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Lost & found : American treasures from the New Zealand Film Archive.

Drawn from a cache of early American movies found at the New Zealand Film Archive and preserved with the American archival community, this collection presents lost works not seen in decades, including films by major directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and a variety of industrial films, news stories,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Simmon, Scott (writer of accompanying text.), Mortilla, Michael (composer (expression)), Sosin, Donald (composer (expression))
Format: Video DVD
Language:No linguistic content
Language Notes:Silent films with English intertitles and musical scores.
Published: [San Francisco, Calif.?] : National Film Preservation Foundation, [2013]
Subjects:
United States > Social life and customs > Drama.
Hats > United States.
Hats.
Manners and customs.
United States.
Actualities (Motion pictures)
Anthology films.
Drama.
Silent films.
Short films.
Fiction films.
Table of Contents:
  • Lyman H. Howe's famous ride on a runaway train (1921); 6 min. / producer, Lyman H. Howe
  • Happy-go-luckies (1923); 7 min. / Fables Pictures, Inc. ; producer, Paul Terry ; animators, Paul Terry [and others]
  • Strong boy (preview) (1929); 42 sec. / Fox Film Corp. ; producer, William Fox ; director, John Ford ; writers, James Kevin McGuinness [and others]
  • Upstream (1927); 60 min. / Fox Film Corp. ; producer, William Fox ; director, John Ford ; writer, Randall H. Faye
  • Birth of a hat : the art and mystery of making fur felt hats (ca. 1920); 14 min. / John B. Stetson Co.
  • Love charm (1928); 10 min. / Colorart Pictures ; producers, Howard C. Brown and Curtis F. Nagel ; director, Howard Mitchell ; writer: Duncan Renaldo
  • Won in a cupboard (1914); 13 min. / Keystone Film Co. ; producer, Mack Sennett ; director, Mabel Normand ; writer, Mabel Normand?
  • Active life of Dolly of the dailies : episode 5, "The Chinese fan" (1914); 14 min. / Thomas A. Edison Inc. ; producer, Walter Edwin ; writer, Acton Davies
  • Stories from American newsreels. Co-operative weekly review (1918) ; Selznick news (ca. 1921); 4 min.) / Selznick Pictures Corp. ; producers, Lewis J. Selznick, Myron Selznick, David O. Selznick
  • Andy's stump speech (1924); 22 min. / Samuel Van Ronkel Productions ; director, Norman Taurog
  • Virginian types : Blue Ridge mountaineers (ca. 1926); 2 min. / Pathé Exchange Co.
  • White shadow (1924); 42 min. / Balcon, Freedman and Saville ; director, Graham Cutts ; assistant director and scenarist, Alfred Hitchcock.