List of lost silent films (1910–1914) explained

This is a list of lost silent films that were released from 1910 to 1914.

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1910 Il Trovatore Louis J. Gasnier, Ugo Falena Francesca Bertini, Gemma Farina, Alberto Vestri An adaptation, by Film d'Arte Italiana, of the Gutiérrez play, with a special music score adapted from Verdi [1] [2]
Jean and the Calico Doll [3] [4]
1911 Back to the Soil A drama short [5]
The Better Way ? A drama short [6]
Billy the Kid A one-reel western short [7]
The Fisher-Maid A short [8]
For Her Brother's Sake Mary Pickford, Owen Moore, Jack Pickford, Thomas H. Ince A one-reel short [9]
For the Queen's Honor Mary Pickford, Owen Moore, King Baggot, George Loane Tucker, Isabel Rea A short [10]
Her Darkest Hour A short [11]
His Dress Shirt A short [12]
The Immortal Alamo Earliest film of the Battle of the Alamo, shot at the Alamo itself [13] [14]
Love Heeds Not the Showers Mary Pickford, Owen Moore A one-reel short [15]
Only a Factory Girl Australian drama [16]
The Rose's Story A short [17]
Science A short [18]
Second Sight A short [19]
The Sentinel Asleep A short [20]
The Toss of a Coin A one-reel short [21]
1912 The Honor of the Family Thought by some to be Chaney's on-screen debut, though this is disputed [22]
Honor Thy Father A one-reel short [23]
Saved from the Titanic Étienne ArnaudFirst film about the sinking of the RMS Titanic, released just 29 days after the disaster. Gibson was an actual Titanic survivor.[24] [25]
1913 Adrienne Lecouvreur A two-reeler [26]
Almost an Actress [27]
Back to Life [28]
The Battle of Gettysburg The film was reported to have been screened in France in 1973. Mack Sennett arranged to shoot Cohen Saves the Flag alongside the production of Gettysburg, surreptitiously capturing Ince's battle sequences in his film at no cost to himself. This indirect footage survives.[29] [30]
Bloodhounds of the North Murdock MacQuarrie, Pauline Bush, William Lloyd [31]
Baldknobber Bill Harrington Unknown actors [32]
Caprice [33]
The Crisis An Australian melodrama [34]
An Elephant on His Hands Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran, Ramona Langley A one-reel short [35]
Evangeline Edward P. Sullivan, William Cavanaugh Laura Lyman, John F. Carleton The first Canadian feature-length movie [36]
In the Bishop's Carriage [37]
Lady Babbie This three-reel featurette was filmed at Eclair American's studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey and on location at Lake George, New York.
Macbeth The International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House may have a print. [38]
Maria Marten, or the Mystery of the Red Barn Nessie Blackford, Maurice Elvey On the BFI 75 Most Wanted list [39]
A promotional Kinemacolor film of The New Henrietta The New Henrietta was a then-current stage adaptation of the very successful 19th century play The Henrietta which had starred William Henry Crane. The footage was not of the play, but instead depicted the cast relaxing "in their social hours." It was the first screen appearance of future movie star Douglas Fairbanks. [40]
Red Margaret, Moonshiner A two-reel short [41]
The Restless Spirit [42]
The Sea Urchin [43]
Shon the Piper [44]
The Trap A one-reel short [45]
The WerewolfHenry MacRaeClarence Burton, Marie WalcampThe first werewolf film; it was destroyed in a Universal fire in 1924 on the East Coast.[46] [47]
1914Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie as himselfRecording of Carnegie reading The Gospel of Wealth. The Kinetophone sound cylinder remains.[48]
The Birth of the TelephoneAllen Ramsey? Thomas A. Watson as himself Watson was the person who received the first telephone call, from Alexander Graham Bell. The Kinetophone sound cylinder remains. [49]
A Celebrated Case George Melford? [50]
The Crucible Clark's second feature, based on the play by Mark Lee Luther. Re-released in 1919 [51]
Damaged Goods Bennett starred in the 1913 Broadway play Damaged Goods with Wilton Lackaye. [52]
Darktown Jubilee Bert Williams (likely) An "all-Negro" film starring comedian Williams, the lone black star of the Ziegfeld Follies and America's top recording artist. The distributor, Biograph, pulled the film from circulation after white audiences responded poorly to Williams' wily, independent characterization. [53]
The Escape The master negatives for this feature on the subject of venereal disease were destroyed on June 13, 1914 in a disastrous fire at the Lubin Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia.[54]
Fighting Death A thrill film starring early motion picture stuntman Rodman Law. Filmed in New York and New Jersey
The Ghost Breaker Based on the 1909 Broadway play of the same name by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. [55]
Hearts Adrift A film similar in theme to Henry De Vere Stacpoole's The Blue Lagoon [56]
Her Friend the Bandit The only lost film starring Chaplin. Rumors that it had been found in Argentina proved to be untrue. [57]
The Higher Law [58]
The Hopes of Blind Alley [59]
In the Clutches of the Gang [60]
The Jungle George Irving, John H. Pratt[61]
The Life of General Villa A film about Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, starring Villa as himself [62]
The Man Who Disappeared A ten-part serial [63]
The Million Dollar Mystery A serial in 23 parts [64]
A Night of Thrills [65]
The Old Cobbler This two-reel short was MacQuarrie's directorial debut. [66]
The Siege and Fall of the Alamo Ray MyersFour production stills and a review are held at the Library of Congress. [67]
Sperduti nel buio The only known copy of this movie was stolen in Rome by German soldiers during the Second World War, and then presumably lost. No other copy has been found since then. [68]
A Study in Scarlet James BragingtonThe first feature-length adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes story, it is on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list of missing films. [69] [70] [71]
Such a Little Queen [72]
The Trey o' Hearts A serial with 15 episodes [73]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Film italiani del periodo muto. July 19, 2013.
  2. Web site: Museo Virtuale del Cinema. July 19, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140529085742/http://virtualmuseumofcinema.org/tag/film-darte-italiana/page/2/. May 29, 2014.
  3. Book: Murphy . Donn B. . Moore . Stephen . 1993 . Helen Hayes: A Bio-Bibliography . Westport, Connecticut . Greenwood Press . 153 . 9780313277931 .
  4. News: March 15, 1931 . Miss Hayes and Films . . 2015-11-28 .
  5. Web site: Back to the Soil . silentera.com . February 24, 2013.
  6. Web site: The Better Way . silentera.com . February 24, 2013.
  7. Web site: Billy the Kid . silentera.com . July 6, 2017.
  8. Web site: The Fisher-Maid . silentera.com . March 2, 2013.
  9. Web site: For Her Brother's Sake . silentera.com . March 2, 2013.
  10. Web site: For the Queen's Honor . silentera.com . March 2, 2013.
  11. Web site: Her Darkest Hour . silentera.com . March 3, 2013.
  12. Web site: His Dress Shirt . silentera.com . March 3, 2013.
  13. Book: Thompson, Frank . Lost Films: Important Movies That Disappeared . 1996 . Citadel Press . 0806516046 .
  14. Web site: The Immortal Alamo . silentera.com . June 8, 2008.
  15. Web site: Love Heeds Not the Showers . silentera.com . March 5, 2013.
  16. Web site: Only a Factory Girl. IMDb. 26 January 2018. 14 August 1911.
  17. Web site: The Rose's Story . silentera.com . March 6, 2013.
  18. Web site: Science . silentera.com . March 8, 2013.
  19. Web site: Second Sight . silentera.com . March 8, 2013.
  20. Web site: The Sentinel Asleep . silentera.com . March 8, 2013.
  21. Web site: TheToss of a Coin . silentera.com . March 9, 2013.
  22. Web site: The Honor of the Family . June 9, 2008.
  23. Web site: Honor Thy Father . silentera.com . March 3, 2013.
  24. Web site: Saved From The Titanic . silentera.com . June 9, 2008.
  25. News: 'Saved': The Real First Titanic Movie . Frank Thompson . . March 2, 1998 .
  26. Web site: Adrienne Lecouvreur . silentera.com . February 23, 2013.
  27. Web site: Almost an Actress . silentera.com . February 24, 2013.
  28. Web site: Back to Life . silentera.com . February 24, 2013.
  29. Book: Lost Films . Frank Thompson . Citadel Press . 25–26 . 1996 . 0-8065-1604-6.
  30. Web site: The Battle of Gettysburg . silentera.com . June 9, 2008.
  31. Web site: Bloodhounds of the North . silentera.com . February 24, 2013.
  32. Web site: Baldknobber . The Springfield News-Leader . February 22, 2021.
  33. Web site: Caprice . silentera.com.
  34. Web site: The Crisis . silentera.com . February 27, 2013.
  35. Web site: An Elephant on His Hands . silentera.com . February 28, 2013.
  36. Web site: Evangeline . silentera.com . February 28, 2013.
  37. Web site: In the Bishop's Carriage . silentera.com . March 4, 2013.
  38. Web site: Macbeth . silentera.com . March 5, 2013.
  39. Web site: 'Maria Marten, or the Mystery of the Red Barn / BFI Most Wanted . British Film Institute . May 25, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120803092335/http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/maria-marten.html . August 3, 2012 . dead .
  40. Goesell, Tracey, The First King of Hollywood, Chicago Review Press, 2016, pg. 75
  41. Web site: Red Margaret, Moonshiner . silentera.com . March 6, 2013.
  42. Web site: The Restless Spirit . silentera.com . March 6, 2013.
  43. Web site: The Sea Urchin . silentera.com . March 8, 2013.
  44. Web site: Shon the Piper . silentera.com . March 8, 2013.
  45. Web site: The Trap . silentera.com . March 9, 2013.
  46. Web site: Werewolf-Movies.com. June 9, 2008.
  47. Web site: VAULT AND NITRATE FIRES- A HISTORY. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812030237/http://fan.tcm.com/_Vault-and-Nitrate-Fires-A-History/blog/346284/66470.html?createPassive=true. 2014-08-12. 2014-08-08.
  48. Web site: Only known recording of Andrew Carnegie gives voice to history . 2023-02-24 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . en.
  49. Web site: The Birth of the Telephone. February 24, 2013. silentera.com.
  50. Web site: A Celebrated Case . . February 12, 2014.
  51. Web site: The Crucible . silentera.com . August 8, 2012.
  52. Web site: Damaged Goods . silentera.com . February 20, 2013.
  53. Book: Watkins, Mel . Mel Watkins (American writer) . On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy . Lawrence Hill Books . 1999 . 192–193.
  54. Web site: The Escape . silentera.com . June 9, 2008.
  55. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/GhostBreaker1914.html The Ghost Breaker at silentera.com
  56. Web site: Hearts Adrift . silentera.com . August 8, 2012.
  57. Web site: 16. Her Friend the Bandit (1914) . https://web.archive.org/web/20060629025719/http://chaplin.bfi.org.uk/resources/bfi/filmog/film.php?fid=231098 . dead . June 29, 2006 . . June 9, 2008.
  58. Web site: The Higher Law . silentera.com . March 3, 2013.
  59. Web site: The Hopes of Blind Alley . silentera.com . March 3, 2013.
  60. Web site: In the Clutches of the Gang . silentera.com . March 4, 2013.
  61. Web site: The Jungle . silentera.com . February 20, 2013.
  62. Web site: The Life of General Villa . silentera.com . February 20, 2013.
  63. Web site: The Man Who Disappeared. silentera.com . March 5, 2013.
  64. Web site: The Million Dollar Mystery . silentera.com . March 5, 2013.
  65. Web site: A Night of Thrills . silentera.com . March 5, 2013.
  66. Web site: The Old Cobbler . silentera.com . March 5, 2013.
  67. Web site: The Siege and Fall of the Alamo . silentera.com . February 20, 2013.
  68. Web site: Sperduti nel buio . silentera.com . June 8, 2013.
  69. Web site: A Study in Scarlet . . May 25, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120803093241/http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/study-in-scarlet.html . August 3, 2012 . dead .
  70. Web site: A Study in Scarlet . silentera.com . February 20, 2013.
  71. Web site: The Bioscope: A Study in Scarlet . 14 January 2008 . June 9, 2008.
  72. Web site: Such a Little Queen . silentera.com . August 8, 2012.
  73. Web site: The Trey o' Hearts . silentera.com . March 9, 2013.