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> She said that in 2016 she asked archivists across the country if they had any copies of the film. She heard back later that year about one museum, the Eastman
by ghastmaster 3y ago
> She said that in 2016 she asked archivists across the country if they had any copies of the film. She heard back later that year about one museum, the Eastman, which had a decaying copy in a vault.
> The Eastman had listed the film in its extensive online archives but the museum has so many reels that it hadn’t paid attention to “The Oath of the Sword.”
Who considered this film "Lost Forever"? It appears to just have been rare and largely forgotten. It is not listed here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/7,200_Lost_U.S._Silent_Feature_Films_(1912-29)_(2021-02-04) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/7,200_Lost_U.S._Silent_Featur...
- prvc 3y agoAn alternative title for the article, such as "A Professor Requests a Copy of a Film from Archive", just lacks a certain je ne sais quoi (sensationalism and inaccuracy).