Documentary ·History · United States of America · 1942 · 10m

The Film That Was Lost

The Film That Was Lost poster
Director
Sammy Lee
Cast
John Nesbitt as Narrator (voice) William Jennings Bryan as Self (archive footage) Theodore Roosevelt as Self (archive footage) Thomas A. Edison as Self (archive footage) King George V of the United Kingdom as Self (archive footage)
Crew
Walter Lundin — Director of Photography Harry Komer — Editor Doane R. Hoag — Screenplay Doane R. Hoag — Story John Nesbitt — Producer
Synopsis

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a look is taken at the problems of film preservation efforts in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Mood & Themes
film preservationcinema history
Key Collaborators
Sammy Lee Director Walter Lundin Director of Photography Harry Komer Editor Doane R. Hoag Screenplay Doane R. Hoag Story John Nesbitt Producer
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