Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films 2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith (1922) and a glimpse at Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh (1927), the only Oscar®-winning performance in a lost film. Fragments also features clips from such lost films as Cleopatra (1917), starring Theda Bara; The Miracle Man (1919), with Lon Chaney; He Comes Up Smiling (1918), starring Douglas Fairbanks; an early lost sound film, Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), filmed in early Technicolor, and the only color footage of silent star Clara Bow, Red Hair (1928). The program is rounded out with interviews of film preservationists involved in identifying and restoring these films. Also featured is a new interview with Diana Serra Cary, best known as "Baby Peggy", one of the major American child stars of the silent era, who discusses one of the featured fragments, Darling of New York (1923).
Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith (1922) and a glimpse at Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh (1927), the only Oscar®-winning performance in a lost film. Fragments also features clips from such lost films as Cleopatra (1917), starring Theda Bara; The Miracle Man (1919), with Lon Chaney; He Comes Up Smiling (1918), starring Douglas Fairbanks; an early lost sound film, Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), filmed in early Technicolor, and the only color footage of silent star Clara Bow, Red Hair (1928). The program is rounded out with interviews of film preservationists involved in identifying and restoring these films. Also featured is a new interview with Diana Serra Cary, best known as "Baby Peggy", one of the major American child stars of the silent era, who discusses one of the featured fragments, Darling of New York (1923).
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All 0 Videos & 4 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew... Herself
... Herself - Film Preservationist: Academy Film Archive
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Mike Mashon... Himself
... Himself
... Himself (archive footage)
... Herself (archive footage)
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Release Date:
Apr 03, 2011 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 50`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Cast
... Herself
... Herself - Film Preservationist: Academy Film Archive
MM
Mike Mashon... Himself
... Himself
... Himself (archive footage)
... Herself (archive footage)
... Herself (archive footage)
... Herself (archive footage)
... Himself (archive footage)
... Herself (archive footage)
... Himself (archive footage)
... Himself (archive footage)
... Himself (archive footage)
... Himself (archive footage)
... Herself (archive footage)
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Nick Lucas... Himself (archive footage)
... Himself (archive footage)
... Herself (archive footage)
... Himself (archive footage)
... Himself (archive footage)