What would you do if you found never-before seen footage containing a world famous cinema legend? Apparently a British man purchased a can of nitrate film for five dollars on eBay. After showing it to a filmmaker friend, the man was informed that he'd found lost footage of film-legend Charlie Chaplin. The discovery includes extra footage from several well known films, and a never before seen work. Some of the out-takes and extended scenes are from The Tramp, His New Profession, and A Jitney Elopement. Capitalizing on his good fortune, the man has since teamed up with his filmmaker friend and a documentary, titled The Lost Film Project, is in production. I attached the article below...
Wow - you never know what you can find on ebay! I usually just buy someone else's junk
ReplyDeleteI think it's pretty bad that someone had the film, didn't even bother to check it, but then sold it for $5. :)
ReplyDeleteI was talking about writing a movie about kids searching for lost chaplin footage back in my film institute days if anyone remembers lol
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