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Lost and Found: American Treasures from the New Zealand Film Archive (Silent)

Mabel Normand (Actor, Director), Betty Compson (Actor), Alfred Hitchcock (Director), Rated:

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Long-lost films by John Ford, Mabel Normand, and Alfred Hitchcock are brought back to life in LOST AND FOUND: TREASURES FROM THE NEW ZEALAND ARCHIVE. Treasures New Zealand draws from the extraordinary cache of nitrate prints safeguarded in New Zealand for nearly a century and preserved through a groundbreaking international partnership led by the National Film Preservation Foundation. None of the DVD’s films have been seen before on video; in fact, none were even thought to exist just four years ago.

The 3-1/4 hour DVD, playable worldwide, includes:

John Ford’s Upstream (1927) and a preview for his lost feature Strong Boy (1929)

The White Shadow (1924), 3 reels from the first surviving feature credited to Alfred Hitchcock, the assistant director, art director, writer, and editor

Won in a Cupboard (1914), the first surviving film directed by and starring Mabel Normand

Lyman H. Howe’s Famous Ride on a Runaway Train (1921), reunited with its sound-effects disc for the first time in decades

Stetson’s Birth of a Hat (ca. 1920)

The Love Charm (1928), a South Seas romance filmed in two-color Technicolor by Ray Rennahan and written by Duncan Renaldo (the “Cisco Kid”)

Andy's Stump Speech (1924), directed by Norman Taurog, following funny-paper favorite Andy Gump (played by Joe Murphy) on the campaign trail

The cartoon Happy-Go-Luckies (1923), 5 newsreel stories, and an episode from Dolly of the Dailies (1914) in which the unstoppable newspaperwoman saves the day and gets the scoop

Treasures New Zealand includes a 56-page illustrated catalog with forewords by Leonard Maltin and Chris Finlayson and program notes by Scott Simmon and David Sterritt; more than 180 interactive screens; new music created by Michael D. Mortilla and Donald Sosin; and a music video extra. The disc was digitally mastered and produced from the only source materials known to survive.

That films lost in the United States came to be found 7,000 miles away speaks volumes about the international popularity of American movies from the very start. By the late 1910s, American distributors circulated prints around the globe with the expectation that they would be shipped back or destroyed at the end of their runs. But some prints evaded destruction and made their way into public collections, like the New Zealand Film Archive. Today hundreds of American movies from the silent era that were not saved in the U.S. survive aboard.

The Treasures New Zealand films can be shared today thanks to the generous stewardship of the NZFA, the preservation work directed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, George Eastman House, the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, and UCLA Film & Television Archive, and the contributions of hundreds of donors. Net proceeds will support further film preservation.

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ s_medNotRated NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.25 x 0.5 inches; 5.6 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 11241555
Director ‏ : ‎ Mabel Normand, Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Mitchell, John Ford, Norman Taurog
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Black & White, Color, Dolby, NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 3 hours and 18 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ September 24, 2013
Actors ‏ : ‎ Mabel Normand, Betty Compson, Clive Brook, Mary Fuller, Nancy Nash
Studio ‏ : ‎ Image Entertainment
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00D8HNRBG
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Hitchcock fans: You need this DVD collection!

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2016

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I've been a journalist all my life, covering a wide range of subjects. But from my undergraduate days in the early 1970s until today, I've had a special interest in film studies. And, given my era of studying film as an undergraduate, Hitchcock was all the rage. This was the era when film studies was highly influenced by the milestone: Hitchcock (Revised Edition) Hitchcock (1899-1980) will still alive; he was still releasing movies; and I can remember, as a student, being in awe of his career as one of our greatest (as the French would say) "auteurs."

Whether you're that deeply engaged with Hitchcock's work -- a life-spanning fascination -- or you're simply a fan of his classics -- the fact is that the early years of Hitchcock's career were "taught as lost" back in the early 1970s. Everybody started watching his body of work with "The Lodger" and the silent era was pretty much a big question mark. Now, we're all able to enjoy some of the early works. I have to admit, knowing his later work, I'm a fan of the 1925 "Pleasure Garden." Sure, it's a silent with lots of flaws, but you can see so many of Hitchcock's later themes and cinematic stylings in that movie. I even like "The Ring," despite the poor quality of most prints of that silent boxing drama. Again, we see Hitchcock's artistry at work even in a fairly hackneyed tale that was an early precursor to "Rocky."

Well, this is all a lead up to saying: As far as I can see, this collection is the only place to see the surviving remnants of Hitchcock's earlier silent, "The White Shadow." I bought this collection a few years ago and watched a couple of the selections. I enjoyed them -- but I somehow failed to notice the Hitchcock fragment in the collection. Only more recently, reading about efforts to recapture the early body of Hitchcock's work did I realize that the surviving reels of White Shadow are in this set!

No one even knew that the film existed until the 2011 announcement that half the film had been found in New Zealand. The print of this fragment was shown in a couple of major U.S. cities. The sound track is original and, if you're a fan of silent film, you know that it's a pleasure to find an original sound track of this quality. (Lots of silents are released on DVD with fairly random clips of music attached.)

In looking back onto the Amazon page, I see reviews praising this set. But I wanted to stress the Hitchcock "find" on this DVD. Perhaps this is too obscure for most movie fans -- but, if you've had a long-time fascination with his work, then I urge you to pick up a copy of this set.

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E. Hunter Hale

Truly a Film Lovers Treasure

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2014

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I was drawn to purchasing this set of newly discovered missing silent films for two titles included: John Ford's UPSTREAM and the surviving portion of THE WHITE SHADOW which is the earliest material we have of Alfred Hitchcock. I'd seen a YouTube screening of the Hitchcock work and was impressed with how well done the special effects of actress Betty Compson playing twin sisters was. Both UPSTREAM and THE WHITE SHADOW are very nicely scored. And there are other gems included on the disc. One that is quite delightful is the 1921 RIDE ON A RUNAWAY TRAIN that was shown in smaller theatres with a prerecorded sound effects record. This film was very popular with audiences of the day providing the kind of thrills that THIS WAS CINERAMA did with its roller-coaster ride years later. THE LOVE CHARM shows off early Technicolor. The detailed notes about each film are excellent. It's very exciting that film long though lost is being discovered and that it is being offered in such fine form as the LOST & FOUND AMERICAN TREASURES series.

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Richard Steffen

American Treasures from the New Zealand Film Archives: indeed a treasure

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2013

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The National Film Preservation Foundation includes 12 'saved' silent movies on this one disk. They range from 42 seconds to 60 minutes in length. As opposed to the "tie the woman to the railroad tracks" one might conjure from the days of the silents, the sophistication some of these movies show is amazing. Sure there are the "stares into the camera," but the stories woven in films some shot in two days illustrate the early abilities of directors to compose their messages in a short yet comprehensible product. I preferred Treasures 5:the West from 1898 to 1935 that covered 40 early films my preference might be due more to the number rather than the quality.

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Chip Kaufmann

More Treasures From The Lost & Found Series.

Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2013

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LOST & FOUND: AMERICAN TREASURES FROM THE NEW ZEALAND FILM ARCHIVE represents the sixth installment in an ongoing series from the National Film Preservation Foundation. Previous entries include TREASURES FROM AMERICAN FILM ARCHIVES 1&2, SOCIAL ISSUES IN AMERICAN FILM, AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE FILM, and THE WEST. This set centers around the recent discovery of a wealth of American material stored away in the New Zealand Archive (hence the obvious title). As film researchers continue combing the world's archives, more and more silent film footage is being discovered. In some cases it's a complete film like METROPOLIS in Argentina or the Gloria Swanson-Rudolph Valentino feature BEYOND THE ROCKS in The Netherlands. Other discoveries are made by accident like the Mary Pickford short recently discovered in a barn in New Hampshire. However these discoveries occur, the fact remains that over 80% of silent films have been lost or gone missing so that every new find becomes a cause for rejoicing. Also a cause for rejoicing is the new technology now available that enables these films to be restored as close as possible to how they originally were. Silent movies really were a separate art form from sound pictures and they need to have the opportunity to be viewed the way audiences first saw them.

Included in this set are UPSTREAM, a minor comic feature from John Ford set in a theatrical boarding house, WON IN A CUPBOARD an early Keystone comedy directed by and starring Mabel Normand, and about half of a 1924 feature THE WHITE SHADOW on which Alfred Hitchcock was assistant director. Also included are an Edison Company serial, an early cartoon from Paul Terry of TERRYTOONS fame, a fascinating documentary on the making of Stetson hats, a comedy featuring comic strip character Andy Gump, and some actualities of then current events. There's even a Technicolor short (THE LOVE CHARM), and a hand colored clip of real Virginia mountaineers The quality of most of this material is outstanding. Not surprisingly the two features are in the worst shape with THE WHITE SHADOW missing 3 reels. The Mabel Normand short has occasional nitrate damage but otherwise is crystal clear. UPSTREAM is of interest because it's a rare opportunity to see John Ford work as a contract director at Fox. The print is scratchy but quite watchable. THE WHITE SHADOW is more problematic because of all the missing footage. If Hitchcock's name weren't on it, it probably wouldn't be here. The hand colored look at Virginia mountain people was intruiging. To think that someone would have gone to the trouble to do that is surprising. All in all another worthwhile addition to the ongoing series. I can't wait to see what the next installment will contain.

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S. J. Turner

Nice collection and a few gems

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 16, 2014

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I bought this region free DVD after thoroughly enjoying the previous Treasures of the West compilation. I find they are a good way for me to encounter a wider range of silent films outside of my particular preferences for certain stars and directors. The reason the price is much lower than earlier collections is partly the increasing scarcity of earlier ones and due to this being a smaller one disc compilation.

All are watchable but I my highlights are: upstream, dolly of the dailies, won in a cupboard and the white shadow.

Upstream shows an unexpected gift for comedy from John Ford, very much a character driven piece a bit like show people. A great score accompanies it surprisingly originally recorded on analogue tape. It will definitely reward repeat viewings.

Dolly of the Dailies is part of a mainly lost serial a competitor of Perils of Pauline, great stuff from a go getting gal newspaper reporter taking on the white slave trade. This is charming stuff in particular the actress seems to have whale of a time in this film.

Won in a Cupboard is a riot, completely ridiculous and silly, a climax which has people falling over for no reason and a sheriff with a daft haircut that looks like a horn coming out of his head. What more can you ask.

The White Shadow is incomplete and a bit dull and stagey until the action moves to the laughing cat, a French bohemian night club where the bad twin female star has turned up having a great time playing cards and smoking using a long cigarette holder, so decadent!. It reminds me of some of Richard Sala's comicbooks and I just wish we could have had more of this.

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"Treasures"シリーズ第6弾はニュージーランドから里帰りしたサイレント作品集

Reviewed in Japan on October 3, 2013

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2011年の夏、世界の映画関係者や映画ファンを狂喜させる驚くべきニュースがもたらされた。もはや残存しないとされたジョン・フォード監督の"Upstream"(1927)と駆け出しの頃のアルフレッド・ヒッチコック監督が、名前をクレジットされた(助監督、脚本、美術、そして、おそらくは編集も担当)"The White Shadow"(1924)の3巻分の35mm可燃性プリントが、ニュージーランド・フィルム・アーカイヴの協力で発見されたのだ。

発見したのは、アメリカ映画の収集、保存活動をしている米国の非営利団体National Film Preservation Foundation。"The New Zealand Project"と称して、2009年から、ニュージーランドのフィルム・アーカイヴ(正確には、個人のフィルム・コレクター数人から寄贈された)に眠るアメリカのサイレント作品を里帰りさせる活動をしていた同団体の根気ある確認作業によって、失われたと思われていたサイレント作品の数々がアメリカに戻ったのだ。前述のフォードやヒッチコックの作品を始め、その総数は実に176本に至り、それぞれ映画芸術科学アカデミー、ジョージ・イーストマン・ハウス、米国議会図書館、ニューヨーク近代美術館、UCLA Film&Television Archiveで保存されることになった。

本DVDは、その"The New Zealand Project"で、アメリカに戻った作品数本を集め、1枚のディスクに収録したもの。National Film Preservation Foundationが、2000年から、貴重な作品群をDVDセットとして発売している"Treasures from American Film Archives"シリーズの第6弾に当たる。2009年の活動開始から、わずか4年でのDVD化というフットワークの軽さに驚くばかりだ。

収録作品は以下の通り(『名物三羽烏』以外は、すべて日本劇場未公開)。

●"Lyman H. Howe’s Famous Ride on a Runaway Train" (1921、6 分)　

観客を驚かすような作品を得意としたプロデューサー、ライマン・H・ハウによる体感型列車作品。車載のキャメラの視点で、観客に暴走する列車のスピード感とスリルを味わわせるという、いわばアミューズメント・パークで使用される映像などの原初的な作品と言えるだろう。今までは、本作の音楽と効果音を収めたサウンド・ディスクのみが残存している状態だったので、今回、ほぼ90年ぶりに、映像と音が同期した公開時の形で観られることになる。

●"Happy-Go-Luckies" (1923、7 分)　

カートゥーニスト、ポール・テリーが、『イソップ寓話』の箴言を基に、現代的な解釈を施した漫画シリーズ” Aesop’s Fables”のうちの一編。頭の切れる犬と猫の風来坊コンビが、ドッグ・コンテストに紛れ込んで、優勝して賞金をかっさらってしまう姿を面白おかしく描いている。素朴で愛らしいキャラクターたちと無駄を省きながらも、躍動感のある動きの作画が素晴らしく、思わず口元が綻んでしまう。

●邦題『名物三羽烏』"Strong Boy" Preview (1929、1分)　

本編は残存しないとされる、ジョン・フォード監督のアクション・ドラマ『名物三羽烏』の予告編。現状、同作の映像としては唯一のものということになる。予告編の映像は短いながらも(解説では1分と記載されているが、実際は35秒)、フォード作品の常連、ヴィクター・マクラグレンが、疾走する列車の屋根でアクションを繰り広げる姿の断片映像を観るだけで、本編の出来の良さが想像出来てしまうほどだ。本編が残存しないことが、ますます悔しいところ(今後、発見される可能性もゼロではないものの…)。

●"Upstream" (1927、60分)

ジョン・フォード監督による、売れない舞台俳優や芸人の住む下宿を舞台にしたコメディ。フォード作品と思わせる唯一の点は、フランシス・フォードが出演していることぐらいで、正直なところ、フォード監督の刻印を見出すことは出来ない小品なのだが、オールラウンドの職人らしく手堅くまとめ(「(おれは)職人監督で、キャメラの前にいる交通整理のお巡りさ。だが、ハリウッド一の交通整理のお巡りだぜ」)、実に楽しく観られる。下宿の住人たちの紹介の手際良さと彼らの生き生きとした描写などはさすが。

●"Birth of a Hat" (1920、14分)

ステットソン帽で有名なジョン・B・ステットソン社での帽子作りの工程を詳細に捉えたドキュメンタリー作品。ビーバーの毛皮から美しい帽子が出来上がるまでを、それぞれの部署での手際良く、流れるような作業で観せてくれて興味深い。研ぎ澄まされ、無駄のない職人たちの技の美しさが見事に切り取られている。

●"The Love Charm" (1928、10分)

2色式テクニカラーで撮られた南海ラブ・ロマンス短編。『風と共に去りぬ』と『血と砂』でアカデミー撮影賞(カラー)を受賞しているレイ・レナハンが撮影を担当していることもあり、色使いに細心の注意が払われた作品になっている。2色(赤と緑)という技術的制約が、非現実的な淡い色彩を作り出し、本作の白昼夢のような儚いロマンスには適している。

●"Won in a Cupboard" (1914、13分)

コメディに特化したキーストン社の花形コメディエンヌ、メーベル・ノーマンドの監督、主演作品。雪だるま式に騒動が大きくなって行くキーストンらしい作風を、ノーマンドが騒々しくもテンポ良い演出で捌いてみせている。後半の食器棚をめぐっての大騒ぎは、スラップスティックの真骨頂といった感じだ。

●"The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5, The Chinese Fan" (1914、14分)

女性新聞記者ドリー(メアリー・フラー)の活躍を描いたエジソン社製連続活劇の第5話。全12話が残存しないと思われていたが、今回、第5話のみが奇跡的に発見。1話のみながら、主人公ドリーの職業意識の高さと何事にも物怖じせず事件に飛び込んで行く行動力が良く出ており(フラーの好演のおかげでもある)、作品には快活さが溢れている。当時、人気が高かったという理由が十分わかる。

●"Co-Operative Weekly Review" (1918、1 分) and "Selznick News" (1921、2 分)

ニュース映画2種。第1次大戦中における銃後の若い女性たちの姿を捉えた映像、馬ならぬダチョウが車を引く珍しい映像などが収められている。

●"Andy’s Stump Speech" (1924、22分)

1917年に、シドニー・スミスが新聞で連載を始めた漫画"The Gumps"。それをノーマン・タウログ監督が映画化した短編。タウログ監督の演出は、漫画的なスラップスティック調で貫かれ、ほとんど「動く漫画」という感じ。アンディ・ガンプを演じるジョー・マーフィー(かつて、キーストン・コップスの1人だった)は、スミスの描く漫画からそのまま抜け出してきたのではないかと思えるほど。ハゲ頭にアゴのない相貌、ひょろ長い体…と何もしないで立っているだけでも妙なおかし味がある。

●"Virginian Types" (1926、2 分)

国立公園に指定され、退去することになったアパラチア山脈に生活する住人たちの姿を収めた作品。プリントは、ステンシルによる着色版で、その独特の色調が、消え行く古き良き素朴な生活への哀惜の念をより高めている。

●"The White Shadow" (1924、 42 分)

アルフレッド・ヒッチコック監督の名前がクレジットされた最初期のメロドラマ。性格の違う双子をめぐる数奇な運命を描いたメロドラマ然とした話ながら、構図、照明、美術…が入念に計算された美しい作品になっている。残念ながら、全6巻のうち、3巻分しか残存しないが、若きヒッチコック(当時25歳)の映画人としての力量を知る上では、貴重な作品だ。

映画界で働く人間、あるいはごく普通の映画ファンでも、「ナイトレート(可燃性フィルム)は待ってくれない」という言葉を一度は耳にしたことがあると思う。映画保存の現場において、可燃性フィルムの発見救出、保存には一刻の猶予もないという意味だ。せっかく新たに発見されても、フィルム同士がくっついて塊になっていたり、脆くボロボロになっていたりして、もはや修復不可能ということは、決して少なくない。

しかし、その一方で、失われたと思われていた作品のフィルムが発見され見事に蘇ることもある。ここ10年を見ても、トッド・ブラウニング監督の『泥中の薔薇』、サム・ウッド監督の『巨巌の彼方』(北米盤" Beyond the Rocks ")、フリッツ・ラング監督の『メトロポリス』(それまでの版にはなかった場面を含んだ16mmプリント)、そして、つい先日には、メアリー・ピックフォード監督、主演の"Their First Misunderstanding"が発見された(取り壊そうとしていた古い納屋の中で！)。もちろん、最適の気温、湿度といった偶然の条件が重なったおかげということがあるにせよ、実は、フィルムの経年耐性というのは想像以上にあるのではないだろうか。そう考えると、まだまだ、失われた(と思われる)作品が再発見される可能性はゼロではない。「ナイトレートは―まだ少しだけ―待ってくれている」―本DVDに収められた作品群を観ると、そんな思いを抱かずにはいられないのだ。

本DVDは、ニュージーランドから戻って来た唯一の35mmプリントから2Kフィルム・スキャンを経て作られたマスターを使用。サイレント作品は、場合によっては、24fpsで一律にテレシネされてしまうこともあるが、本DVDでは、作品によって、適正なフレーム・レートでテレシネされているのはさすが。原版の状態によって玉石混淆だが、80年〜約100年前の作品だということを考えれば、どれも画質は十分だと言えるだろう。マイケル・モーティラとドナルド・ソーシンによって新規につけられた伴奏音楽もそれぞれ作品の雰囲気にぴったり。素材とテレシネ情報、作品解説も詳細で素晴らしい(これらの情報は、56頁の紙のブックレットとしても同梱)。文字通り、宝箱のようなDVDだ。

このDVDシリーズの慣例で、世界の映画研究者、ファンが楽しめるように、今回もNTSC、リージョン0(=All)仕様なので、日本のR-2 プレーヤーで問題なく視聴可能。本DVDをたった星5つだけで評価することが、どれだけ失礼なことなのかは言うまでもない。

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