There are so many lost films.
This list seems a little odd with a heavy emphasis on Lon Chaney. Granted, he’s a big name and certainly London After Midnight is the quintessential lost film. But stars like Olive Thomas and Mary Pickford have their share of lost films as well.
At the time they were trying to make money in a new industry.
All the early TV shows were lost, because they used to use the videotape over again after it was finished. To save a few bucks, we lost all that 1940s-early 1950s history.
Bk
Movie script opportunities? Especially #s 1 & 11. Sure sounds like some of them may be just that, and they won’t be silent movies. 🙂
Only show biz history buffs care about this. If you ask most of the current generation they wouldn’t even know anything about the classics that have survived and exist.
Early film was highly combustible and would deteriorate over time. Videotape starts deteriorating at about twenty years.
They can’t lose the crap they’re making these days fast enough in my opinion.
I know of several newer Star Wars and Star Trek films and tv shows that should be lost forever...!
Amazon Prime has a silent “Wizard of Oz” film. It’s a different story from the famous film, but an tour de force what they could do with such primitive equipment