Monthly Archives: June 2010
Unknown Chaplin Film Discovered
A LOST Charlie Chaplin film has been discovered at an antiques show in America. The 10-minute silent film – a Keystone comedy called A Thief Catcher – features the English comic actor in a cameo role. It is reckoned to … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Comedy, Discoveries, Screenings, Silent Era
Online Trawl Catches Missing BBC Arts Film
AN AMATEUR missing TV enthusiast has discovered a lost BBC film featuring celebrated poet Adrian Henri, while scouring the internet. The film, from 1968, profiles the Brighton Festival, where Liverpool Scene poet Henri was performing. Filmed in colour and lasting … Continue reading
Filed under BBC, Culture, Finds, Television
Trove of Long-Lost Silent Films Discovered
YOU wait for one, then 75 come along at once… A trove of 75 ‘lost’ silent American films – including an early movie from acclaimed director John Ford – has been discovered in New Zealand. The New Zealand Film Archive … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Discoveries, Restoration, Silent Era
The Troubleshooters Recovery – Interview
An interview with the collector who recently returned a missing episode of The Troubleshooters is now up on Wiped. Oliver Ashmole chats about how he found the episode – “A Bird in the Hand” – and also about his experiences … Continue reading
Filed under Features, Finds, Interview, Site Updates
