The most recent, mainstream "lost" film might be Jerry Lewis' tragi-comedy "The Day The Clown Cried" (1972) where Jerry plays a clown in a concentration camp who's job it is to lead kids into the gas chambers.
Only a handful of people have ever seen the film including Harry Shearer who said "The closest I can come to describing the effect is if you flew down to Tijuana and suddenly saw a painting on black velvet of Auschwitz. You'd just think, 'My God, wait a minute! It's not funny, and it's not good, and somebody's trying too hard in the wrong direction to convey this strongly held feeling." It's rumoured that the sole copy is in Jerry's vault, but I suppose its unlikely it will ever see the light of day. As well as issues of taste there are apparently a myriad of legal complications surrounding it. Possibly for the best! Neil ________________________________ From: Helmut Hamm <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 15:48 Subject: Re: [MOPO] What is the most recent "lost" film? I just checked the IMDb for the the films of Earl Owensby, and while I'm pretty sure that most of his films eventually saw a video release, THE BRASS RING from 1975 has no votes at all, so chances are, that this one is indeed lost. For those who are not familiar with the name, Earl Owensby's E.O. Productions made a number of action flics in the 70s and 80s, mostly catering to the drive-ins in the South. Unfortunately, Earl's North Carolina studios have been severely hit by a tornado a few years back, and he lost most of his films prints on that day. On some of his films, these may have well been the last surviving 16 mm copies... Personally, I really enjoyed SEABO (aka BUCKSTONE COUNTY PRISON), which to this day is only available as a poor DVD-R transfered from a video tape. A 'regular' DVD had been announced on the web, but it never came out, due to the lack of a film print. So, technically, SEABO is not a lost film, but the best you can get is vhs quality... Helmut Am 14.02.2012 um 15:52 schrieb Bruce Hershenson: Very true, Kirby! But that was not my question. > >Wim, I was not counting made for TV. I think the reason so many of those were >lost is that they simply re-used the tapes (you could record right over the >last recording), so it saved lots of money. Kind of like how they melted down >old films! > >Bruce > > >On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: > >There are some that SHOULD be!K. >> >> >>On Feb 14, 2012, at 8:25 AM, Bruce Hershenson wrote: >> >>We often hear that half of all movies made before 1920 are "lost". But what >>is the most recent "lost" film? I mean, are there movies of the 1960s or >>later that are "lost"? Or when did people stop being so stupid as to lose the >>last surviving example of a movie? >>> >>>Bruce >>>-- >>>Bruce Hershenson and the other 24 members of the eMoviePoster.com team >>>P.O. Box 874 >>>West Plains, MO 65775 >>>Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take >>>lunch) >>>our site >>>our auctions >>> >>> >>> >>>Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>>___________________________________________________________________ >>>How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>>Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >>>In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>>The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >>> >>> >> > > >-- >Bruce Hershenson and the other 24 members of the eMoviePoster.com team >P.O. Box 874 >West Plains, MO 65775 >Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take >lunch) >our site >our auctions > > > >Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >___________________________________________________________________ >How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
