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Recent edit to I Want Candy

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Speedy deletion nomination of Kill, County Tyrone

Hello Caidin-Johnson,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Kill, County Tyrone for deletion, because it's too short to identify the subject of the article.

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List Of Lost films

Lon Chaney appeared in numerous films that are now lost. This still is from The Miracle Man (1919), a famous and sought after lost film.

For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films.

Films may go missing for a number of reasons. One major contributing factor is the common use of nitrate film until the early 1950s. This type of film is highly flammable, and there have been several devastating fires, such as the 1937 Fox vault fire, the 1967 MGM vault fire, the showbox film error and the Universal Pictures fire in 1924.[1] Black-and-white film prints judged to be otherwise worthless were sometimes incinerated to salvage the meager scrap value of the silver image particles in their emulsions.[2] Films have disappeared when production companies went bankrupt.[2] Occasionally, a studio would remake a film and destroy the earlier version.[2] Silent films in particular were once seen as having no further commercial value and were simply junked to clear out expensive storage space.[3]

This is necessarily an incomplete list. Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation claims that "half of all American films made before 1950 and over 90% of films made before 1929 are lost forever."[4] Deutsche Kinemathek estimates that 80-90% of silent films are gone;[5] the film archive's own list contains over 3500 lost films. A study by the Library of Congress states that 75% of all silent films are now lost.[6] While others dispute whether the percentage is quite that high,[7] it is impractical to enumerate any but the more notable and those that can be sourced.

Silent films

1890s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1896 Arrivée d'un train gare de Vincennes Georges Méliès A French short documentary. [8]
L'Arroseur (aka Watering the Flowers) Georges Méliès A short comedy. [9]
Barque sortant du port de Trouville Georges Méliès [10]
Bateau-mouche sur la Seine Georges Méliès [11]
Bébé et fillettes Georges Méliès A short documentary. [12]
Les Blanchisseuses Georges Méliès A short documentary. [13]
Bois de Boulogne (Porte de Madrid) Georges Méliès A short documentary. [14]
Bois de Boulogne (Touring Club) Georges Méliès A short documentary. [15]
Boulevard des Italiens Georges Méliès A short documentary. [16]
Campement de bohémiens (The Bohemian Encampment) Georges Méliès A short documentary. [17]
Les chevaux de bois Georges Méliès [18]
Le chiffonnier Georges Méliès

[19]

Couronnement de la rosière Georges Méliès [20]
Déchargement de bateaux Georges Méliès [21]
Jardinier brûlant des herbes Georges Méliès [22]
Jetée et Plage de Trouville, 1st and 2nd parts Georges Méliès [23][24]
Jour de marché à Trouville Georges Méliès [25]
Gestoorde hengelaar M.H. Laddé The first Dutch fictional film [26]
Spelende kinderen M.H. Laddé [27]
Zwemplaats voor Jongelingen te Amsterdam M.H. Laddé [28]
1899 The Jeffries–Sharkey Contest William Brady, Tom O'Rourke Jim Jeffries, Tom Sharkey American Mutoscope and Biograph film of heavyweight championship bout,
135 minutes in length, first film shot in artificial light.		 [29]

1900s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1900 Solser en Hesse M.H. Laddé The first film with this title, featuring the Dutch comedians Lion Solser and Piet Hesse. [30]
1903 Hiawatha, the Messiah of the Ojibway Joe Rosenthal Believed to be the first Canadian fiction film. [31]
1906 Solser en Hesse M.H. Laddé The second film with this title, featuring the Dutch comedians Lion Solser and Piet Hesse. [32]
1907 Salaviinanpolttajat Louis Sparre
Teuvo Puro		 Teppo Raikas
Teuvo Puro
Jussi Snellman
Eero Kilpi
Axel Rautio		 The first Finnish fiction film. Some sources also consider it to be the first Russian fiction film, as Finland was a part of the Russian Empire until 1917. [33]
1908 Bobby's Kodak Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. Robert Harron, Edward Dillon First starring role for then-child actor Robert "Bobby" Harron. [34]
The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays Francis Boggs, Otis Turner L. Frank Baum First adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and several of its sequels. Shown only in roadshow engagements as part of a live theater presentation, the print decomposed and was discarded.[citation needed]
The Music Master Wallace McCutcheon, Jr. D. W. Griffith Most of D. W. Griffith's early appearances as an actor in Biograph films have been preserved, minus this title. [35]

1910s

Main articles: List of lost silent films (1910–14) and List of lost silent films (1915–19)

1920s

Main articles: List of lost silent films (1920–24) and List of lost silent films (1925–29)

Sound films

From 1929 on, films are "all talking" unless otherwise specified.

1920s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1928 Alias Jimmy Valentine Jack Conway William Haines, Lionel Barrymore This part talkie was MGM's first film with synchronized dialogue sequences. It was also released as a silent film, which is similarly lost. [36]
4 Devils F.W. Murnau Janet Gaynor Fox Studios' print was reportedly borrowed by actress Mary Duncan, who played a supporting role in the film, but its whereabouts are now unknown.
Heart Trouble Harry Langdon Harry Langdon Langdon's last silent feature received little promotion in the United States, with fewer than 100 prints struck. There were reported showings in Australia in 1931.
The Home Towners Bryan Foy Doris Kenyon, Richard Bennett Warner Bros.' third all talkie. [37]
The Melody of Love Arch Heath Walter Pidgeon, Mildred Harris All talkie. Universal's first sound feature. [37]
My Man Archie Mayo Fanny Brice, Guinn Williams Part talkie released by Warner Bros. [37]
On Trial Archie Mayo Pauline Frederick, Lois Wilson, Bert Lytell Warner Bros.' fourth all talking feature. [37]
Tenderloin Michael Curtiz Dolores Costello, Conrad Nagel Second feature film to have synchronized dialogue sequences. Part talkie. [37]
Women They Talk About Lloyd Bacon Irene Rich Part talkie released by Warner Bros. [37]
1929 The Argyle Case Howard Bretherton Thomas Meighan, H. B. Warner, Lila Lee, Gladys Brockwell Silent veteran Brockwell died in a traffic accident shortly after making this film. [38]
The Aviator Roy Del Ruth Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller [39]
The Awful Truth Marshall Neilan Ina Claire
The Black Waters Marshall Neilan James Kirkwood, Mary Brian All talking. First talking picture produced by a British company.
Blaze o'Glory George Crone Eddie Dowling, Betty Compson
The Careless Age John Griffith Wray Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young
Careers John Francis Dillon Billie Dove, Antonio Moreno
College Love Nat Ross George J. Lewis, Eddie Phillips [37]
Conquest Roy Del Ruth Monte Blue, H. B. Warner
Dark Streets Frank Lloyd Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee Jack Mulhall's character is the first attempt at dual role double exposure photography in a talking film.[40]
The Doctor's Secret William C. deMille Ruth Chatterton, H. B. Warner
Evidence John G. Adolfi Pauline Frederick, Conway Tearle [41]
Fancy Baggage John G. Adolfi Audrey Ferris, Myrna Loy A part-talkie from Warner Bros.
Fast Life John Francis Dillon Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young
Footlights and Fools William A. Seiter Colleen Moore Part-Technicolor. [37]
The Forward Pass Edward F. Cline Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young [37]
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 David Butler John Breeden, Lola Lane Multicolor sequences.
Frozen Justice Allan Dwan Lenore Ulric [42]
The Gamblers Michael Curtiz H. B. Warner, Lois Wilson
The Ghost Talks Lewis Seiler Helen Twelvetrees, Charles Eaton
The Girl from Havana Benjamin Stoloff Lola Lane, Paul Page
The Girl from Woolworth's William Beaudine Alice White, Charles Delaney
Hard to Get William Beaudine Dorothy Mackaill, Louise Fazenda
Her Private Life Alexander Korda Billie Dove, Walter Pidgeon
Hearts in Exile Michael Curtiz Dolores Costello, Grant Withers
Honky Tonk Lloyd Bacon Sophie Tucker, Lila Lee This was Tucker's film debut. The complete soundtrack survives. [37]
Hot for Paris Raoul Walsh Victor McLaglen, Fifi D'Orsay
The Hottentot Roy Del Ruth Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller
Is Everybody Happy? Archie Mayo Ted Lewis, Ann Pennington [37]
In the Headlines John G. Adolfi Grant Withers, Marion Nixon
Jealousy Jean de Limur Jeanne Eagels, Fredric March
Little Johnny Jones Mervyn LeRoy Edward Buzzell, Alice Day [37]
Love, Live and Laugh William K. Howard George Jessel, Lila Lee [37]
The Love Racket William A. Seiter Dorothy Mackaill, Sidney Blackmer
Lucky in Love Kenneth S. Webb Morton Downey, Betty Lawford All talking [37]
Madonna of Avenue A Michael Curtiz Dolores Costello, Grant Withers [43]
Married in Hollywood Marcel Silver J. Harold Murray Multicolor sequences.
Melody Lane Robert F. Hill Eddie Leonard, Josephine Dunn Universal's first 100% talking musical. [37]
A Most Immoral Lady John Griffith Wray Walter Pidgeon, Leatrice Joy 8 sound discs survive at UCLA. Visual elements appear not to have survived [44]
Nix on Dames Donald Gallaher Mae Clarke, Robert Ames
The Painted Angel Millard Webb Billie Dove, Edmund Lowe [37]
Paris Clarence G. Badger Irene Bordoni, Jack Buchanan Technicolor sequences. [37]
Pleasure Crazed Donald Gallaher Marguerite Churchill, Kenneth MacKenna
Queen of the Night Clubs Bryan Foy Texas Guinan, Lila Lee [37]
Red Hot Rhythm Leo McCarey Alan Hale, Kathryn Crawford Multicolor sequences. [37]
The Sacred Flame Archie Mayo Pauline Frederick, Conrad Nagel
Seven Faces Berthold Viertel Paul Muni, Marguerite Churchill
The Shannons of Broadway Emmett J. Flynn James Gleason, Lucile Gleason
Skin Deep Ray Enright Monte Blue, Betty Compson
Smiling Irish Eyes William A. Seiter Colleen Moore Part-Technicolor. [37]
A Song of Kentucky Lewis Seiler Lois Moran, Joseph Wagstaff [37]
Sonny Boy Archie Mayo Edward Everett Horton Part-talkie
South Sea Rose Allan Dwan Lenore Ulric, Charles Bickford
Speakeasy Benjamin Stoloff Paul Page, Lola Lane
Stark Mad Lloyd Bacon Louise Fazenda, H. B. Warner Released in both silent and all talking version. Both are lost.
This Thing Called Love Constance Bennett Part-Technicolor film released by Pathé.
The Time, the Place and the Girl Howard Bretherton Grant Withers, Betty Compson
Tonight at Twelve Harry A. Pollard Madge Bellamy, Robert Ellis
Twin Beds Alfred Santell Jack Mulhall, Patsy Ruth Miller
Wedding Rings William Beaudine H. B. Warner, Olive Borden
Why Leave Home? Raymond Cannon Sue Carol, Dixie Lee
Words and Music James Tinling Lois Moran, David Percy
Young Nowheres Frank Lloyd Richard Barthelmess, Marian Nixon

1930s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1930 Alf's Button W. P. Kellino Tubby Edlin, Alf Goddard Gaumont British film with Pathecolor sequences.
An Elastic Affair Alfred Hitchcock Short film made by Hitchcock for awards ceremony at the London Palladium in January 1930. [45]
The Big Fight Walter Lang Lola Lane, Ralph Ince
Big Money Russell Mack Eddie Quillan, Robert Armstrong
The Big Party John G. Blystone Sue Carol, Dixie Lee [37]
Bride of the Regiment John Francis Dillon Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon All Technicolor musical drama, only the soundtrack survives on Vitaphone discs. [37]
Cameo Kirby Irving Cummings J. Harold Murray, Norma Terris [37]
The Case of Sergeant Grischa Herbert Brenon Chester Morris Academy Award nominee for Best Sound.
The Cat Creeps Rupert Julian Helen Twelvetrees, Raymond Hackett
The Cave of the Silken Web II Dan Duyu Yin Mingzhu Silent. Chinese film. Original title: 续盘丝洞. Sequel to the 1927 The Cave of the Silken Web (which itself had been thought to have been lost, but was rediscovered in 2013).
The Climax Renaud Hoffman Jean Hersholt and Kathryn Crawford
College Lovers John G. Adolfi Marion Nixon, Jack Whiting Musical comedy [37]
Courage Archie Mayo Marian Nixon, Leon Janney
Crazy That Way Hamilton MacFadden Kenneth MacKenna, Joan Bennett
The Dude Wrangler Richard Thorpe Lina Basquette, Tom Keene
Dumbbells In Ermine John G. Adolfi Robert Armstrong, Barbara Kent
The Eyes of the World Henry King John Holland, Una Merkel
Fellers Austin Fay, Arthur Higgins Arthur Tauchert, Les Coney An Australian comedy. [46]
The Furies Alan Crosland Lois Wilson, H. B. Warner
The Girl of the Golden West John Francis Dillon Ann Harding, James Rennie
The Golden Calf Millard Webb Jack Mulhall, Sue Carol
The Gorilla Bryan Foy Joe Frisco, Walter Pidgeon
The Grand Parade Fred C. Newmeyer Helen Twelvetrees, Fred Scott
Hide Out Reginald Barker James Murray, Kathryn Crawford
Hit the Deck Luther Reed Jack Oakie, Polly Walker Part Technicolor musical comedy.
Hold Everything Roy Del Ruth Winnie Lightner, Joe E. Brown All Technicolor musical comedy. The complete soundtrack exists on Vitaphone discs. [37]
In the Next Room Edward F. Cline Jack Mulhall, Alice Day
Just for a Song Gareth Gundrey Lillian Hall-Davis, Roy Royston Gainsborough British film with colour sequences.
Kismet John Francis Dillon Otis Skinner, Loretta Young A lavish costume drama in the early widescreen process known as Vitascope. The complete soundtrack exists on Vitaphone discs. [47]
Knowing Men Elinor Glyn Carl Brisson, Elissa Landi The second British sound feature in colour. A B.I.P. film.
Leathernecking Edward F. Cline Irene Dunne, Ken Murray Dunne's film debut. Part Technicolor musical comedy.
Let's Go Places Frank R. Strayer Frank Richardson, Dixie Lee [37]
Lilies of the Field Alexander Korda Corinne Griffith, Ralph Forbes [37]
Once a Gentleman James Cruze Edward Everett Horton, Lois Wilson
One Mad Kiss Marcel Silver José Mojica, Antonio Moreno [37]
The Other Tomorrow Lloyd Bacon Billie Dove, Kenneth Thomson
The Man from Blankley's Alfred E. Green John Barrymore, Loretta Young
The Man Hunter D. Ross Lederman Rin-Tin-Tin, Nora Lane
Murder Will Out Clarence G. Badger Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee
No, No, Nanette Clarence G. Badger Bernice Claire, Alexander Gray Part Technicolor musical comedy. The soundtrack discs survive. Trailer survives. [37][48]
A Romance of Seville Norman Walker Alexander D'Arcy, Marguerite Allan The first British sound feature in colour. A B.I.P. film.
Rough Waters John Daumery Rin-Tin-Tin, Jobyna Ralston
Second Choice Howard Bretherton Dolores Costello, Chester Morris
She Couldn't Say No Lloyd Bacon Winnie Lightner, Chester Morris Musical drama.
She Got What She Wanted James Cruze Lee Tracy, Betty Compson
Song of the Flame Alan Crosland Bernice Claire, Noah Beery All Technicolor musical drama, the first color film featuring wide screen, and Academy Award nominee for Best Sound. Sound discs for five of the nine reels exist. [37]
Song of the West Ray Enright John Boles, Joe E. Brown All Technicolor. The first all-color all-talking feature to be filmed entirely outdoors and the first color Western. The complete soundtrack survives on Vitaphone discs. In a June 2011 forum discussion, a person claimed to have fragments which others then identified as being from this film.[49]
Sons of the Saddle Harry Joe Brown Ken Maynard, Doris Hill
Strictly Modern William A. Seiter Dorothy Mackaill, Sidney Blackmer
Troopers Three Norman Taurog Rex Lease, Dorothy Gulliver
Way of All Men Frank Lloyd Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dorothy Revier
What a Widow! Allan Dwan Gloria Swanson Musical drama.
Lord Richard in the Pantry Walter Forde Richard Cooper, Dorothy Seacombe Included on the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" list of missing British feature films.
The Last Hour Walter Forde Richard Cooper
1931 The Age for Love Frank Lloyd Billie Dove, Lois Wilson, Charles Starrett Produced by the Caddo Company and an uncredited Howard Hughes.
Alam Ara Ardeshir Irani Master Vithal, Zubeida, Jilloo, Sushila, Prithviraj Kapoor The first Indian sound film. [50]
Annabelle's Affairs Alfred L. Werker Victor McLaglen, Jeanette MacDonald
The Bargain Robert Milton Lewis Stone, Evalyn Knapp
Children of Dreams Alan Crosland Paul Gregory, Margaret Schilling Musical drama.
Charlie Chan Carries On Warner Oland, Hamilton MacFadden An alternate Spanish-language version, featuring a different cast, exists.
Compromised John G. Adolfi Rose Hobart, Ben Lyon
Damaged Love Irvin Willat June Collyer, Charles Starrett
Deadlock George King Stewart Rome, Marjorie Hume, Warwick Ward On the BFI 75 Most Wanted list. [51]
Fanny Foley Herself Edna May Oliver All-color film photographed in Technicolor. [37]
Father's Son Leon Janney, Lewis Stone
Fifty Fathoms Deep Roy William Neill Richard Cromwell, Mary Doran
Hobson's Choice Thomas Bentley James Harcourt, Viola Lyel, Frank Pettingell On the BFI 75 Most Wanted list. [52]
Honor of the Family Warren William, Bebe Daniels
Kalidas H. M. Reddy T. P. Rajalakshmi, P. G. Venkatesan, L. V. Prasad First sound film in Tamil cinema, as well as South Indian cinema [53][54]
The Last Ride Duke Worne Dorothy Revier, Charles Morton
Men of the Sky Alfred E. Green Irene Delroy, Jack Whiting Musical drama.
Racetrack James Cruze Leo Carrillo, Frank Coghlan Jr. Completed in 1931, but not released until 1933.
Shanghaied Love George B. Seitz Richard Cromwell, Noah Beery
Two Crowded Hours Michael Powell John Longden, Jane Welsh, Jerry Verno Powell's directorial debut. [55]
White Shoulders Melville W. Brown Mary Astor, Jack Holt
Women Go on Forever James Cruze Clara Kimball Young, Marian Nixon
Woman Hungry Clarence G. Badger Lila Lee All-color film photographed in Technicolor.
Peludópolis Quirino Cristiani Argentine production; the world's first animated feature film with sound, using a primitive sound-on-disc system. [56]
Bela Lugosi Screen Test for Frankenstein Bela Lugosi, Edward van Sloan Screen test made for Universal Studios in which Lugosi tested makeup concepts for the titular role that eventually went to Boris Karloff. No footage or stills of Lugosi in character as Frankenstein have survived. [57]
1932 Charlie Chan's Chance John G. Blystone Warner Oland Sixth film of the Charlie Chan series and third with Warner Oland. [58]
Men of Tomorrow Zoltan Korda, Leontine Sagan Maurice Braddell, Joan Gardner Robert Donat's film debut. The film is on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list.
The Missing Rembrandt Arthur Wontner Second film in the Sherlock Holmes series.
Paprika Franciska Gaal
Speed Demon D. Ross Lederman William Collier, Jr., Joan Marsh
Tonendes ABC László Moholy-Nagy Experimental film, scratched[clarification needed] by hand and seen by Norman McLaren in the 1930s. [59]
1933 The Big Brain George Archainbaud Fay Wray, George E. Stone
Il caso Haller Alessandro Blasetti Marta Abba, Memo Benassi Remake of 1930 German film The Other.
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case Warner Oland and Heather Angel
Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka Kenzō Masaoka First sound anime.
Convention City Archie Mayo Joan Blondell
Dick Powell
Adolphe Menjou
Mary Astor		 A pre-Code film produced by First National–Warner Bros. [37]
India Speaks Walter Futter Richard Halliburton Documentary on India.
The Monkey's Paw Ernest B. Schoedsack Adaptation of the W. W. Jacobs horror story.
Night in the City Fei Mu Ruan Lingyu
Jin Yan		 The debut of Fei Mu, one of China's greatest filmmakers.
Stop, Sadie, Stop Ted Healy Never released, only one print made.
Two Minutes Silence Paulette McDonagh Frank Bradley, Campbell Copelin, Marie Lorraine Australia's first anti-war movie. [46]
Wasei Kingu Kongu Torajiro Saito Isamu Yamaguchi Japanese short based on King Kong, and the first Kaiju film, preceding Godzilla by 21 years. [60]
1934 Charlie Chan's Courage Second version of the Charlie Chan adventure. The 1927 version still exists.
L'impiegata di papà Alessandro Blasetti Memo Benassi, Elsa De Giorgi, Renato Cialente Remake of 1933 German film Heimkehr ins Glück.
Jail Birds of Paradise Al Boasberg Moe Howard
Curly Howard
Murder at Monte Carlo Errol Flynn Flynn's debut film in the UK.
Ragazzo Ivo Perilli Costantino Frasca, Isa Pola, Osvaldo Valenti Screening was banned by Fascist authorities before the premiere, and subsequently stored at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. During the German troops retreat in 1944, the centre was looted and put on fire. [61][62]
The Scarab Murder Case Wilfrid Hyde-White A Philo Vance film. [63]
White Heat Lois Weber Virginia Cherrill, Mona Maris, Hardie Albright The last film, and only talkie, directed by Weber.
1935 The Magic Shoes Peter Finch Completed but never released. [46]
Dark World Bernard Vorhaus Tamara Desni, Leon Quartermaine, Googie Withers Released only in the UK.
1936 The Oregon Trail John Wayne Lost film, but in 2013 stills were found [64]
The Adventures of Pinocchio Raoul Verdini, Umberto Spano It was intended to be the first animated feature film from Italy, but is now considered lost, only the original script and a couple of still frames are all that survived of the film [65]
1937 Terang Boelan Albert Balink Rd. Mochtar, Roekiah Romance film from the Dutch East Indies; the colony's biggest commercial success [66]
1938 King Kong Appears in Edo Sōya Kumagai Eizaburo Matsumoto A Japanese kaiju (giant monster) film which preceded Godzilla by sixteen years. It was likely lost during World War II. [67]
Nad Niemnem Wanda Jakubowska and Karol Szolowski The Nazi regime liked the artistic value of the movie, but could not allow the screening of a picture so firmly rooted in Polish history. It was dubbed and re-edited, changing it to pro-German propaganda. Stefan Dekierowski informed the Polish underground, and the remaining three copies (out of 5 total) were hidden in winter 1939; the movie is believed to be lost.
1939 The Good Old Days Roy William Neill Max Miller, Hal Walters, Kathleen Gibson On the BFI 75 Most Wanted list. [68]
Secreto de confesión It was lost during the bombing of Manila during World War II.

1940s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1940 Harta Berdarah R Hu, Rd Ariffien Zonder, Soelastri Indonesian action film. Screened until at least July 1944. [69]
Kedok Ketawa Jo An Djan Fatimah, Basoeki Resobowo, Oedjang Union Films first production. Screened until at least August 1944. [69]
1941 Asmara Moerni Rd Ariffien Adnan Kapau Gani, Djoewariah, S. Joesoef Indonesian romance film. Screened until at least November 1945. [69]
Bajar dengan Djiwa R Hu A Bakar, Djoewariah, O Parma, Oedjang, RS Fatimah, Soelastri, Zonder Indonesian drama film. Screened until at least October 1943. [69]
Soeara Berbisa R Hu Raden Soekarno, Ratna Djoewita, Oedjang, Soehaena Screened until at least February 1949, longer than any other Union Films production, and the only Union picture known to have been shown post-World War II. [69]
This Man Is Dangerous Lawrence Huntington James Mason Although it is said to have been shown on British television as recently as 1987, the film is believed lost and is included on the BFI's "75 Most Wanted" list of missing British feature films. [70]
Wanita dan Satria Rd Ariffien Djoewariah, Ratna Djoewita, Hidajat, Z. Algadrie, Moesa [69]
1942 Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus Spencer Williams
Cóndor Capuchita Carlos Trupp, Jorge Escudero Chilean movie. Apparently, in 1982, after the death of Carlos Trupp in the United States, his heirs would have found and searched in 2001 to finance its restoration, but nothing is known since. [71]
Mega Mendoeng Boen Kim Nam Rd Soekarno, Oedjang, Boen Sofiati, Soehaena Union Films final production before the studio closed ahead of the impending Japanese occupation. [69]
1943 Squadron Leader X Lance Comfort Eric Portman, Ann Dvorak On the BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films. [72]
1944 Red Sky at Morning Hartney Arthur Peter Finch, John Alden [46]
1945 Flight from Folly Herbert Mason Patricia Kirkwood, Hugh Sinclair Screen debut of stage star Kirkwood. It is on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list. [73]
For You Alone Geoffrey Faithfull Lesley Brook, Dinah Sheridan, Jimmy Hanley Another film on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list. [74]
1946 Little Iodine Reginald Le Borg Hobart Cavanaugh, Irene Ryan Release delayed by a polio outbreak; Little Iodine cartoonist Jimmy Hatlo was a writer. [75]
1948 The Betrayal Oscar Micheaux The director's final production. [76]

1950s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1950 The Miracle of St. Anne Orson Welles Suzanne Cloutier, Maurice Bessy, Boris Vian Short film made as prologue to the Paris stage production of Welles' play The Unthinking Lobster.
1952 Hammer the Toff Maclean Rogers John Bentley, Patricia Dainton, Valentine Dyall On the BFI 75 Most Wanted list. [77]
Salute the Toff Maclean Rogers John Bentley, Carol Marsh, Valentine Dyall Sequel to Hammer the Toff and also one of the BFI 75 Most Wanted. [78]
1953 Small Town Story Montgomery Tully Donald Houston, Susan Shaw, Alan Wheatley, Kent Walton Another of the BFI 75 Most Wanted. [79]

1960s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1960 Linda Don Sharp Carol White, Alan Rothwell On the BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films. [80]
1961 Cranks at Work Ken Russell English. Russell's short 35mm film about the choreographer John Cranko. [81]
1962 Bulgasari Kim Myeong-jae South Korean Kaiju film. Later remade in 1985 as Pulgasari. [82]
Crosstrap Robert Hartford-Davis Laurence Payne,
Jill Adams,
Gary Cockrell		 On the BFI 75 Most Wanted list. Hartford-Davis' film debut; only reviews are known to survive. [83]
Pages of Death Tom Harmon (narrator) Anti-pornography short film produced by Citizens for Decent Literature, narrated by Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon. [84]
1963 Andy Warhol Films Jack Smith Filming Normal Love Andy Warhol Jack Smith This home movie, which may have been Warhol's first film, was seized by New York City Police in March 1964, and has since disappeared. [85]
Farewell Performance Robert Tronson David Kernan,
Frederick Jaeger,
Delphi Lawrence		 On the BFI 75 Most Wanted list. [86]
1967 Batman Fights Dracula Leody M. Diaz Jing Abalos, Dante Rivero An unofficial Filipino Batman parody made without permission of DC Comics, owner of the character's copyright. [87]
Israel: A Right to Live John Schlesinger Director Schlesinger shot this film for producer Harry Saltzman. Alan Rosenthal claims that "hours of film had been shot and edited, but nobody liked the result. Israel was too triumphant, too out of keeping with the changed mood. It had a few showings and then passed into oblivion." On the other hand, William J. Mann claims that Schlesinger never finished the documentary, "due to 'creative differences' with the BBC." Cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond claimed in 2011 that he has never been able to find a copy of the documentary.
1968 Las Noches del Hombre Lobo René Govar Paul Naschy The second in a series of films featuring the character Count Waldemar Daninsky. Never publicly screened or seen by anyone, including Haschy. Suspected by some to be a hoax. [88]
The Other People David Hart Peter McEnery, Donald Pleasence Never released. [89]
1969 The Promise Michael Hayes Ian McKellen, John Castle First known film adaptation of a work by Soviet playwright Aleksei Arbuzov, and an early film role for McKellen. Appears on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list. [90]

1970s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1972 Nobody Ordered Love Robert Hartford-Davis Ingrid Pitt, Tony Selby All known prints believed destroyed upon the director's death, at his request. Currently listed on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list. [91]
1974 HIM Ed D Louie Tava Pornographic film about the life of Jesus Christ, previously believed to be a hoax. [92]

2010s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
2010 Break-a-Ball #24 Wubbzy Bob Boyle the episode was found on tv and is fake. [93]

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List Of incomplete Films

The following is a list of notable films that are incomplete or partially lost. Films that were never completed in the first place do not qualify. For films for which no footage (including trailers) is known to have survived, see List of lost films.

Theda Bara in Cleopatra (1917). Most of her over forty silent films were destroyed in a film vault fire in 1937.

Silent films

1900s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1903 Kit Carson, or The Pioneers Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. One of the earliest Westerns and an attempt to tell a story in multiple scenes made slightly prior to The Great Train Robbery. Released both as a coherent 21-minute film and in the form of single scenes designed for use in Mutoscopes. Some of the Mutoscope subjects have survived, but the full film has never been found.
1905 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes J. Stuart Blackton Maurice Costello, H. Kyrle Bellew First dramatic Sherlock Holmes adaptation on film and the screen debut of actor Maurice Costello. All that exists are short strips of scenes deposited for copyright purposes in the Library of Congress. [1]
1906 The Story of the Kelly Gang Charles Tait Frank Mills Only 17 minutes of this 70-minute feature survive; it is often considered to be the world's first feature-length motion picture. [2]

1910s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1910 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Otis Turner? Bebe Daniels The ending credits are missing, leaving the cast and crew as a mystery.
1911 At a Quarter of Two Thomas H. Ince? Mary Pickford, King Baggot Fragments in the Library of Congress have been identified as being from this film. [3][4]
Their First Misunderstanding Thomas H. Ince, George Loane Tucker Mary Pickford, Owen Moore A one-reel short. The majority of the film was recovered in 2006, but the first minute or so remains missing. [5][6]
A Victim of the Mormons August Blom Valdemar Psilander, Clara Pontoppidan Danish film that initiated a decade of anti-Mormon propaganda films in America. Only about half of the 60-minute feature has been found, a copy of which is preserved at the LDS archive in Salt Lake City. [7]
1912 With Our King and Queen Through India British documentary depicting celebrations in India for the coronation of George V. Originally released in color, but now only available in black & white; surviving print is about two hours, but the original cut may have been as long as six hours.
1913 The Adventures of Kathlyn Francis J. Grandon Kathlyn Williams La Cineteca del Friuli film archive has the first of 13 episodes of the second American serial ever made. The EYE Film Institute Netherlands also has print fragments. [8]
The Inside of the White Slave Traffic Frank Beal Edwin Carewe
Jean Thomas		 Two reels of this four reel drama have survived. [9]
Poor Jake's Demise Allen Curtis Max Asher, Lon Chaney A fragment of the film was discovered in England in May 2006 and is in the possession of Lobster Films. [10]
Raja Harishchandra D. G. Phalke D. D. Dabke
P.G. Sane		 The first Indian feature film. The National Film Archive of India has two reels containing the first and last of four parts of the work. [11]
Who Will Marry Mary? Mary Fuller, Ben F. Wilson Incomplete prints of episodes one and five (of six) survive, in the EYE Film Instituut Nederland archive and at Keene Stage College respectively. [12]
1914 The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies Walter Edwin Mary Fuller, Yale Boss Chapter five of this twelve-part serial was discovered in 2009 in the New Zealand Film Archive. The BFI National Archive has chapter ten. [13][14]
The Battle of the Sexes D. W. Griffith Lillian Gish, Donald Crisp Griffith's second feature, and his first released for Reliance-Majestic. Only a two-minute fragment survives. [15]
A Good Little Devil Edwin S. Porter Mary Pickford One of five reels survives in the National Film and Television Archive. [16][17]
The Girl Stage Driver Webster Cullison Norbert A. Myles
Edna Payne
Will E. Sheerer		 An incomplete 35mm positive print was discovered in 2009 in the New Zealand Film Archive. [18][19]
1914-
1917		 The Hazards of Helen J. P. McGowan, James Davis Helen Holmes This is believed to be the longest serial ever made, 23.8 hours long with 119 12-minute episodes. Surviving episodes are scattered among various film archives, including the Library of Congress, the National Film and Television Archive and the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House. [20]
1914 The Indian Wars William F. Cody Cody stars as himself in this early movie version of the Indian Wars; also stars Nelson Appleton Miles and Black Elk; released 1917. One minute and 58 seconds of footage is held by the McCracken Research Library or the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, and can be viewed online (see reference). [21]
Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery Francis Ford Grace Cunard, Francis Ford Four of 15 episodes survive. [22]
The Master Key Robert Z. Leonard Robert Z. Leonard, Ella Hall, Harry Carter Episode 5 of 15 resides in the Library of Congress [23]
My Official Wife James Young Clara Kimball Young The story concerns Helen Marie, a woman on the run from the St. Petersburg police, who plots to assassinate the Tsar. Only about 45 seconds of this film exists. These fragments contain an extra mistakenly said to be Leon Trotsky. In fact, Trotsky was not yet in the United States when this was filmed. [24]
Neptune's Daughter Herbert Brenon Annette Kellerman The Gosfilmofond film archive possesses one reel, which Australia's National Film and Sound Archive copied. [25]
The Perils of Pauline George B. Seitz Pearl White Of the original 20-chapter serial running 410 minutes, only a 90-minute version, released in Europe in 1916, is known to exist.
1915 The Battle Cry of Peace J. Stuart Blackton Charles Richman
L. Rogers Lytton
Mary Maurice		 Pro-armaments epic and the most expensive production undertaken by Vitagraph. One reel reported in Europe; fragments of battle scenes, culled from stock shot libraries, reside at George Eastman House. [26][27]
The Carpet from Bagdad Colin Campbell Kathlyn Williams, Wheeler Oakman, Guy Oliver One reel of five was salvaged from the wreck of the RMS Lusitania with a few feet of recoverable images. [28]
The Millionaire Paupers Joe De Grasse Lon Chaney, Sr. Only a fragment of the film survives. [29]
1916 La falena Carmine Gallone Lyda Borelli The Cineteca Italiana film archive possesses a fragmentary print. [30]
The Fall of a Nation Thomas Dixon Lorraine Huling A few frames survive of this sequel to The Birth of a Nation (1915). [31]
Intolerance D. W. Griffith Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Constance Talmadge Still frames from several scene have survived and incorporated into the print compiled by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. These scenes were probably part of the original cut of the film but eliminated by Griffith in subsequent reissues. [32]
The Iron Claw George B. Seitz, Edward José Pearl White, Creighton Hale The UCLA Film and Television Archive possesses episode 7 of this 20-part serial. [33]
Kiss of Death Victor Sjöström Victor Sjöström The Cinémathèque Française film archive has approximately 30 minutes of the film. [34]
The Last Egyptian J. Farrell MacDonald J. Farrell MacDonald, Howard Davies, J. Charles Haydon, Vivian Reed Three of the film's five reels are housed in the Museum of Modern Art. [35]
The Moment Before Robert G. Vignola Pauline Frederick A nearly complete print, lacking only the opening scene, is in the possession of the Cineteca Nazionale film archive in Rome. [36][37]
The Place Beyond the Winds Joe De Grasse Lon Chaney, Sr. Four of the five reels are in the film archive of the Library of Congress. [38]
Ramona Donald Crisp Adda Gleason, Mabel Van Buren The Library of Congress has reel 5. [39]
Snow White J. Searle Dawley Marguerite Clark, Creighton Hale

It was considered a lost film, thought to have been destroyed in a vault fire. A "substantially complete" print with Dutch intertitles, missing a few scenes, was found in Amsterdam in 1992 and restored at George Eastman House.[40]

The Wings Mauritz Stiller Egil Eide
Lars Hanson		 A copy of the central section surfaced in 1987 and was shown by the Swedish Film Institute. [41]
1917 Cleopatra J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara Approximately 40 seconds exist at George Eastman House. [42]
The Devil-Stone Cecil B. DeMille Geraldine Farrar Two reels of this six-reel feature film, originally with Handschiegl Color Process sequences, are in the AFI Collection of the Library of Congress. [43][44]
The Gulf Between Wray Bartlett Physioc Grace Darmond, Niles Welch Of the first Technicolor film, "very short fragments survive at the Margaret Herrick Library, George Eastman House and the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Photography Dept."[45] [46]
Nuts in May Robin Williamson Stan Laurel Only 60 seconds of footage remain of Laurel's first film.[citation needed] Part of the short lives on in scenes inserted into the 1922 extant short Mixed Nuts.[47]
The Red Ace Jacques Jaccard Marie Walcamp Originally a 16-episode serial, only episode 7 survives in the film archive of the Library of Congress. [48]
The Secret Man John Ford Harry Carey Two of the five reels are in the Library of Congress film archive. [49]
The Seven Pearls Louis J. Gasnier, Donald MacKenzie Mollie King, Creighton Hale Fragmentary prints of this serial are held by the Library of Congress (Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City collection). [50]
The Sin Woman Irene Fenwick A trailer survives in the National Film and Sound Archive and the Academy Film Archive. [51]
Triumph Joe De Grasse Lon Chaney, Sr. Three of the five reels survive. [52]
1918 The Ghost of Slumber Mountain Willis O'Brien Herbert M. Dawley, Willis O'Brien Only 19 minutes survive.
Hands Up! Louis J. Gasnier, James W. Horne Ruth Roland, George Larkin Only a "promotional short film" of this 15-part serial remains, in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. [53]
He Comes Up Smiling Allan Dwan Douglas Fairbanks [54]
The House of Hate George B. Seitz Pearl White, Antonio Moreno An incomplete print of this 20-part serial is in the Gosfilmofond film archive with Russian and/or Ukrainian subtitles. [55]
Riddle Gawne William S. Hart
Lambert Hillyer		 Lon Chaney, Sr. One of the five reels is in the film archive of the Library of Congress. [56]
The Scarlet Drop John Ford Harry Carey The Getty Images Archive possesses just over 30 minutes of footage. [57]
1919 Auction of Souls Oscar Apfel Aurora Mardiganian A 24-minute segment was restored and edited from a surviving reel in Soviet Armenia. It released in 2009 by the Armenian Genocide Resource Center of Northern California. [58]
Bound and Gagged George B. Seitz Marguerite Courtot, George B. Seitz Four of the ten episodes of this spoof serial survive in the Library of Congress film archive. [59]
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman John Ford Harry Carey
John Ford		 Only three reels of originally five or six are believed to have survived. [60]
J'accuse Abel Gance Séverin-Mars The original film was in four episodes with a film length of 5,250 metres (17,220 ft). The most complete reconstruction is 3,525 metres (11,565 ft) long.
Just Squaw George E. Middleton Beatriz Michelena The Library of Congress has four of five reels. [61]
Der Knabe in blau (The Boy in Blue) F. W. Murnau Blandine Ebinger Murnau's debut film. The Deutsche Kinemathek film archive possesses 35 small fragments ranging from two to eleven frames in length. [62]
The Miracle Man George Loane Tucker Thomas Meighan
Lon Chaney, Sr.		 About three minutes survive, including two clips in compilation films released by Paramount: The House That Shadows Built (1931) and Movie Memories (1935). [63]
The Tiger's Trail Robert Ellis, Louis J. Gasnier, Paul Hurst Ruth Roland, George Larkin A "fragmentary print" of the 15-episode serial exists. [64]
The Toilers Tom Watts Manora Thew, George Dewhurst, Gwynne Herbert, Ronald Colman Two of five reels survive. [65]

1920s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1920 Daredevil Jack W. S. Van Dyke Jack Dempsey, Josie Sedgwick Episodes 1-4 and one unidentified one of the 15 episodes of this adventure serial are in the UCLA Film & Television Archive. [66]
La fête espagnole Germaine Dulac Ève Francis, Gaston Modot Only eight minutes of this 67 minute feature, which Henri Langlois cited "as important as Eisenstein's Strike",[67] survive at the Cinemathèque Française. [68]
Robbery Under Arms Kenneth Brampton Kenneth Brampton, S. A. Fitzgerald A "copy comprising about three quarters" of this Australian production was found and combined with already known footage to produce a near-complete version. A five-minute sequence is still missing. [69]
The Third Eye James W. Horne Warner Oland, Eileen Percy A "fragmentary print" survives. [70]
1921 The Adventures of Tarzan Robert F. Hill Elmo Lincoln, Louise Lorraine Originally released as a 15-chapter movie serial, only the 10-chapter 1928 re-release remains.
The Blue Fox Duke Worne Ann Little The UCLA Film and Television Archive has chapters 1-12 in its collection; episodes 13-15 are believed to be lost. [71]
The Centaurs Winsor McCay Ninety seconds of footage of this animated film survives.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Emmett J. Flynn, Pauline Starke Harry Myers According to silentera.com, reels 2, 4 and 7 remain of the original eight. [72]
Daniel Sarah Bernhardt A five-minute fragment is housed in the WPA Film Library and the British Pathé film archive. The latter allows a clip of the final scene to be viewed online.[73] [74]
Devil Dog Dawson Jack Hoxie Jack Hoxie, Helene Rosson, Evelyn Selbie Thirty-eight seconds of footage from this Western, found in a mislabeled tin, were the subject of an investigation in a 2006 episode of the PBS series History Detectives. [75]
Disraeli Henry Kolker George Arliss The entire film was screened at the Museum of Modern Art in 1947. Reel 3 is held at George Eastman House. A complete print is reputedly held at the Gosfilmofond in Moscow. [76]
How Kitchener Was Betrayed Percy Nash Fred Paul, Winifred Evans, Bertram Berleigh Only one of its six reels is known to survive.
The Mechanical Man Andre Deed Gabriel Moreau, Valentina Frascaroli, Fernando Vivas-May Originally around an hour long, only about 26 minutes remain.
The Queen of Sheba J. Gordon Edwards Betty Blythe Seventeen seconds of footage has tentatively been identified as being from this film. [77]
The White Horseman Albert Russell Art Acord, Eva Forrestor A "handful of print clippings" remain of this Western serial. [78]
1922 Anna Ascends Victor Fleming Alice Brady, Robert Ellis A six-minute fragment of the film remains. [79][80]
A Dangerous Adventure Sam Warner, Jack Warner Grace Darmond, Philo McCullough, Derelys Perdue, Mabel Stark The UCLA Film and Television Archive has episodes 1-11 and 13-15 of the 15-chapter serial with the exception of episode 12. [81]
The Loves of Pharaoh Ernst Lubitsch Emil Jannings Long thought lost completely, it has been restored from various sources, but still lacks 10 minutes of the roughly one hour and 50 minute original running time. [82]
Marizza F. W. Murnau Tzwetta Tzatschewa The Cineteca Nazionale film archive possesses a fragmentary print of the first reel. [83]
Sherlock Holmes Albert Parker John Barrymore Once thought lost. A jumble of negative takes was rediscovered in the 1970s and the film reconstructed in 1975 and again in 2001. [84]
The Timber Queen Fred Jackman Ruth Roland, Bruce Gordon The UCLA Film and Television Archive has episodes one, four, eight and nine of 15, as does a private collection. [85]
The Toll of the Sea Chester M. Franklin Anna May Wong, Kenneth Harlan The UCLA Film and Television Archive, under the supervision of Robert Gitt and Richard Dayton, restored the film from the 35mm nitrate film original camera negative in 1985.[86] As the final two reels were missing, Gitt and Dayton used "an original two-color Technicolor camera" to shoot a sunset on a California beach, "much as the film's original closing must have looked."[86]
The Village Blacksmith John Ford Will Walling, Virginia True Boardman One of the eight reels survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. [87]
The Young Rajah Phil Rosen Rudolph Valentino An incomplete 16mm reduction positive, missing the first third, resides in the Library of Moving Images. Turner Classic Movies financed a restoration using surviving footage from the film and trailers, still photos and title cards to bridge the gaps. [88][89]
1923 The Darling of New York King Baggot Baby Peggy One of the popular "Baby Peggy" movies. Only the last reel showing the fire exists.[90] It has been restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[91]
Flaming Youth John Francis Dillon Colleen Moore Only one reel and a film trailer exist. [92]
In the Days of Daniel Boone William James Craft Charles Brinley, Jack Mower The trailer of this 15-episode Western serial is available on the DVD More Treasures from American film archives, 1894–1931 : 50 films. [93]
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island Raoul Walsh House Peters, Pauline Starke, Antonio Moreno, Rosemary Theby One reel survives. Last copy destroyed in 1967 MGM archive [94]
La Roue Abel Gance Séverin-Mars The original version encompassed 32 reels, which ran for either seven and a half or nine hours (sources disagree). In 1924, Gance edited it down to two and a half hours for general distribution. A modern reconstruction from five different versions, available on DVD, is nearly four and a half hours long. [95][96]
The White Shadow Graham Cutts Betty Compson Alfred Hitchcock received his first screen credit, as a writer and assistant director. Three of the six reels were found in New Zealand in August 2011. [97]
1924 The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln Phil Rosen George A. Billings Incomplete prints of the film, including some color-tinted and color-toned footage, exist in various film archives, including the National Film and Sound Archive and the Library of Congress. [98]
Fast and Fearless Richard Thorpe Buffalo Bill, Jr., Jean Arthur Reel two of five is in the Library of Congress. [99]
The Fast Express William Duncan William Duncan, Edith Johnson A fragmentary print of this 15-episode serial exists. [100]
Greed Erich von Stroheim Initially running 9 and a half hours, the film was cut by Von Stroheim to just under four hours, and then trimmed by the studio to 140 minutes of surviving footage. The remaining footage was later accidentally discarded by a janitor while cleaning the vaults. Today the 140-minute version survives, along with a few stills from some of the lost scenes.
Reveille George Pearson Betty Balfour, Stewart Rome, Ralph Forbes Part of the BFI 75 Most Wanted. At least some sequences are known to survive in private hands. [101]
A Sainted Devil Joseph Henabery Rudolph Valentino, Nita Naldi Less than one reel has survived. [102]
A Self-Made Failure William Beaudine Lloyd Hamilton, Ben Alexander, Matt Moore One of the longest feature comedies up to that time. A trailer, only, survives at the Library of Congress.
Through the Dark George W. Hill Forrest Stanley, Colleen Moore The last two reels, 7 and 8, are missing. [103]
The Wife of the Centaur King Vidor Eleanor Boardman, John Gilbert Four seconds of Boardman can be seen in the MGM promotional short Twenty Years After.
1925 The Air Mail Irvin Willat Warner Baxter, Billie Dove, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Only four of eight reels survive in the Library of Congress [104][105]
Body and Soul Oscar Micheaux Paul Robeson Originally running nine reels, it was cut to five reels to gain approval from New York censors. The surviving copy is based on the censor-approved edited version; the original nine-reel version is considered lost.
The Lost World Harry Hoyt Wallace Beery
Bessie Love
Lewis Stone		 It initially had a running time of 106 minutes. Though partially restored, the longest cut runs at approximately 100 minutes.
Confessions of a Queen Victor Sjöström Alice Terry, John Bowers, Lewis Stone Originally running five reels (64 minutes), the last reel has never been found.
1926 The American Venus Frank Tuttle Esther Ralston, Louise Brooks Two trailers and a short color clip are held by the Library of Congress. [93]
Bardelys the Magnificent King Vidor John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman Long thought to have been lost, a nearly complete print was found. It is missing reel three. [106]
Camille Fred Niblo Norma Talmadge An incomplete 35mm positive print exists in the Raymond Rohauer collection of the Cohen Media Group [107]
The Great Gatsby Herbert Brenon Warner Baxter, Lois Wilson A one-minute trailer exists. [108]
Just Another Blonde Alfred Santell Dorothy Mackaill, Louise Brooks The UCLA Film and Television Archive possesses a fragmentary 20 minutes of this film. [109]
Mademoiselle from Armentieres Maurice Elvey Estelle Brody, John Stuart The BFI National Archive possesses fragments amounting to about a third of the film (2850 of 7900 feet). [110]
The Silent Flyer William James Craft Silver Streak, Malcolm McGregor, Louise Lorraine Produced by Samuel Bischoff and Nat Levine. The trailer survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archive and is available on the DVD More Treasures from American film archives, 1894–1931 : 50 films. [93]
The Song and Dance Man Herbert Brenon Tom Moore, Bessie Love Most of the film is extant at the Library of Congress except for reels 1 & 2. Reels 3 to 7 survive in the Library
1927 The Battle of the Century Clyde Bruckman Laurel and Hardy For decades, the excerpt included in the 1957 compilation film The Golden Age of Comedy was thought to be the only remaining footage, until the first reel (featuring a boxing match) was found in the late 1970s, but scenes featuring Eugene Pallette, and a final climatic gag showing a cop receiving a pie in the face were missing until the second reel was discovered in a private collection in June 2015. [111][112]
Cradle Snatchers Howard Hawks Louise Fazenda, Dorothy Phillips
Ethel Wales		 Rediscovered by Peter Bogdanovich in the 1970s at the Fox vault, it is still missing half of reel 3 and all of reel 4.
The Dove Roland West Norma Talmadge The Library of Congress has reels 1, 3, 4 and 8. Still missing are reels 2, 5, 6, 7 and 9.
The Enemy Fred Niblo Lillian Gish The MGM film library is in possession of a print lacking the last reel. [113]
For the Term of His Natural Life Norman Dawn George Fisher, Eva Novak, Dunstan Webb This Australian film was reconstructed from incomplete Australian and American prints and other sources. The remaining gaps were covered by new titles and montages of stills. [69]
Isle of Sunken Gold Harry S. Webb Anita Stewart, Duke Kahanamoku Chapters 4-6 and reel 1 of chapter 7 have been found and are held by Collectie Filmcollectief in the Netherlands. [114]
King of the Jungle Webster Cullison Elmo Lincoln, Sally Long Only the trailer of this ten-episode serial survives. [115]
Metropolis Fritz Lang Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm About a quarter of the film was believed to have been lost forever prior to 2008. A complete print was rediscovered in Argentina in 2008, but two scenes were too damaged to repair, and thus are technically still "missing" when it comes to viewing the film. However, 99% of the film is now intact and fully restored.
Napoléon Abel Gance Albert Dieudonné Gance's film was released in a number of versions with a wide range of running times, up to nine hours and 22 minutes for the version définitive. The latest reconstruction by film historian Kevin Brownlow lasts five hours and 32 minutes.
Now I'll Tell One James Parrott Laurel and Hardy The first reel is missing.
The Private Life of Helen of Troy Alexander Korda María Corda One reel of the Academy Award-nominated film exists in the British Film Institute.
The Return of the Riddle Rider Robert F. Hill William Desmond, Lola Todd A trailer remains of this ten-part serial. [116]
Rough House Rosie Frank R. Strayer Clara Bow, Reed Howes A comedic boxing film despite Bow's starring role. Made in 1927, a popular period for the boxing genre, especially after the famous Tunney-Dempsey fight of 1926 and its famous sequel, The Long Count Fight of 1927. A 54-second trailer survives. [117][118]
The Way of All Flesh Victor Fleming Emil Jannings The only "lost" Academy Award-winning performance. Two fragments, totaling about seven minutes, have been recovered. [119]
Whispering Smith Rides Ray Taylor Wallace MacDonald, Rose Blossom A trailer for this ten-part serial survives. [120]
1928 The Adorable Outcast Norman Dawn Edith Roberts, Edmund Burns, Walter Long Fifteen minutes of the film are in the possession of Australia's National Film and Sound Archive. [121]
The Arcadians Victor Saville Ben Blue, Jeanne De Casalis, Vesta Sylva Part of the BFI 75 Most Wanted missing films. The British Film Institute has noted, however, that an "incomplete and deteriorating nitrate print ... was apparently viewed prior to July 2008".[122]
Beware of Married Men Archie Mayo Irene Rich, Clyde Cook, Myrna Loy One reel was found in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. [123]
Beau Sabreur John Waters Gary Cooper
Evelyn Brent		 A trailer is included in the DVD More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894–1931. [93]
The Divine Woman Victor Sjöström Greta Garbo One reel was found in a Russian film archive and has been shown on Turner Classic Movies. Another short excerpt was found in a Swedish newsreel and has been shown at Filmhuset in Sweden.
A Final Reckoning Ray Taylor Newton House, Louise Lorraine There is a trailer of this twelve-episode serial. [124]
Manhattan Cocktail Dorothy Arzner Nancy Carroll A one-minute montage sequence, Skyline Dance by Slavko Vorkapich, was released in October 2005 in the DVD collection Unseen Cinema. [125]
The Man Without a Face Spencer Gordon Bennet Allene Ray, Walter Miller A fragmentary print of this ten-part serial exists. [126]
The Patriot Ernst Lubitsch Emil Jannings A few fragments and a trailer survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A six-minute reel was found in the Portuguese Archive and copied to safety stock. [127]
Red Hair Clarence G. Badger Clara Bow, Lane Chandler A part-color silent movie. The UCLA Film and Television Archive has fragments which were shown in the 2004 UCLA Festival of Preservation. [128][129]
Sadie Thompson Raoul Walsh Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore The final reel (approximately 10 minutes) is missing. Most of film survives in good condition and has been released on DVD.
Say It with Sables Frank Capra Francis X. Bushman, Helene Chadwick, Margaret Livingston A trailer exists. [130]
The Terrible People Spencer Gordon Bennet Allene Ray, Walter Miller A "fragmentary print" of this serial is said to exist. [131]
Three Weekends Clarence G. Badger Clara Bow The UCLA Film and Television Archive has fragments which were shown in the 2004 UCLA Festival of Preservation. [128]
The Wedding March Erich von Stroheim Erich von Stroheim, Fay Wray Stroheim's first rough cut was 11 hours long. He intended to make it a two-part film, with the second part to be called The Honeymoon. The Honeymoon is presumed lost. [132]
1929 The Case of Lena Smith Josef von Sternberg Esther Ralston A four-minute segment was shown at the 2003 Pordenone Silent Film Festival. [133]
Strong Boy John Ford Victor McLaglen, Leatrice Joy The New Zealand Film Archive has a theatrical trailer, and there may be a print in Australia, according to silentera.com. [134]
Thunder William Nigh Lon Chaney, Sr. Chaney's last silent film; several clips exist.

Sound films

1920s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1928 Melody Of Love Arch Heath Walter Pidgeon, Mildred Harris Universal's first all talkie. According to silentera.com, an incomplete print exists. [135]
My Man Archie Mayo Fanny Brice () Reels 1, 2 and 11 of this part-talkie survive, as do an almost complete set of soundtrack discs and the soundtrack trailer. [136]
Noah's Ark Michael Curtiz Dolores Costello, George O'Brien After the premiere of this part-talkie, Warner Bros. made extensive revisions, including cutting about half an hour. The original 135 minute version is believed to be lost. A partial restoration is 108 minutes long.
The Terror Roy Del Ruth May McAvoy F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre he claimed that he had found an incomplete copy of the nitrate film in private collector. [137]
1929 The Broadway Melody Harry Beaumont Charles King, Anita Page The first talkie to win an Oscar for Best Picture. The scenes shot in two-strip technicolor did not survive in their original color form, only in black-and-white.
Disraeli Alfred E. Green George Arliss The 1934 re-release remains. About three minutes of the original 1929 footage are believed to be lost.
Frozen Justice Allan Dwan Lenore Ulric, Robert Frazer One reel of the silent version survives in the Library of Congress. The sound version is missing.
Gold Diggers of Broadway Roy Del Ruth Winnie Lightner, Nick Lucas (All-talking) Last two reels and some fragments survive as well as the Vitaphone sound disks. [138]
The Great Gabbo James Cruze Erich von Stroheim (All-talking) Originally featured sequences in Multicolor now believed to be lost.
Happy Days Benjamin Stoloff Charles E. Evans, Marjorie White, Richard Keene (All-talking) Second feature film in 70 mm. Survives only in a smaller 35 mm version.
Married in Hollywood Marcel Silver J. Harold Murray (All-talking) The final reel survives (in Multicolor) at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
On With the Show Alan Crosland Betty Compson (All-talking) The first all-Technicolor, all-talking feature, only a black-and-white version remains, although a very brief clip of color footage was found in a toy projector.
Queen of the Night Clubs Bryan Foy Texas Guinan (All-talking) One short clip included in Winner Take All (1932) with James Cagney. Also, silentera.com states that an incomplete silent trailer also exists. [139]
Red Hot Rhythm Leo McCarey Alan Hale Sr. (All-talking) One filmed sequence, the title song ("Red Hot Rhythm"), survives in early Multicolor process.
Rio Rita Luther Reed Bebe Daniels, John Boles (All-talking) A cut-down 1932 re-release survives.
Sally John Francis Dillon Marilyn Miller (All-talking) Originally produced in 2-strip Technicolor, today the film survives only in black and white save one two-and-a-half-minute sequence.
Wolf of Wall Street Rowland V. Lee Nancy Carroll, George Bancroft (Part-talkie) Only montage sequences by Slavko Vorkapich survive. One of these has been issued on a DVD entitled "Unseen Cinema – Early American Avant Garde Film 1894-1941", curated by Bruce Posner and produced by David Shepard. [140]

1930s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1930 Bright Lights Michael Curtiz Dorothy Mackaill No Technicolor print of this Vitaphone musical has survived.
The Cat Creeps Rupert Julian Helen Twelvetrees A short segment of this sound remake of The Cat and the Canary (1927) is included in the short film Boo! (1932), the only footage known to exist.
General Crack Alan Crosland John Barrymore The silent version of this film exists. The Vitaphone discs for the sound version survive, but matching film elements are lost.
Good News Nick Grinde Bessie Love The final reel in Technicolor is lost.
Isle of Escape Howard Bretherton Monte Blue, Betty Compson, Myrna Loy The barest of fragments survive. [141]
Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht Robert Siodmak Heinz Rühmann
Lien Deyers
Hermann Speelmans
Friedrich Holländer		 Originally 98 minutes long, only a 52-minute version released in 1933 as Jim, der Mann mit der Narbe remains. [142]
The Rogue Song Lionel Barrymore Lawrence Tibbett The soundtrack, two reels, and several clips survive.
Chasing Rainbows Charles Reisner Bessie Love Black and white portion of the film is extant; color sequences in the middle and end of the film are lost.
1931 Annabelle's Affairs Alfred L. Werker Jeanette MacDonald The last of Jeanette MacDonald's films for Fox, only one reel is known to survive.
The Runaround William James Craft Mary Brian Originally released as a musical as Waiting for the Bride or Waiting at the Church in Technicolor, it was re-released under the new title with the musical parts cut. Only an incomplete black-and-white copy of the cut version seems to have survived.[citation needed]
1932 Condemned to Death Walter Forde Arthur Wontner
Gillian Lind
Gordon Harker
Cyril Raymond		 A "cut version dubbed in French" was found as a result of a 1992 British Film Institute campaign to locate missing movies. [143]
Horse Feathers Norman Z. McLeod Marx Brothers The only existing prints of this film are missing several minutes, due to both censorship and damage.
Veiled Aristocrats Oscar Micheaux Lorenzo Tucker All that remains is the trailer and fragments of two reels.
Walking Down Broadway Erich von Stroheim James Dunn, Boots Mallory, ZaSu Pitts Withheld from release and re-edited as Hello, Sister!, the original version remains lost. [144]
1933 Deluge Felix E. Feist Sidney Blackmer For many years, Deluge was thought to be a lost film, but a print dubbed in Italian was found in a film archive in Italy in the late 1980s. Before the discovery, the only part of the film known to have survived was the impressive footage of the tidal wave destroying New York City, which was used in the Republic Pictures serials Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941) and King of the Rocket Men (1949).
My Lips Betray John Boles The sixth reel is assumed to be lost.
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Fritz Lang Otto Wernicke The German premiere ran 124 minutes. The modern restored version is 121 minutes long.
1935 The Burgomeister Harry Southwell Janet Ramsey Johnson Only one sequence remains. [145]
Devdas P.C. Barua P.C. Barua, Jamuna Barua Of this classic Bengali film, only 60% still survives.
The Mystery of the Marie Celeste Denison Clift Bela Lugosi, Shirley Grey, Arthur Margetson, Edmund Willard 18 minutes were cut from the film, and the only surviving print of this film is the shortened re-release, retitled Phantom Ship.
1936 The Man Behind the Mask Michael Powell Hugh Williams, Jane Baxter, Maurice Schwartz The surviving American release, titled Behind the Mask, is a cut version of the UK film. [146]
Things to Come William Cameron Menzies The most complete existing version of this film runs 96 minutes, compared with its original running time of 117 minutes upon submission to the BBFC. A reconstructed version using extant film, production stills, and extracts from the script is available on DVD.
1937 Lost Horizon Frank Capra Ronald Colman Capra's initial 210-minute version was cut down to 131 minutes after a preview screening of the film went badly. In his autobiography, Capra claims to have personally destroyed the first two reels. Subsequent re-releases were further edited to downplay allegedly communist elements, as well as hints of Swinging and various scenes which were felt to present the native children in too positive a light. While a complete soundtrack of the original 131-minute release has survived, no complete 131-minute print is known to exist. In many currently-used versions, still photos and individual frames are used to replace the seven minutes of missing footage that accompanies the soundtrack.
1938 Show Business A. R. Harwood Bert Matthews Only rushes from a single minor scene are left. [145]
Thank Evans Roy William Neill Max Miller
Hal Walters
Albert Whelan		 A hundred feet (just over a minute) of footage was found as a result of a 1992 British Film Institute campaign to locate missing movies. [143]
1939 Tsuchi (Earth) Tomu Uchida Mieshi Bando
Donguriboya
Masako Fujimura
Akiko Fujimura
Mari Ko		 A seriously compromised print of Earth was discovered in Germany in 1968. It suffers from nitrate damage and includes German subtitles. It is missing its first and last reel. The original film was 142 minutes long; this version runs 93 minutes. A 119-minute version of the film, with subtitles in Russian, was discovered in Russia around the turn of the millennium. It too is missing the last reel.[147]

1940s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1940 Fantasia Various Directors Deems Taylor For its 60th Anniversary DVD release in 2000, Disney's manager of film restoration, Scott MacQueen, supervised a restoration and reconstruction of the original 125-minute roadshow version of Fantasia. The visual elements from the Deems Taylor segments that had been cut from the film in 1942 and 1946 were restored, as was the intermission. However, the original nitrate audio negatives for the long-unseen Taylor scenes had deteriorated several decades earlier, so Disney brought in voice actor Corey Burton to rerecord all of Taylor's lines. Although it was advertised as the "original uncut" version, the Sunflower edit in Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 made in 1969 was maintained. In this version, it was accomplished by digitally zooming-in on certain frames to avoid showing the black centaurette characters.
1942 Berdjoang Rd. Ariffien Mohamad Mochtar A single reel was shown at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival; the rest remains lost. [148]
1943 Sanshiro Sugata Akira Kurosawa Sambas According to the Toho Studios introduction to the 1952 re-release of this film, 1,845 feet (17 minutes) were cut in 1944 due to government demands. The missing footage could not be found for the 1952 re-release and is considered lost.
1948 Bless 'Em All Robert Jordan Hall Hal Monty, Max Bygraves Placed on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films. A cut-down version titled Be Kind Sergeant was later offered for sale on eBay.[149] A two-and-a-half minute trailer also survives.[150]
1949 Somewhere in Politics John E. Blakeley Frank Randle
Tessie O'Shea
Josef Locke		 According to the British Film Institute, only a print of an "18-minute short from the film, entitled Full House", is known to exist.[151]

1950s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1951 The Idiot Akira Kurosawa Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshiko Kuga Kurosawa wanted the original 265-minute version to be shown in two parts. When the studio balked, the film was cut to 180 minutes. After the poorly-received premiere, the picture was cut, against Kurosawa's wishes, to 166 minutes. No print of the 265-minute version is known to exist; Kurosawa supposedly spent a week looking through the studio archives for the original cut when he returned to Shochiku studios 40 years later to make Rhapsody in August.
1953 [BreakABall #70] Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Only part of the cartoon was filmed.
1953 Captain Thunderbolt Cecil Holmes Grant Taylor, Charles Tingwell The Australian National Film and Sound Archive has what it believes is the 53 minute version edited for television, but is still searching for the full 69 minute original. [152]
1954 Southwest Passage Ray Nazarro Joanne Dru Initially released in 3-D, this feature only survives in its flat form.
A Star Is Born George Cukor Judy Garland Originally premiering at 181 minutes, Warner Bros. cut the film down by about 27 minutes for general release. The 1983 restoration included soundtrack from this cut and a few establishing shots, with stills filling in the rest. A complete print is rumored to exist.
Top Banana Alfred E. Green Phil Silvers Shot and edited in 3-D, the film was released flat. The film only exists in 16mm, and does not exist in 3-D, although a 3-D trailer has survived.
1956 The Burmese Harp Kon Ichikawa In Japan, Nikkatsu, the studio that commissioned the film, released it in two parts, three weeks apart. Part one (running 63 minutes) opened on January 21, 1956, and part two (80 minutes) opened on February 12, both accompanied by B movies. Its total running time of 143 minutes was cut to 116 for later re-release and export, reputedly over Ichikawa's objection. The original 143 minute version is lost.

1960s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1960 The Three Stooges Scrapbook Sidney Miller The Three Stooges Television pilot, divided into two theatrical shorts, also titled "The Three Stooges Scrapbook," in 1963, padded with long animated sequences. A portion was also re-printed in black and white and incorporated into the feature The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962). The original television pilot is lost.[153]
1962 Big and Little Wong Tin Bar Jackie Chan
Sammo Hung		 Chan's film debut at age eight. An early-1960s interview with Chan included some footage, all that is known to survive (included in the documentary Jackie Chan: My Story).
1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Stanley Kramer Spencer Tracy It was originally premiered at 192 minutes, then edited to 162 for general release. In the late 1980s, 20 minutes of deleted footage were found in a warehouse which had been slated for demolition, and edited back into the film in 1991. In 2013, the remaining lost roadshow footage was tracked down as part of a restoration effort to return the film to its original release length. A majority of the scenes were complete with sound and picture, while some scenes were either audio- or visual-only, as they were derived from original 70mm roadshow prints that were themselves cut down (the original elements have long disappeared).
1964 Man in the 5th Dimension Dick Ross Billy Graham This short film was originally shot in the 70mm Todd-AO widescreen process. Eleven 70mm prints were created, but none survive. The film exists in a 16mm version only.
1966 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Sergio Leone Clint Eastwood
Eli Wallach
Lee Van Cleef		 At least one completed sequence from this film, in which 'Blondie' foils Tuco with the aid of a Mexican prostitute, was cut from all versions of this film (including the Italian premiere version), and is now believed to be lost. All that remains of this sequence is a snippet of footage used in a French trailer for the film, as well as a small number of production photos. [154][155]
1967 Four Stars Andy Warhol Edie Sedgwick
Ondine		 One of the longest films ever publicly screened, this ran for close to 25 hours at The Filmmaker's Cinemathèque in New York City on December 15–16, 1967. Extant data regarding the order of reels, films that still remain and projection information do not allow for a full reconstruction. [156]
Great Monster Yongary Kim Ki-duk The original negative is thought to be lost and the original Korean-language version only exists in a 48-minute fragment. However, MGM owns a complete 35mm interpositive and textless 35mm elements for the opening and ending titles, and was able to reconstruct the AIP-TV English dubbed US version in CinemaScope.
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick Keir Dullea After the original premiere, Kubrick cut 24 minutes (also adding title cards and a small insertion at the "Dawn of Men" sequence). Seventeen minutes of cut footage were discovered in a Kansas salt mine where some motion pictures are archived.

1970s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Billy Wilder Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely Two entire stories and a flashback sequence were cut from the final release print at the studio's insistence. Some, but not all, of the missing parts are available on laserdisc and DVD releases. [157]
1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks Robert Stevenson Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson The film was shortened after its premiere from two and a half hours to 119 minutes. In 1996, the original version was restored. though most of the previously deleted scenes ended up re-dubbed and one of the deleted scenes, A Step in the Right Direction, is presumed lost.
The Big Boss Lo Wei Bruce Lee After the original premiere, Hong Kong censors demanded that some of the footage be trimmed, including more graphic violence, and an explicit brothel scene in which Bruce Lee's character makes love to a Thai prostitute (also featuring Lee's only implied nude scene in his career). The missing footage has been rumored to still exist. [158]
Duck, You Sucker! Sergio Leone Rod Steiger
James Coburn
Romolo Valli		 Many versions of this film exist (the best known and most widely available being the 157 minute version), but several scenes are known to have been cut from every release version, and possibly survive only through production stills. These include a scene in which John is forced to march across a desert without water (similar to Leone's previous film, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), and a scene in which Dr. Villega is tortured for information by Colonel Reza. [159][160]
1972 The Last House on the Left Wes Craven Sandra Cassel, Lucy Grantham This film was unusually graphic for the time, and many cinema machinists made their own cuts. As a result, some scenes are missing in most versions of the film, and the sound has been completely lost from certain scenes.[161][162][163][164]
1973 The Wicker Man Robin Hardy Christopher Lee
Edward Woodward		 The original cut of The Wicker Man is lost.[165] European distributors began a Facebook campaign in 2013 to find missing material from the film, which culminated in the discovery of a 92-minute 35 mm print at the Harvard Film Archive. This print had previously been known as the "Middle Version" and was itself assembled from a 35 mm print of the original edit Robin Hardy had made in the United Kingdom in 1973, but which was never released.[166]
1977 Martin George A. Romero John Amplas The original copy was entirely in monochrome and ran for 165 minutes. To Romero's knowledge, no copy of this version exists.
1979 Caligula Tinto Brass Malcolm McDowell Most of the third act and many small scenes in the first two thirds are missing.

1980s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1980 The Shining Stanley Kubrick Jack Nicholson Kubrick cut a scene at the end, which was a discussion about the disappearance of Jack's frozen body. The scene was cut soon after being released in theaters, and the footage was apparently destroyed by the studio, but is rumored to be in the possession of Kubrick's family.
1987 My Best Friend's Birthday Quentin Tarantino Quentin Tarantino The original cut was about 70 minutes long but due to a fire only 36 minutes of the film survived. The 36 minute cut has been shown at several film festivals. It has never been officially released, but is rumored to be in Tarantino's possession.

2010s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
2010 Wubbzy Song:Waiting Song] Bob Boyle Nick Jr This used to be on brickfurs channel but however fredbot bought them and they didn't uplioad that song but one clip exists where wubbzy blows bubble gum

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List of refound films

This is a list of rediscovered films that, once thought lost, have since been discovered, in whole or in part. See List of incomplete or partially lost films and List of rediscovered film footage for films which were not wholly lost.

Silent era

Many films of the silent era have been lost.[1]

1890s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1896 Défense d'afficher Georges Méliès Georges Méliès France. The film was recovered in 2004. [2]
1897 The X-Rays George Albert Smith Tom Green, Laura Bayley Great Britain. [3]

1900s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1900 Sherlock Holmes Baffled Arthur Marvin Identities of Holmes and his assailant were not recorded. United States. Running only 30 seconds, this is the first recorded detective film and the first to feature Sherlock Holmes. A paper copy was identified in 1968 in the Library of Congress Paper Print archive by Michael Pointer, a historian of Sherlock Holmes films. It was transferred to 16 mm film in the Library of Congress collection. [4]
1901 The Death of Poor Joe George Albert Smith Laura Bayley Made in Great Britain and lost since 1954, the film was rediscovered in 2012 and is the oldest surviving film that features a Charles Dickens character. [5]
1904 or
1906		 Living London or
The Streets of London		 Charles Urban One reel (10 minutes) was recently found of this documentary of London life. The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (where the fragment was found) states it was identified by British film scholar Ian Christie as being from Living London,[6] but Urban's website claims that this is from the later documentary.[7]
1907 Katsudō Shashin Unknown animation The oldest animated film in Japan, lasting only three seconds. The piece of film was discovered in Kyoto on July 31, 2005. [8]
1908 El hotel eléctrico Segundo de Chomón Segundo de Chomón, Julienne Mathieu Spain, thought to be lost but was later recovered. Now in Filmoteca Española film archive. [9]
1909 Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy Unknown Annette Kellerman, Maurice Costello The short film exists in the British Film Institute archive. [3]
La Tosca André Calmettes, Charles le Bargy Cécile Sorel Currently in the BFI National Archive. [3]

1910s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1910 Frankenstein J. Searle Dawley Charles Ogle A print was bought by a film collector in the 1950s, who was not aware of its rarity until decades later. United States [10]
Il Guanto
(The Glove)		 Luigi Maggi Alberto Capozzi, Mary Cleo Tarlarini, Mario Voller-Buzzi A print bought by a private collector from a recycling centre. United Kingdom. (2015) [11]
1911 At the Duke's Command Thomas H. Ince United States [3]
Their First Misunderstanding Thomas H. Ince, George Loane Tucker Mary Pickford The first film that credited Pickford by name. Found in 2006 in a New Hampshire barn.[12] United States
Karađorđe Ilija Stanojević-Čiča The first Serbian feature film, thought lost since 1928. Material from this movie was found in Austrian Film Archives in 2003. Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
Maid or Man Thomas H. Ince United States [3]
A Manly Man Thomas H. Ince United States [3]
The Mirror Thomas H. Ince United States [3]
In the Sultan's Garden Thomas H. Ince United States [3]
1912 A Fool and His Money Alice Guy-Blaché William Haines United States [3]
In Nacht und Eis Mime Misu The second Titanic movie, was presumed lost around 1914, but was found in the possession of a private film collector in Germany in 1998. Germany. [13]
Richard III André Calmettes, James Keane Robert Gemp, Frederick Warde The first known full-length William Shakespeare film was returned in 1996 by Oregon projectionist William Buffum, who admitted that he stole it and kept it for over thirty years. [14][15]
En Stærkere magt Hjalmar Davidsen, Eduard Schnedler-Sørensen Valda Valkyrien Preserved by the Danish Film Institute. Denmark. [16]
Under Two Flags United States [3]
1913 Poor Jake's Demise Allen Curtis Lon Chaney, Sr., Louise Fazenda Chaney's first credited role. A fragment was discovered in 2006 among several hundred other reels of film in an English collection. United States. [17]
The Prisoner of Zenda Edwin S. Porter, Hugh Ford James K. Hackett, Beatrice Beckley, David Torrence Prints survive in the Library of Congress, and a partial print in the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House [3]
A Sister to Carmen Charles Gaskill Helen Gardner Silver nitrate positive print recovered in 1996. England, UK. [18]
When Lincoln Paid Francis Ford Francis Ford Was found in 2006 in a barn in New Hampshire that was going to be demolished. United States. [19]
1914 The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies Walter Edwin Mary Fuller, Yale Boss Discovered in 2009 in the New Zealand Film Archive. [20]
Cruel, Cruel Love George Nichols Charlie Chaplin
Minta Durfee		 Complete nitrate copy found in South America. United States. [citation needed]
The Girl Stage Driver Webster Cullison Norbert A. Myles, Edna Payne, Will E. Sheerer An incomplete 35mm positive print was discovered in 2009 in the New Zealand Film Archive. [21][22]
Der Hund von Baskerville (The Hound of the Baskervilles) Rudolf Meinert [23]
Pirates of the Plains Otis Thayer Discovered in 1993 in a private collection in Antigo, Wisconsin. It is thought to be the only film made by the Colorado Motion Picture Company to have survived. [20]
Salomy Jane William Nigh, Lucius Henderson Beatriz Michelena, House Peters Complete nitrate copy found in Australia in 1996. [24]
The Stain Frank Powell Edward José, Theda Bara A print of the film was discovered in Australia in the 1990s. [25]
A Thief Catcher Charlie Chaplin (bit part) A print was discovered in 2010 at a Michigan antique sale. [26]
Won in a Closet Mabel Normand Mabel Normand Discovered in 2009 in the New Zealand Film Archive. [20]
1915 Double Trouble William Christy Cabanne [3]
His Lordship's Dilemma W. C. Fields Found in a Belgian film archive. [3]
Peculiar Patients' Pranks Hal Roach Harold Lloyd Found in Australia's National Film and Sound Archive.
Youth Harry Handworth Film exists in the British Film Institute archive. [3]
1916 Als ich tot war Ernst Lubitsch Found in 1994 in a Slovenian archive by the Ljubljana Film Museum and screened at the Pordenone Festival of Silent Cinema in 1995.[27]
East Lynne Bertram Bracken Theda Bara One of Bara's six surviving films. [3]
The Moment Before Robert G. Vignola Pauline Frederick A nearly complete print, lacking only the opening scene, was found in an archive in Rome. [28][29]
Mysteriet natten till den 25:e Georg af Klercker
Purity Rae Berger The Centre Nation de la Cinematographie film archive has a print. [3]
Snow White J. Searle Dawley Marguerite Clark, Creighton Hale

It was thought to have been destroyed in a vault fire. A "substantially complete" print, with Dutch intertitles and missing a few scenes, was found in Amsterdam in 1992 and restored at George Eastman House.[30] It inspired Walt Disney to make it the subject of his first feature-length animated film.

Sherlock Holmes Arthur Berthelet William Gillette, Marjorie Kay A copy was discovered in 2014 in the Cinematheque Francaise archive. This is the only film made by Gillette, a famed stage actor best known for his portrayal of Holmes. [31]
Zepped Charlie Chaplin A copy of this propaganda short film was found in 2009; and a second turned up in 2011.
1917 Beatrice Fairfax Olive Thomas All but the first of 15 episodes of this series survive in the Library of Congress archive. [3]
Bucking Broadway John Ford Found in 2002 in a French archive. [3]
His Wedding Night Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton [3]
The Image Maker Eugene Moore Film survives in a private collection. [3]
A Reckless Romeo Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Al St. John Found in an unmarked canister at the Norwegian Film Institute in 1998, alongside The Cook.
The Rough House Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton [3]
1918 The Cook Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton Found in an unmarked canister at the Norwegian Film Institute in 1998, alongside A Reckless Romeo.
Hell Bent John Ford A print exists in the Czechoslovak Film Archive. [3]
1919 Back Stage Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton [3]
Back to God's Country David Hartford Nell Shipman Print discovered in Europe and restored in the 1990s. Scenario by Nell Shipman and novelist James Oliver Curwood. [32]
Camping Out Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Al St. John Reconstructed from reels found in the Nederlands Filmmuseum and Cineteca Nazionale (Rome) storage vaults in 2002.
Different from the Others Richard Oswald Conrad Veidt German copies destroyed by the Nazis in 1933 and thought lost since then. A copy was found in the Ukraine in the late 1970s and restored by the Stadtmuseum München. One of the earliest known sympathetic depictions of homosexuality in film. [33]
The Grim Game Irvin Willat Harry Houdini Although fragments of the movie were known to have survived, this was widely considered to be a lost film until purchase from a private collector in 2014. It was scheduled to be screened at the TCM Classic Film Festival in March 2015. [34][35]
Scarlet Days D. W. Griffith
The Spiders (1st of 2) Fritz Lang Restored in 1978 from a newly discovered original print, first of 2-part series.
The Valley of the Giants James Cruze Wallace Reid Found in Gosfilmofond Russian state archives, Moscow. Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [36]
When Bearcat Went Dry Oliver L. Sellers Lon Chaney, Sr. Found in a projectionist's collection.
The Wicked Darling Tod Browning Lon Chaney, Sr. A copy was found in Europe in the 1990s, and now resides in the Nederlands Filmmuseum. [37]
The Witness for the Defense George Fitzmaurice Elsie Ferguson Print discovered in Gosfilmofond. Screened at Univ. of North Dakota. Ferguson's only surviving silent film. [38][39]
You're Fired James Cruze Wallace Reid Found in Russian state archives Gosfilmofond, Moscow. Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [36]

1920s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1920 Algol Hans Werckmeister Emil Jannings, John Gottowt, Käthe Haack, Hanna Ralph Recovered and screened by Museum of Modern Art on November 29, 2010 as part of their film exhibition Weimar Cinema, 1919–1933: Daydreams and Nightmares. [40][41]
Aimsir Padraig Norman Whitten Vernon Whitten, Gilbert Greene, Ira Allen Also known as "In the Days of St. Patrick", exists in the British Film Institute. [42]
The Daughter of Dawn Norbert Myles White Parker, Wanada Parker, Esther LeBarre, Jack Sankadoty Bought and restored by the Oklahoma Historical Society in 2007. [43][44]
Genuine Robert Wiene Fern Andra, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski Complete copy was discovered in the Berlin film archive. [45]
Helen of Four Gates Cecil Hepworth Alma Taylor
James Carew		 Found in a film vault in Quebec, Canada in 2008. However, footage from the film had been excerpted in the 1995 documentary Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood. [46]
If I Were King J. Gordon Edwards William Farnum, Betty Ross Clarke, Fritz Leiber, Sr. Print is held by the Library of Congress. [47]
The Spiders (2nd of 2) Fritz Lang Carl de Vogt, Ressel Orla, Georg John Restored in 1978 from a newly discovered original print, 2nd of 2-part series. [48]
Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook Arthur Wellin Bela Lugosi Recovered in the 1990s, exists in private film collection. [49]
Within Our Gates Oscar Micheaux Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements. James D. Ruffin Lost for decades, a single print of the film, entitled La Negra (The Black Woman), was discovered in Spain in the 1970s. In 1993, the Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Center restored the film as closely as possible to the original.[50] [50][51]
1921 The Blue Fox Duke Worne Ann Little, J. Morris Foster Portions of the first 12 chapters of this serial exist in UCLA Film and Television Archive; parts 13–15 are believed lost. [52]
Brownie's Little Venus Fred Hibbard Baby Peggy Rediscovered in Switzerland in 2010. [53]
The Conquest of Canaan Roy William Neill Thomas Meighan, Doris Kenyon Found in Russian state archives Gosfilmofond Moscow. Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [36]
The Devil Ferenc Molnár George Arliss Exists in the Library of Congress film archive. [54]
Hard Luck Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton		 Buster Keaton Long considered Keaton's major lost film until partially reconstructed in 1987. The climactic final scene was later recovered in a Russian archive. [55]
Molly O' F. Richard Jones Mabel Normand Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive, UCLA Film and Television Archive and Gosfilmofond Russian Film Archive. [56][57]
Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan Richard Eichberg Bela Lugosi Found in a film archive in the 1990s, albeit in its American release version.
1922 For the Defense Paul Powell Ethel Clayton, Zasu Pitts Rediscovered in 2014 in the archive of EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam. [58]
Beyond the Rocks Sam Wood Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino Donated by collector Joop Van Liempd (1913–2002) to Nederlands Filmmuseum and restored by them in 2005. [59]
Kick In George Fitzmaurice Betty Compson
Bert Lytell		 Found in Russian state archives; Gosfilmofond (Moscow). Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [36]
Little Red Riding Hood Walt Disney animation One of the first theatrical animated cartoons from Walt Disney. Found in a London film library in 1998 and restored the same year. [60][61]
The Loves of Pharaoh Ernst Lubitsch Emil Jannings Long thought lost, it has been restored from various sources, though it still lacks 10 minutes of the roughly one hour and 50-minute original running time. [62]
Oliver Twist Frank Lloyd Jackie Coogan, Lon Chaney Thought lost for half a century until found in Yugoslavia in the 1970s. Exists in:
  • Cineteca Del Friuli (Gemona, Italy)
  • Gosfilmofond of Russia (Moscow, Russia)
  • Library of Congress (Washington DC, United States)
  • UCLA Film and Television Archive (Los Angeles, California, United States)
  • Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive (Jerusalem, Israel)
  • BFI/National Film and Television Archive (London, United Kingdom).
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Phantom F. W. Murnau Alfred Abel, Grete Berger, Lil Dagover Prints exist in the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv film archive. [67]
Sherlock Holmes Albert Parker John Barrymore, Roland Young, William Powell Film was restored over a thirty-year period from the original camera negatives at the George Eastman House. [68]
The Toll of the Sea Chester Franklin Anna May Wong, Kenneth Harlan [69]
The Young Rajah Phil Rosen Rudolph Valentino Film partially found, surviving footage and still pictures were merged to make an incomplete film. [70]
1923 The Call of the Canyon Victor Fleming Richard Dix Found in Russian state archives; Gosfilmofond (Moscow). Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [36]
Canyon of the Fools Val Paul Harry Carey, Marguerite Clayton, Jack Curtis Found in Russian state archives; Gosfilmofond (Moscow). Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [36]
Circus Days Edward F. Cline Jackie Coogan Found in Russian state archives; Gosfilmofond (Moscow). Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [36]
The Eternal Struggle Reginald Barker Renée Adorée Found in Russian state archives; Gosfilmofond (Moscow). Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [36]
Love, Life and Laughter George Pearson Betty Balfour Found in a small cinema in the Netherlands in 2014. [71]
Maytime Louis J. Gasnier Clara Bow, Ethel Shannon, Harrison Ford Found in the New Zealand Film Archive in 2009; undergoing restoration. [21]
Souls for Sale Rupert Hughes Eleanor Boardman Discovered and restored in 2006 by Turner Classic Movies and Warner Archive Collection. [72]
The White Shadow Graham Cutts Betty Compson, Clive Brook, Henry Victor, A.B. Imeson The first three of six reels were found in the New Zealand Film Archive in August 2011. [73]
1924 $20 A Week Harmon F. Weight George Arliss, Taylor Holmes, Edith Roberts Held in the Library of Congress Film Archive and New Zealand Film Archive. [74][75]
The Arab Rex Ingram Ramón Novarro, Alice Terry Found in Russian state archives; Gosfilmofond (Moscow). Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [36]
The Breaking Point Herbert Brenon Nita Naldi, Patsy Ruth Miller, George Fawcett Exists in the Library of Congress Film Archive. [76]
Empty Hearts Alfred Santell John Bowers, Clara Bow Held by UCLA Film and Television Archive. [77]
Peg o' the Mounted Alfred J. Goulding Baby Peggy A print was discovered amongst the holdings of the Nederlands Filmmuseum. [78]
Pied Piper Malone Alfred E. Green Thomas Meighan, Lois Wilson, Emma Dunn Discovered in a Russian film archive by historians Mark Tiedje and John Coles. It was screened in 2007 in Georgetown, South Carolina, where it was filmed. Now stored in National Film Foundation of Russian Federation Archive. [79][80][81]
Venus of the South Seas James R. Sullivan Annette Kellerman, Roland Purdu, Norman French Restored by Library of Congress in 2004. Last reel of 55-minute film is in Prizmacolor. Held by New Zealand Film Archive and British Film Institute [82][83]
1925 The Clash of the Wolves Noel M. Smith Rin Tin Tin, Charles Farrell, June Marlowe, Heinie Conklin A 35mm projection print was uncovered in South Africa and repatriated to the United States. It underwent restoration and preservation in 2003. Exists in:
  • George Eastman House (Rochester, New York, United States)
  • Library of Congress (Washington DC, United States)
  • National Archives of Canada (Ottawa, Canada)
  • Filmmuseum (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
  • UCLA Film and Television Archive (Los Angeles, California, United States)
 [84][85]
Keep Smiling Albert Austin, Gilbert Pratt Monty Banks Found in Russian state archives. Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [36]
The Last Edition Emory Johnson Ralph Lewis Rediscovered at the Dutch EYE Film Institute. [86]
Seven Sinners Lewis Milestone Clive Brook, Marie Provost A private collector obtained the film, Milestone's first feature, from a closed-down cinema in Melbourne. Warner Archive Collection and Turner Entertainment plans to restore the film for a 2016 DVD release and showing at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. [87]
1926 Bardelys the Magnificent King Vidor John Gilbert Restored in 2008 from a nearly-complete print discovered in France in 1998. [88]
The Bat Roland West Tullio Carminati Print exists at UCLA Film And Television Archive. [89]
The Devil's Circus Benjamin Christensen Norma Shearer, Charles Emmett Mack Thought to have been lost,[90] a print of The Devil's Circus was found and has been preserved by George Eastman House.[91]
His Busy Hour J. P. McGowan James Pierce Thought lost until a print was discovered in the closet of a French asylum in the 1990s. [92]
Ko-Ko's Queen Dave Fleischer Koko the Clown (animation) Rediscovered in 2014 in the archive of EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam. It is an Out of the Inkwell cartoon, in which Koko the Clown designs his ideal woman. [58]
Mare Nostrum Rex Ingram Antonio Moreno, Alice Terry [93]
A Page of Madness Teinosuke Kinugasa Masao Inoue, Yoshie Nakagawa Found by the director in his garden shed in 1970; he had buried it during World War II and forgotten it, but a third of the original footage is still missing. [94][95]
1927 The Cave of the Silken Web Dan Duyu Yin Mingzhu Thought lost until a copy surfaced in 2013 in the National Library of Norway in Mo i Rana. [96][97]
A Diary of Chuji's Travels Daisuke Itō Denjirō Ōkōchi Originally released in three parts, all of which were long thought to be lost until portions of the second part and much of the third part were discovered and restored in 1991. [58]
Duck Soup Fred Guiol Laurel & Hardy Thought lost until a copy surfaced in 1974.
Empty Socks Walt Disney Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon film made by Disney recovered in Norway in 2014. [98]
Eyes of the Totem W. S. Van Dyke Tom Santschi, Wanda Hawley One of three silent films made by a Tacoma, Washington based studio. Thought lost until discovered in Van Dyke's archives at the Museum of Modern Art in 2014. Due to be screened in Tacoma on September 18, 2015. [99]
Garras de oro P. P. Jambrina The restoration of the extant footage was screened in New York City in 2008. The film has since been referred to as the first anti-imperialist film. [100]
Her Wild Oat Marshall Neilan Colleen Moore, Larry Kent, Hallam Cooley Found by Hugh Neely in the Czech National Film Archive in Prague in 2001 and subsequently restored by the Academy Film Archive. [101][102]
It Clarence G. Badger Clara Bow Believed lost until a print surfaced in Prague in the 1960s.
Metropolis Fritz Lang Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm In 2008, two different versions of the film were found: one by Museo del Cine from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and another in the National Film Archive of New Zealand. Both versions were then edited into one cut to get as near the original version as possible. [103][104]
Mickey's Circus Albert Herman Mickey Rooney Rediscovered in 2014 in the archive of EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam. This was Rooney's first starring role. [58]
Mockery Benjamin Christensen Lon Chaney, Barbara Bedford, Ricardo Cortez Thought to have been lost,[90] it was rediscovered in the mid-1970s, it is available from George Eastman House[91] and on DVD from Warner Bros.
Sorrell and Son Herbert Brenon H. B. Warner, Anna Q. Nilsson, Carmel Myers, Nils Asther, Louis Wolheim, Mary Nolan
Tarzan and the Golden Lion J. P. McGowan James Pierce Thought lost until a print was discovered in the closet of a French asylum in the 1990s.
Upstream John Ford Nancy Nash, Earle Foxe, Grant Withers Discovered in New Zealand in 2010 among 75 silent films being returned to the US, many of which were thought lost. [105]
Why Girls Love Sailors Fred Guiol Laurel & Hardy Thought lost for many years, but then officially surfaced in 1985. [106]
Wings William A. Wellman Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen, Gary Cooper Found in the Cinémathèque Française film archive in Paris. Winner of the first Academy Award for Best Picture. [107]
1928 The Cameraman Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin A complete print was discovered in Paris in 1968. A second, incomplete (but better-quality) print surfaced in 1991. [108]
The Cardboard Lover Robert Z. Leonard Marion Davies, Jetta Goudal, Nils Asther A print bought by a private collector from a recycling centre. United Kingdom. (2015) [11]
The Constant Nymph Adrian Brunel Ivor Novello, Benita Hume [109]
The Crimson City Archie Mayo Myrna Loy, Conrad Nagel, Anna May Wong A complete print was discovered in Argentina in 2008. [110]
Forbidden Hours Harry Beaumont Ramon Novarro, Renée Adorée A complete print has survived, as well as a 16 mm reduction positive trailer. [111]
Hungry Hoboes Walt Disney Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Peg-Leg Pete Cartoon film made by Disney recovered in 2011 in the Huntley Film Archives. [112]
The Mating Call James Cruze Thomas Meighan, Evelyn Brent, Renée Adorée Produced by Howard Hughes, and long thought lost until a print was found in his vault after his death. [113]
The Passion of Joan of Arc Carl Theodor Dreyer Maria Falconetti The truncated reissue was thought all that remained until it was found in 1981, in the closet of a Norwegian mental institution. [114]
The Racket Lewis Milestone Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim Produced by Howard Hughes, and discovered following his death in his private collection.
Ramona Edwin Carewe Dolores del Río Recovered in Prague and screened in Los Angeles in March 2014 [115]
Sleigh Bells Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film thought to be lost, but discovered in 2015. [116]
The Spanking Age Robert F. McGowan Mary Ann Jackson, Bobby Hutchins, Jean Darling An Our Gang film thought to be lost, but discovered in 1990. [117]
Show Girl Alfred Santell Alice White, Donald Reed As 2015, print was discovered in an Italian film archive. [118]
Two Arabian Knights Lewis Milestone William Boyd, Mary Astor, Louis Wolheim Produced by Howard Hughes, and long thought lost until a print was found in his vault after his death.
1929 Drag Frank Lloyd Richard Barthelmess, Lucien Littlefield, Kathrin Clare Ward
Synthetic Sin William Seiter Colleen Moore, Antonio Moreno In the late 1990s, a 35mm print of the film was discovered to survive in an Italian archive.
Why Be Good? William Seiter Colleen Moore, Neil Hamilton, Bodil Rosing In the late 1990s, a 35mm print of the film was discovered to survive in an Italian archive.
Wonder of Women Clarence Brown Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams, Peggy Wood

Sound era

1930s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1930 Bed and Breakfast Walter Forde Jane Baxter
Richard Cooper
Sari Maritza
Alf Goddard		 It was found as a result of a 1992 British Film Institute campaign to search for lost films. [109]
Follow Thru Lloyd Corrigan
Lawrence Schwab		 Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Nancy Carroll
Zelma O'Neal
Jack Haley		 Thought to be lost until a complete print was discovered in the 1990s. Restored and preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Mamba Albert S. Rogell Jean Hersholt
Eleanor Boardman
Ralph Forbes		 Footage from the final reel (stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive) and all the Vitaphone soundtrack discs for this Technicolor film were originally thought to be the only elements from the film to survive. A complete print of the film, running nine reels, and four soundtrack discs were discovered in Australia in 2009. [119]
Wara Wara José Maria Velasco Maidana Juanita Taillansier, Martha de Velasco, Arturo Borda The only known surviving Bolivian film of the silent era. Discovered in a La Paz basement in 1989, it required over a decade of restoration and was not released until 2010. [120]
1931 Dracula George Melford Carlos Villarías, Lupita Tovar This Spanish-language version was made at night, while Tod Browning's Dracula was filmed during the day, using the same sets. It was considered lost until a print was rediscovered in the 1970s. [121][122]
The Ghost Train Walter Forde Jack Hulbert
Cicely Courtneidge
Ann Todd
Cyril Raymond		 It was found as a result of a 1992 British Film Institute campaign to search for lost films. [109]
Love and Duty Bu Wancang Ruan Lingyu Silent film made in China, and rediscovered in Uruguay in the 1990s. [123]
The Smiling Lieutenant Ernst Lubitsch Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins Rediscovered in Denmark in the 1980s. [124]
The Stolen Jools William C. McGann All-star cast Made for a charity, film was discovered in the 1990s in the UK under its alternate title The Slippery Pearls. [125][126]
1932 Condemned to Death Walter Forde Arthur Wontner
Gillian Lind
Gordon Harker
Cyril Raymond		 It was found as a result of a 1992 British Film Institute campaign to search for lost films. [109]
His Lordship Michael Powell Jerry Verno
Janet McGrew		 Declared to be "Missing, Believed Lost" by the British Film Institute, but a copy was subsequently found. [109]
The Old Dark House James Whale Boris Karloff
Melvyn Douglas
Gloria Stuart		 Thought lost for decades, filmmaker Curtis Harrington discovered a print in the Universal Studios vault, which was restored by Eastman House. [127][128]
Rynox Michael Powell Stuart Rome, John Longden Found in the vaults of Pinewood Studios in 1990 and was subsequently transferred and restored by the BFI National Archive. [129]
1933 Berkeley Square Frank Lloyd Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor Rediscovered in the 1970s. [130]
Blood Money Rowland Brown George Bancroft, Judith Anderson, Frances Dee It was considered a lost film for nearly 40 years before resurfacing. [131]
Deluge Felix E. Feist Sidney Blackmer For many years, Deluge was thought to be a lost film, but a print dubbed in Italian was found in a film archive in Italy in the late 1980s. Before the discovery, the only part of the film known to have survived was the impressive footage of the tidal wave destroying New York City, which was used in the Republic Pictures serials Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941) and King of the Rocket Men (1949). [132]
The Ghoul T. Hayes Hunter Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger A damaged, incomplete print was found in Czechoslovakia in the 1970s, and was thought to be the only surviving copy until a nearly-pristine one was found in the archives of the British Film Institute. [133]
Hello Pop! Jack Cummings Ted Healy, The Three Stooges Full Technicolor print found in Sydney, Australia in January 2013. [134]
Laughter in Hell Edward L. Cahn Pat O'Brien,
Gloria Stuart,
Merna Kennedy		 Long thought to be lost, a print of this gritty chain gang drama was found in mid-2012 and was screened by the American Cinematheque in Hollywood in October of that year. [135]
Mystery of the Wax Museum Michael Curtiz Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray Technicolor version found in personal vault of Jack L. Warner. [136]
Ojo Okichi (Miss Okichi) Kenji Mizoguchi Isuzu Yamada This film did not actually appear in official filmographies of Mizoguchi until a print was discovered in the vaults of Shochiku studios in 2008. [137]
Der Sieg des Glaubens Leni Riefenstahl Adolf Hitler This 64-minute documentary was ordered destroyed by Hitler for showing Nazi party member Ernst Röhm, who had been murdered on Hitler's orders. A copy was found in Britain in the 1990s. [138]
This Week of Grace Maurice Elvey Gracie Fields, Henry Kendall, John Stuart The comedy turned up as a result of the British Film Institute's 2010 drive to find missing films. [139]
1934 Of Human Bondage John Cromwell Leslie Howard, Bette Davis The negative was discovered to have been destroyed in 1964 when actress Kim Novak requested a print. A copy was recovered several years later. [140]
1935 Charlie Chan in Paris Lewis Seiler Warner Oland [141][142]
Tag der Freiheit: Unsere Wehrmacht Leni Riefenstahl Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Heinrich Himmler Thought to have been lost following World War II, an incomplete print running 28 minutes was discovered in the 1970s. [143]
Yowamushi Chinsengumi Kon Ichikawa Cartoon film recovered in the United States in 2014. [144]
1936 The Flying Doctor Miles Mander Charles Farrell, Mary Maguire The first eight of nine reels were saved by an Australian office worker who noticed a truck loaded with film cans driving past his window on its way to dispose of them. He gave chase in his car and rescued the film, which included the incomplete print of The Flying Doctor. Two years later, the shortened British version was discovered. Despite this print having been "totally rearranged", its eighth and last reel was found to take up exactly where the Australian one left off. [145][146]
1937 Summer Rain Mario Monicelli The first film to be directed by the then 21-year-old Italian director Mario Monicelli, with the pseudonym of Michele Badiek. Never published for theatrical release, was thought to be a lost film until 2011, when some fragments were discovered in the editor's personal archive. [147]
1938 Too Much Johnson Orson Welles Joseph Cotten, Mary Wickes, Arlene Francis, Ruth Ford The film was thought lost in a 1971 fire at Welles' home in Spain; footage was found in Pordenone, Italy, and restored at George Eastman House for premiere in October 2013 [148]
1939 L'espoir André Malraux Andrés Mejuto, Nicolás Rodríguez, José Sempere, Julio Peña It was finished in July 1939 and shown twice in Paris, but Francoist regime applied pressure to censor it. All known copies were destroyed in World War II. A copy was found and the film was released again in 1945. In Spain, it wasn't screened until 1977. [149]
Le Jour Se Lève Marcel Carné Jean Gabin, Jules Berry, Arletty When RKO acquired the distribution rights to Le Jour se lève in preparation for remaking it as The Long Night, they also sought to buy up and destroy all available prints of the original film. For a time, it was thought that the French film had been lost completely, but copies reappeared in the 1950s. [150]
Smith Michael Powell Ralph Richardson, Flora Robson A short film made in 1939 to promote an ex-servicemen's charity. It got caught up in the start of World War II and wasn't shown publicly, nor was it even mentioned by Powell in his autobiography. A copy was found in 2003 and it had its first public screening in the UK in 2004, 65 years after it was completed. [151]
Tevya Maurice Schwartz Maurice Schwartz
Julius Adler		 Long thought lost, a print was discovered and restored in 1978. [152]

1940s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1940 Confucius Fei Mu Tang Huaiqiu,
Zhang Yi,
Sima Yingcai		 A print was anonymously donated to the Hong Kong Film Archive in 2001. [153]
Kampf um Norwegen – Feldzug 1940 Martin Rikli
Werner Buhre		 No cast listed Considered a lost film for many years. The Berlin Bundesarchiv held only a few clips of the film. However, a complete nitrate copy of the film surfaced on an Internet auction in 2005. The Norwegian college professor and media expert Jostein Saakvitne discovered this and purchased the copy. [154]
Swiss Family Robinson Edward Ludwig Thomas Mitchell,
Edna Best		 Walt Disney bought the rights to the film, because he didn't want people comparing it with his new film. It was believed that Disney destroyed all copies until it was released briefly from their Vault DVD Collection in 2010, sold by Turner Classic Movies only. .[155][156]
1941 Kukan Rey Scott No cast listed An extant print of this Academy Award-winning documentary was located by Hawaiian filmmaker Robin Lung. [157]
1943 Deadlock Ronald Haines John Slater Its appearance on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list led to it being found. [139]
1944 Melusine Hans Steinhoff Olga Tschechowa, Siegfried Breuer Believed to be lost until the late 1990s, the film had its premiere on March 2, 2014, in Berlin. [158][159]
1945 Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei Mitsuyo Seo No cast listed Japan's first feature animated film. Presumed to have been confiscated and burnt by the American occupation, but a negative was found in Shochiku's vault in 1984. [160]

1950s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1950 Double Confession Ken Annakin Derek Farr After being listed on the BFI 75 Most Wanted, it has been found and is now available on DVD. [139]
1955 The Noble Experiment Tom Graeff Tom Graeff Surviving print found by Elle Schneider in Los Angeles, now in UCLA Film and Television Archives. [161]
1957 Final Curtain Ed Wood Duke Moore, Dudley Manlove Found and restored in 2011, premiering in 2012 at the Slamdance Film Festival. [162]
Second Fiddle Maurice Elvey Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Lisa Gastoni Another member of the BFI 75 Most Wanted that is now available on DVD. [139]
1959 Shadows John Cassavetes Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni Cassavetes showed a first version of his film only a handful of times, then scrapped it and re-shot the movie entirely. Found in 2004 at a sale of items lost on the New York City Subway, and tracked down by cinema historian Ray Carney. [163]

1960s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1964 Richard Burton's Hamlet Bill Colleran Richard Burton By contractual agreement, all prints of the film were to have been destroyed after its theatrical run. However, a single print was discovered in Burton's garage following his death. [164]
Batman Dracula Andy Warhol Jack Smith Avant-garde film featuring Batman and Dracula. Thought to be lost for years until footage appeared in Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis in 2006. [165]
1966 Incubus Leslie Stevens William Shatner Surviving print found at Cinémathèque Française with French subtitles. [166]

1970s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1970 Heartbeat in the Brain Joey Mellen Amanda Feilding Trepanation film with Feilding drilling a hole in her own head. Was due to be screened by Feilding at the ICA in April 2011; however, she did not in the end take part in the event. [167]
Sex Power Henry Chapier Jane Birkin After a brief, limited theatrical release, the film was placed in storage and was presumed lost. The film was rediscovered and subsequently remastered for DVD release in 2010. Notable in part for its soundtrack by acclaimed composer Vangelis. [168]
1971 Bun-Rye's Story Yu Hyun-mok Yoon Jeong-hee
Lee Soon-jae
Heo Jang-kang		 Although once thought to be lost, a print was recovered overseas and restored by the Korean Film Council, which screened the film at their theater in northern Seoul on May 18, 2009. [169]
Necromania Edward D. Wood, Jr. Maria Arnold Rene Bond Believed lost for years until an edited version resurfaced at a yard sale in 1992, followed by a complete, unedited print in 2001. [170]
The Young Marrieds Edward D. Wood, Jr. Louis Wolf
Patti Kramer		 Believed lost for years until rediscovered in Canada in 2004. [171]
1972 An American Hippie in Israel Amos Sefer Asher Tzarfati Once thought lost, it was rediscovered decades later. [172]
1973 Amore Henry Chapier Sonia Petrovna After a brief, limited theatrical release, the film was placed in storage and was presumed lost. The film was rediscovered and subsequently remastered for online release in 2012. Notable in part for its soundtrack by acclaimed composer Vangelis. [168]
1974 Deranged Jeff Gillen
Alan Ormsby		 Roberts Blossom Disappeared after its release in 1974 and was later rediscovered in Florida in the mid '90s. [173]
1978 Showdown at the Cotton Mill Chi Ping Chang
Peng Chang
San Lin Chen		 Wu Ma Discovered in a Taiwanese film vault by Rarescope. [174][175]

1980s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1980 Black Angel Roger Christian Tony Vogel Rediscovered in December 2011 by an archivist at Universal Studios. [176]
1985 Santo Gold's Blood Circus Santo Rigatuso Santo Gold Rediscovered in 2008, its release has been sought by the producers. [177]

2010s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
2010 BreakaBall #17 garfeild cartoon network you lost your memories based on garfeild in 2012 but you found out that you now remember garfeild so it was a hidden break-a-ball. [176]

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