470.html |archivedate=June 15, 2009 }}</ref> |
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Early silent/talkies such as the Technicolor scenes of ''[[The Toll of the Sea]]'' (later restored), ''[[So This Is Marriage?]]'', ''[[The Broadway Melody]]'', ''[[Chasing Rainbows (film)|Chasing Rainbows]]'', ''[[The Mysterious Island (1929 film)|The Mysterious Island]]'' (later restored), ''[[The Rogue Song]]'', the uncut version of the [[Laurel and Hardy]] short ''[[Blotto (1930 film)|Blotto]]'', and the silent [[Our Gang]] shorts from 1927–1929 were also destroyed in the fire. The early [[Three Stooges]] musical short ''[[Hello Pop!]]'' was widely believed to have been among the casualties, but has turned up in a private collection in Australia, with [[Warner Bros.]] (the current rights holder to the majority of the pre-May 1986 MGM library through [[Turner Entertainment]]) currently in the process of restoring the film for a public release.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/the-3-stooges-lost-found-and-unseen |title=The 3 Stooges: Lost, Found, and Unseen |first=Leonard |last=Maltin |author-link=Leonard Maltin |website=Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy |publisher=Indiewire.com |date=March 6, 2013 |accessdate=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |
Early silent/talkies such as the Technicolor scenes of ''[[The Toll of the Sea]]'' (later restored), ''[[So This Is Marriage?]]'', ''[[The Broadway Melody]]'', ''[[Chasing Rainbows (film)|Chasing Rainbows]]'', ''[[The Mysterious Island (1929 film)|The Mysterious Island]]'' (later restored), ''[[The Rogue Song]]'', the uncut version of the [[Laurel and Hardy]] short ''[[Blotto (1930 film)|Blotto]]'', and the silent [[Our Gang]] shorts from 1927–1929 were also destroyed in the fire. The early [[Three Stooges]] musical short ''[[Hello Pop!]]'' was widely believed to have been among the casualties, but has turned up in a private collection in Australia, with [[Warner Bros.]] (the current rights holder to the majority of the pre-May 1986 MGM library through [[Turner Entertainment]]) currently in the process of restoring the film for a public release.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/the-3-stooges-lost-found-and-unseen |title=The 3 Stooges: Lost, Found, and Unseen |first=Leonard |last=Maltin |author-link=Leonard Maltin |website=Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy |publisher=Indiewire.com |date=March 6, 2013 |accessdate=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |
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| Date | 13 May 1967 |
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| Location | Culver City, California |
| Cause | nitrate film fire in vault #7 |
| Outcome | destruction of archived Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures) silent films |
| Deaths | unknown |
| Non-fatal injuries | unknown |
The 1967 MGM vault fire was a major fire that erupted on Saturday, May 13, 1967 in Vault #7 at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's film studio in Culver City, California.
Background
An electrical fire burned the vault and destroyed hundreds of silent films, including The Black Butterfly, The Divorcee, A Blind Bargain, The Big City, The Divine Woman, London After Midnight and The Actress, most famously.[1]
Early silent/talkies such as the Technicolor scenes of The Toll of the Sea (later restored), So This Is Marriage?, The Broadway Melody, Chasing Rainbows, The Mysterious Island (later restored), The Rogue Song, the uncut version of the Laurel and Hardy short Blotto, and the silent Our Gang shorts from 1927–1929 were also destroyed in the fire. The early Three Stooges musical short Hello Pop! was widely believed to have been among the casualties, but has turned up in a private collection in Australia, with Warner Bros. (the current rights holder to the majority of the pre-May 1986 MGM library through Turner Entertainment) currently in the process of restoring the film for a public release.[2]
Also destroyed in the fire were many of the original film prints of pre-1951 MGM cartoons, most notably the Tom and Jerry series and Tex Avery shorts, leaving only the backup prints left (usually the altered reissue prints). It also destroyed pre-1924 films made by MGM's predecessors Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Pictures.
See also
- 1937 Fox vault fire
- List of lost films
- List of incomplete or partially lost films
- List of rediscovered films
References
- ^ "Vault and Nitrate Fires - A History". TCM.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Maltin, Leonard (March 6, 2013). "The 3 Stooges: Lost, Found, and Unseen". Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy. Indiewire.com. Retrieved February 17, 2015.