Movies Silently (Off-Topic)Dec 28, 2022

Being a silent movie fan is like this:

Me: You know Clara Bow? The IT Girl? Top flapper? Well, they found several reels of one of her first films in New Zealand! Everyone thought MAYTIME was lost but now we can watch it!

You: That's great! Is it any good?

Me: No! It's awful! 😃

Show threadMovies Silently (Off-Topic)Dec 28, 2022

So many silent movies are lost that we have to piece everything together from stills, fragments and contemporary descriptions.

That means when a lost film emerges, even if it's absolutely dreadful, it's a rare treat to be able to discuss a movie from a place of firsthand knowledge.

Show threadMovies Silently (Off-Topic)Dec 28, 2022

You can watch MAYTIME for free, courtesy of the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Maybe you will like it more than I do. But if we disagree, it will be coming from a place of actual viewing experience and that's wonderful.

Link:

https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/maytime-1923

National Film Preservation Foundation: Maytime (1923)

Show threadMovies Silently (Off-Topic)
Caches of American films were found in New Zealand, Australia and the Klondike and all for the same reason: it was so expensive to ship them back to the USA that the studios were like "Keep 'em" at the final theater on the distribution line.
Dec 28, 2022 at 11:44pmWeb