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Play ball?

#1 Post by a1mamacat » Thu May 08, 2014 11:40 am

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#2 Post by silverscreenselect » Thu May 08, 2014 2:03 pm

That's quite a find. Estimates are that between 70-90% of all silent films have been lost, presumably forever, because of the deterioration of the film stock, including the film that won the first Best Actor Oscar for Emil Jannings, The Way of All Flesh (a title that's rather symbolically apt).
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