"London After Midnight" is a great one. To go back to Bruce's original post, there's a handy wiki page of "Lost Films" that includes missing films from as recently as 1983; "Where Is Parsifal" (The Curse Of Orson Welles strikes again!) and in 1987 the original version of "September" that Woody Allen shot and then scrapped.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lost_films#1990s ________________________________ From: Toochis Morin <fly...@pacbell.net> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Saturday, 18 February 2012, 21:43 Subject: Re: [MOPO] What is the most recent "lost" film? I would love to see LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT! Sent from my iPhone On Feb 18, 2012, at 1:25 PM, Neil Jaworski <neiljawor...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Dear All >Before this thread expires completely, I just realised that an honorable >mention must go to Orson Welles the patron saint of lost, abandoned and >unreleased films (cf. "The Deep", "Don Quixote", "The Merchant Of Venice" etc >etc) . There is hope that "The Other Side Of The Wind" may finally be released >soon, but the film I would be most delighted for them to find is "Moby Dick - >Rehearsed" a recording of Welles stage-adaptation. Welles filmed 75 mins of >material back in 1955 with a cast that included Welles, Patrick MacGoohan, >Gordon Jackson, Joan Plowright and Christopher Lee. > > >Not a "lost film" in the strictest sense, but something I really hope might >stil be found in a basement someday... > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby_Dick%E2%80%94Rehearsed > > > >Neil > > > >________________________________ > From: Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.net> >To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 18:09 >Subject: Re: [MOPO] What is the most recent "lost" film? > > >It could not be worse? - or could it - than LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, a film that >managed to somehow trivialize the holocaust while still winning >three Oscars. Not, as you can tell, one of my favorite OscarMoments. > > >Kirby > > > > >On Feb 14, 2012, at 10:17 AM, Neil Jaworski wrote: > >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 <texasmu...@web.de> >>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>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 <ki...@movieart.net> 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. 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