List of rediscovered films

This is a list of rediscovered films that, once thought lost, have since been discovered, in whole or in part. See List of incomplete or partially lost films and List of rediscovered film footage for films which were not wholly lost.

Silent era

Many films of the silent era have been lost.[1]

1890s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1896 Défense d'afficher Georges Méliès Georges Méliès France. The film was recovered in 2004. [2]
1897 The X-Rays George Albert Smith Tom Green, Laura Bayley Great Britain. [3]

1900s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1900 Sherlock Holmes Baffled Arthur Marvin Identities of Holmes and his assailant were not recorded. United States. Running only 30 seconds, this is the first recorded detective film and the first to feature Sherlock Holmes. A paper copy was identified in 1968 in the Library of Congress Paper Print archive by Michael Pointer, a historian of Sherlock Holmes films. It was transferred to 16 mm film in the Library of Congress collection. [4]
1901 The Death of Poor Joe George Albert Smith Laura Bayley Made in Great Britain and lost since 1954, the film was rediscovered in 2012 and is the oldest surviving film that features a Charles Dickens character. [5]
1904 Match de Prestidigitation Georges Méliès 2 minute long film, discovered in 2016 at the Czech National Film Archive under a donated reel with a different name. [6]
1904 or
1906 		Living London or
The Streets of London 		Charles Urban One reel (10 minutes) was recently found of this documentary of London life. The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (where the fragment was found) states it was identified by British film scholar Ian Christie as being from Living London,[7] but Urban's website claims that this is from the later documentary.[8]
1907 Katsudō Shashin Unknown animation The oldest animated film in Japan, lasting only three seconds. The piece of film was discovered in Kyoto on July 31, 2005. [9]
1908 El hotel eléctrico Segundo de Chomón Segundo de Chomón, Julienne Mathieu Spain, thought to be lost but was later recovered. Now in Filmoteca Española film archive. [10]
1909 Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy Unknown Annette Kellerman, Maurice Costello The short film exists in the British Film Institute archive. [3]
La Tosca André Calmettes, Charles le Bargy Cécile Sorel Currently in the BFI National Archive. [3]

1910s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1910 Frankenstein J. Searle Dawley Charles Ogle A print was bought by a film collector in the 1950s, who was not aware of its rarity until decades later. United States [11]
Il Guanto
(The Glove) 		Luigi Maggi Alberto Capozzi, Mary Cleo Tarlarini, Mario Voller-Buzzi A print bought by a private collector from a recycling centre. United Kingdom. (2015) [12]
1911 At the Duke's Command Thomas H. Ince United States [3]
Their First Misunderstanding Thomas H. Ince, George Loane Tucker Mary Pickford The first film that credited Pickford by name. Found in 2006 in a New Hampshire barn.[13] United States
Karađorđe Ilija Stanojević-Čiča The first Serbian feature film, thought lost since 1928. Material from this movie was found in Austrian Film Archives in 2003. Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
Maid or Man Thomas H. Ince United States [3]
A Manly Man Thomas H. Ince United States [3]
The Mirror Thomas H. Ince United States [3]
In the Sultan's Garden Thomas H. Ince United States [3]
1912 A Fool and His Money Alice Guy-Blaché William Haines United States [3]
In Nacht und Eis Mime Misu The second Titanic movie, was presumed lost around 1914, but was found in the possession of a private film collector in Germany in 1998. Germany. [14]
Richard III André Calmettes, James Keane Robert Gemp, Frederick Warde The first known full-length William Shakespeare film was returned in 1996 by Oregon projectionist William Buffum, who admitted that he stole it and kept it for over thirty years. [15][16]
En Stærkere magt Hjalmar Davidsen, Eduard Schnedler-Sørensen Valda Valkyrien Preserved by the Danish Film Institute. Denmark. [17]
Under Two Flags United States [3]
1913 Poor Jake's Demise Allen Curtis Lon Chaney, Sr., Louise Fazenda Chaney's first credited role. A fragment was discovered in 2006 among several hundred other reels of film in an English collection. United States. [18]
The Prisoner of Zenda Edwin S. Porter, Hugh Ford James K. Hackett, Beatrice Beckley, David Torrence Prints survive in the Library of Congress, and a partial print in the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House. [3]
A Sister to Carmen Charles Gaskill Helen Gardner Silver nitrate positive print recovered in 1996. England, UK. [19]
When Lincoln Paid Francis Ford Francis Ford Was found in 2006 in a barn in New Hampshire that was going to be demolished. United States. [20]
1914 The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies Walter Edwin Mary Fuller, Yale Boss Discovered in 2009 in the New Zealand Film Archive. [21]
Cruel, Cruel Love George Nichols Charlie Chaplin
Minta Durfee 		Complete nitrate copy found in South America. United States.
The Girl Stage Driver Webster Cullison Norbert A. Myles, Edna Payne, Will E. Sheerer An incomplete 35mm positive print was discovered in 2009 in the New Zealand Film Archive. [22][23]
Der Hund von Baskerville (The Hound of the Baskervilles) Rudolf Meinert [24]
Pirates of the Plains Otis Thayer Discovered in 1993 in a private collection in Antigo, Wisconsin. It is thought to be the only film made by the Colorado Motion Picture Company to have survived. [25]
Salomy Jane William Nigh, Lucius Henderson Beatriz Michelena, House Peters Complete nitrate copy found in Australia in 1996. [26]
The Stain Frank Powell Edward José, Theda Bara A print of the film was discovered in Australia in the 1990s. [27]
A Thief Catcher Charlie Chaplin (bit part) A print was discovered in 2010 at a Michigan antique sale. [28]
Won in a Closet Mabel Normand Mabel Normand Discovered in 2009 in the New Zealand Film Archive. [21]
1915 Double Trouble William Christy Cabanne [3]
His Lordship's Dilemma W. C. Fields Found in a Belgian film archive. [3]
Peculiar Patients' Pranks Hal Roach Harold Lloyd Found in Australia's National Film and Sound Archive.
Youth Harry Handworth Film exists in the British Film Institute archive. [3]
1916 Als ich tot war Ernst Lubitsch Found in 1994 in a Slovenian archive by the Ljubljana Film Museum and screened at the Pordenone Festival of Silent Cinema in 1995.[29]
East Lynne Bertram Bracken Theda Bara One of Bara's six surviving films. [3]
The Moment Before Robert G. Vignola Pauline Frederick A nearly complete print, lacking only the opening scene, was found in an archive in Rome. [30][31]
Mysteriet natten till den 25:e Georg af Klercker
Purity Rae Berger Audrey Munson The Centre Nation de la Cinematographie film archive has a print. [3]
Snow White J. Searle Dawley Marguerite Clark, Creighton Hale

It was thought to have been destroyed in a vault fire. A "substantially complete" print, with Dutch intertitles and missing a few scenes, was found in Amsterdam in 1992 and restored at George Eastman House.[32] It inspired Walt Disney to make it the subject of his first feature-length animated film.

Sherlock Holmes Arthur Berthelet William Gillette, Marjorie Kay A copy was discovered in 2014 in the Cinematheque Francaise archive. This is the only film made by Gillette, a famed stage actor best known for his portrayal of Holmes. [33]
Zepped Charlie Chaplin A copy of this propaganda short film was found in 2009; and a second turned up in 2011. [34][35]
1917 Beatrice Fairfax Olive Thomas All but the first of 15 episodes of this series survive in the Library of Congress archive. [3]
Bliss Alfred J. Goulding Harold Lloyd Found in 1978 in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. [36]
Bucking Broadway John Ford Found in 2002 in a French archive. [3]
His Wedding Night Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton [3]
The Image Maker Eugene Moore Film survives in a private collection. [3]
A Reckless Romeo Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Al St. John Found in an unmarked canister at the Norwegian Film Institute in 1998, alongside The Cook. [37]
The Rough House Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton [3]
1918 The Cook Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton Found in an unmarked canister at the Norwegian Film Institute in 1998, alongside A Reckless Romeo. A second print, containing more footage was found in 2002, and the two were combined to create a restored version. However, some scenes are still missing. [37]
The Floor Below Clarence G. Badger Mabel Normand, Tom Moore, Helen Dahl Found "in the estate of a Dutch collector" by the Nederlands Filmmuseum. [38][39]
Hell Bent John Ford A print exists in the Czechoslovak Film Archive. [3]
1919 Back Stage Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton [3]
Back to God's Country David Hartford Nell Shipman Print discovered in Europe and restored in the 1990s. Scenario by Nell Shipman and novelist James Oliver Curwood. [40]
Camping Out Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Al St. John Reconstructed from reels found in the Nederlands Filmmuseum and Cineteca Nazionale (Rome) storage vaults in 2002.
Different from the Others Richard Oswald Conrad Veidt German copies destroyed by the Nazis in 1933 and thought lost since then. A copy was found in Ukraine in the late 1970s and restored by the Stadtmuseum München. One of the earliest known sympathetic depictions of homosexuality in film. [41]
The Grim Game Irvin Willat Harry Houdini Although fragments of the movie were known to have survived, this was widely considered to be a lost film until it was purchased from a private collector in 2014. It was scheduled to be screened at the TCM Classic Film Festival in March 2015. [42][43]
A Romance of Happy Valley D. W. Griffith Lilian Gish It was found in the State Film Archives of the Soviet Union, which donated it to the Museum of Modern Art. [44]
Scarlet Days D. W. Griffith Richard Barthelmess, Eugenie Besserer Found in the State Film Archives of the Soviet Union, which donated it to the Museum of Modern Art. [44]
The Spiders (1st of 2) Fritz Lang Restored in 1978 from a newly discovered original print, first of 2-part series.
The Valley of the Giants James Cruze Wallace Reid Found in Gosfilmofond Russian state archives, Moscow. Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [45]
When Bearcat Went Dry Oliver L. Sellers Lon Chaney, Sr. Found in a projectionist's collection.
The Wicked Darling Tod Browning Lon Chaney, Sr. A copy was found in Europe in the 1990s, and now resides in the Nederlands Filmmuseum. [46]
The Witness for the Defense George Fitzmaurice Elsie Ferguson Print discovered in Gosfilmofond. Screened at Univ. of North Dakota. Ferguson's only surviving silent film. [47][48]
You're Fired James Cruze Wallace Reid Found in Russian state archives Gosfilmofond, Moscow. Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [45]

1920s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1920 Algol Hans Werckmeister Emil Jannings, John Gottowt, Käthe Haack, Hanna Ralph Recovered and screened by Museum of Modern Art on November 29, 2010 as part of their film exhibition Weimar Cinema, 1919–1933: Daydreams and Nightmares. [49][50]
Aimsir Padraig Norman Whitten Vernon Whitten, Gilbert Greene, Ira Allen Also known as "In the Days of St. Patrick", exists in the British Film Institute. [51]
The Daughter of Dawn Norbert Myles White Parker, Wanada Parker, Esther LeBarre, Jack Sankadoty Bought and restored by the Oklahoma Historical Society in 2007. [52][53]
Genuine Robert Wiene Fern Andra, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski Complete copy was discovered in the Berlin film archive. [54]
Helen of Four Gates Cecil Hepworth Alma Taylor
James Carew 		Found in a film vault in Quebec, Canada in 2008. However, footage from the film had been excerpted in the 1995 documentary Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood. [55]
If I Were King J. Gordon Edwards William Farnum, Betty Ross Clarke, Fritz Leiber, Sr. Print is held by the Library of Congress. [56]
The Spiders (2nd of 2) Fritz Lang Carl de Vogt, Ressel Orla, Georg John Restored in 1978 from a newly discovered original print, 2nd of 2-part series. [57]
Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook Arthur Wellin Bela Lugosi Recovered in the 1990s, exists in private film collection. [58]
Within Our Gates Oscar Micheaux Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements. James D. Ruffin Lost for decades, a single print of the film, entitled La Negra (The Black Woman), was discovered in Spain in the 1970s. In 1993, the Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Center restored the film as closely as possible to the original.[59] [59][60]
1921 The Blue Fox Duke Worne Ann Little, J. Morris Foster Portions of the first 12 chapters of this serial exist in UCLA Film and Television Archive; parts 13–15 are believed lost. [61]
Brownie's Little Venus Fred Hibbard Baby Peggy Rediscovered in Switzerland in 2010. [62]
The Conquest of Canaan Roy William Neill Thomas Meighan, Doris Kenyon Found in Russian state archives Gosfilmofond Moscow. Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [45]
The Devil Ferenc Molnár George Arliss Exists in the Library of Congress film archive. [63]
Hard Luck Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton 		Buster Keaton Long considered Keaton's major lost film until partially reconstructed in 1987. The climactic final scene was later recovered in a Russian archive. [64]
Molly O' F. Richard Jones Mabel Normand Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive, UCLA Film and Television Archive and Gosfilmofond Russian Film Archive. [65][66]
Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan Richard Eichberg Bela Lugosi Found in a film archive in the 1990s, albeit in its American release version.
1922 For the Defense Paul Powell Ethel Clayton, Zasu Pitts Rediscovered in 2014 in the archive of EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam. [67]
Beyond the Rocks Sam Wood Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino Donated by collector Joop Van Liempd (1913–2002) to Nederlands Filmmuseum and restored by them in 2005. [68]
Kick In George Fitzmaurice Betty Compson
Bert Lytell 		Found in Russian state archives; Gosfilmofond (Moscow). Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [45]
Little Red Riding Hood Walt Disney animation One of the first theatrical animated cartoons from Walt Disney. Found in a London film library in 1998 and restored the same year. [69][70]
The Loves of Pharaoh Ernst Lubitsch Emil Jannings Long thought lost, it has been restored from various sources, though it still lacks 10 minutes of the roughly one hour and 50-minute original running time. [71]
Oliver Twist Frank Lloyd Jackie Coogan, Lon Chaney Thought lost for half a century until found in Yugoslavia in the 1970s. Exists in:
  • Cineteca Del Friuli (Gemona, Italy)
  • Gosfilmofond of Russia (Moscow, Russia)
  • Library of Congress (Washington DC, United States)
  • UCLA Film and Television Archive (Los Angeles, California, United States)
  • Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive (Jerusalem, Israel)
  • BFI/National Film and Television Archive (London, United Kingdom).
 [72][73]
[74][75]
Phantom F. W. Murnau Alfred Abel, Grete Berger, Lil Dagover Prints exist in the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv film archive. [76]
Sherlock Holmes Albert Parker John Barrymore, Roland Young, William Powell Film was restored over a thirty-year period from the original camera negatives at the George Eastman House. [77]
The Toll of the Sea Chester Franklin Anna May Wong, Kenneth Harlan [78]
The Young Rajah Phil Rosen Rudolph Valentino Film partially found, surviving footage and still pictures were merged to make an incomplete film. [79]
1923 The Call of the Canyon Victor Fleming Richard Dix Found in Russian state archives; Gosfilmofond (Moscow). Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [45]
Canyon of the Fools Val Paul Harry Carey, Marguerite Clayton, Jack Curtis Found in Russian state archives; Gosfilmofond (Moscow). Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [45]
Circus Days Edward F. Cline Jackie Coogan Found in Russian state archives; Gosfilmofond (Moscow). Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [45]
The Eternal Struggle Reginald Barker Renée Adorée Found in Russian state archives; Gosfilmofond (Moscow). Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [45]
Love, Life and Laughter George Pearson Betty Balfour Found in a small cinema in the Netherlands in 2014. [80]
Maytime Louis J. Gasnier Clara Bow, Ethel Shannon, Harrison Ford Found in the New Zealand Film Archive in 2009; undergoing restoration. [22]
Souls for Sale Rupert Hughes Eleanor Boardman Discovered and restored in 2006 by Turner Classic Movies and Warner Archive Collection. [81]
The White Shadow Graham Cutts Betty Compson, Clive Brook, Henry Victor, A.B. Imeson The first three of six reels were found in the New Zealand Film Archive in August 2011. [82]
1924 $20 A Week Harmon F. Weight George Arliss, Taylor Holmes, Edith Roberts Held in the Library of Congress Film Archive and New Zealand Film Archive. [83][84]
The Arab Rex Ingram Ramón Novarro, Alice Terry Found in Russian state archives; Gosfilmofond (Moscow). Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [45]
The Breaking Point Herbert Brenon Nita Naldi, Patsy Ruth Miller, George Fawcett Exists in the Library of Congress Film Archive. [85]
Empty Hearts Alfred Santell John Bowers, Clara Bow Held by UCLA Film and Television Archive. [86]
Peg o' the Mounted Alfred J. Goulding Baby Peggy A print was discovered amongst the holdings of the Nederlands Filmmuseum. [87]
Pied Piper Malone Alfred E. Green Thomas Meighan, Lois Wilson, Emma Dunn Discovered in a Russian film archive by historians Mark Tiedje and John Coles. It was screened in 2007 in Georgetown, South Carolina, where it was filmed. Now stored in National Film Foundation of Russian Federation Archive. [88][89][90]
Venus of the South Seas James R. Sullivan Annette Kellerman, Roland Purdu, Norman French Restored by Library of Congress in 2004. Last reel of 55-minute film is in Prizmacolor. Held by New Zealand Film Archive and British Film Institute [91][92]
1925 The Clash of the Wolves Noel M. Smith Rin Tin Tin, Charles Farrell, June Marlowe, Heinie Conklin A 35mm projection print was uncovered in South Africa and repatriated to the United States. It underwent restoration and preservation in 2003. Exists in:
  • George Eastman House (Rochester, New York, United States)
  • Library of Congress (Washington DC, United States)
  • National Archives of Canada (Ottawa, Canada)
  • Filmmuseum (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
  • UCLA Film and Television Archive (Los Angeles, California, United States)
 [93][94]
Keep Smiling Albert Austin, Gilbert Pratt Monty Banks Found in Russian state archives. Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010. [45]
The Last Edition Emory Johnson Ralph Lewis Rediscovered at the Dutch EYE Film Institute. [95]
Seven Sinners Lewis Milestone Clive Brook, Marie Provost A private collector obtained the film, Milestone's first feature, from a closed-down cinema in Melbourne. Warner Archive Collection and Turner Entertainment plans to restore the film for a 2016 DVD release and showing at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. [96]
1926 Bardelys the Magnificent King Vidor John Gilbert Restored in 2008 from a nearly-complete print discovered in France in 1998. [97]
The Bat Roland West Tullio Carminati Print exists at UCLA Film And Television Archive. [98]
The Devil's Circus Benjamin Christensen Norma Shearer, Charles Emmett Mack Thought to have been lost,[99] a print of The Devil's Circus was found and has been preserved by George Eastman House.[100]
His Busy Hour J. P. McGowan James Pierce Thought lost until a print was discovered in the closet of a French asylum in the 1990s. [101]
Ko-Ko's Queen Dave Fleischer Koko the Clown (animation) Rediscovered in 2014 in the archive of EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam. It is an Out of the Inkwell cartoon, in which Koko the Clown designs his ideal woman. [67]
Mare Nostrum Rex Ingram Antonio Moreno, Alice Terry [102]
A Page of Madness Teinosuke Kinugasa Masao Inoue, Yoshie Nakagawa Found by the director in his garden shed in 1970; he had buried it during World War II and forgotten it, but a third of the original footage is still missing. [103][104]
1927 The Cave of the Silken Web Dan Duyu Yin Mingzhu Thought lost until a copy surfaced in 2013 in the National Library of Norway in Mo i Rana. [105][106]
A Diary of Chuji's Travels Daisuke Itō Denjirō Ōkōchi Originally released in three parts, all of which were long thought to be lost until portions of the second part and much of the third part were discovered and restored in 1991. [107]
Duck Soup Fred Guiol Laurel & Hardy Thought lost until a copy surfaced in 1974.
Empty Socks Walt Disney Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon film made by Disney recovered in Norway in 2014. [108]
Eyes of the Totem W. S. Van Dyke Tom Santschi, Wanda Hawley One of three silent films made by Tacoma, Washington based studio H.C. Weaver Productions. Thought lost until discovered in Van Dyke's archives at the Museum of Modern Art in 2014. Screened in Tacoma on September 18, 2015. [109]
Garras de oro P. P. Jambrina The restoration of the extant footage was screened in New York City in 2008. The film has since been referred to as the first anti-imperialist film. [110]
Her Wild Oat Marshall Neilan Colleen Moore, Larry Kent, Hallam Cooley Found by Hugh Neely in the Czech National Film Archive in Prague in 2001 and subsequently restored by the Academy Film Archive. [111][112]
It Clarence G. Badger Clara Bow Believed lost until a print surfaced in Prague in the 1960s.
Metropolis Fritz Lang Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm In 2008, two different versions of the film were found: one by Museo del Cine from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and another in the National Film Archive of New Zealand. Both versions were then edited into one cut to get as near the original version as possible. [113][114]
Mickey's Circus Albert Herman Mickey Rooney Rediscovered in 2014 in the archive of EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam. This was Rooney's first starring role. [67]
Mockery Benjamin Christensen Lon Chaney, Barbara Bedford, Ricardo Cortez Thought to have been lost,[99] it was rediscovered in the mid-1970s, it is available from George Eastman House[100] and on DVD from Warner Bros.
Sorrell and Son Herbert Brenon H. B. Warner, Anna Q. Nilsson, Carmel Myers, Nils Asther, Louis Wolheim, Mary Nolan
Tarzan and the Golden Lion J. P. McGowan James Pierce Thought lost until a print was discovered in the closet of a French asylum in the 1990s.
Upstream John Ford Nancy Nash, Earle Foxe, Grant Withers Discovered in New Zealand in 2010 among 75 silent films being returned to the US, many of which were thought lost. [115]
Why Girls Love Sailors Fred Guiol Laurel & Hardy Thought lost for many years, but then officially surfaced in 1985. [116]
Wings William A. Wellman Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen, Gary Cooper Found in the Cinémathèque Française film archive in Paris. Winner of the first Academy Award for Best Picture. [117]
1928 The Cameraman Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin The last print was destroyed at MGM Archive in 1967. A complete print was discovered in Paris in 1968. A second, incomplete (but better-quality) print surfaced in 1991. [118]
The Cardboard Lover Robert Z. Leonard Marion Davies, Jetta Goudal, Nils Asther A print bought by a private collector from a recycling centre. United Kingdom. (2015) [12]
The Constant Nymph Adrian Brunel Ivor Novello, Benita Hume [119]
The Crimson City Archie Mayo Myrna Loy, Conrad Nagel, Anna May Wong A complete print was discovered in Argentina in 2008. [120]
Forbidden Hours Harry Beaumont Ramon Novarro, Renée Adorée A complete print has survived, as well as a 16 mm reduction positive trailer. [121]
Hungry Hoboes Walt Disney Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Peg-Leg Pete Cartoon film made by Disney recovered in 2011 in the Huntley Film Archives. [122]
The Mating Call James Cruze Thomas Meighan, Evelyn Brent, Renée Adorée Produced by Howard Hughes, and long thought lost until a print was found in his vault after his death. [123]
The Passion of Joan of Arc Carl Theodor Dreyer Maria Falconetti The truncated reissue was thought all that remained until it was found in 1981, in the closet of a Norwegian mental institution. [124]
A Race for Life D. Ross Lederman Rin Tin Tin Originally, the film was presumed to be lost. However, according to the Library of Congress Database, the film was found in Netherlands. (2016) [125]
The Racket Lewis Milestone Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim Produced by Howard Hughes, and discovered following his death in his private collection.
Ramona Edwin Carewe Dolores del Río Recovered in Prague and screened in Los Angeles in March 2014 [126]
Sleigh Bells Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film thought to be lost, but discovered in 2015. [127]
The Spanking Age Robert F. McGowan Mary Ann Jackson, Bobby Hutchins, Jean Darling An Our Gang film thought to be lost, but discovered in 1990. [128]
Show Girl Alfred Santell Alice White, Donald Reed In 2015, a print was discovered in an Italian film archive. [129]
Two Arabian Knights Lewis Milestone William Boyd, Mary Astor, Louis Wolheim Produced by Howard Hughes, and long thought lost until a print was found in his vault after his death.
1929 Drag Frank Lloyd Richard Barthelmess, Lucien Littlefield, Kathrin Clare Ward
Synthetic Sin William Seiter Colleen Moore, Antonio Moreno In the late 1990s, a 35mm print of the film was discovered to survive in an Italian archive.
Why Be Good? William Seiter Colleen Moore, Neil Hamilton, Bodil Rosing In the late 1990s, a 35mm print of the film was discovered to survive in an Italian archive.
Wonder of Women Clarence Brown Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams, Peggy Wood

Sound era

1930s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1930 Bed and Breakfast Walter Forde Jane Baxter
Richard Cooper
Sari Maritza
Alf Goddard 		It was found as a result of a 1992 British Film Institute campaign to search for lost films. [119]
Follow Thru Lloyd Corrigan
Lawrence Schwab 		Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Nancy Carroll
Zelma O'Neal
Jack Haley 		Thought to be lost until a complete print was discovered in the 1990s. Restored and preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Mamba Albert S. Rogell Jean Hersholt
Eleanor Boardman
Ralph Forbes 		Footage from the final reel (stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive) and all the Vitaphone soundtrack discs for this Technicolor film were originally thought to be the only elements from the film to survive. A complete print of the film, running nine reels, and four soundtrack discs were discovered in Australia in 2009. [130]
Wara Wara José Maria Velasco Maidana Juanita Taillansier, Martha de Velasco, Arturo Borda The only known surviving Bolivian film of the silent era. Discovered in a La Paz basement in 1989, it required over a decade of restoration and was not released until 2010. [131]
1931 Dracula George Melford Carlos Villarías, Lupita Tovar This Spanish-language version was made at night, while Tod Browning's Dracula was filmed during the day, using the same sets. It was considered lost until a print was rediscovered in the 1970s. [132][133]
The Ghost Train Walter Forde Jack Hulbert
Cicely Courtneidge
Ann Todd
Cyril Raymond 		It was found as a result of a 1992 British Film Institute campaign to search for lost films. [119]
Love and Duty Bu Wancang Ruan Lingyu Silent film made in China, and rediscovered in Uruguay in the 1990s. [134]
The Smiling Lieutenant Ernst Lubitsch Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins Rediscovered in Denmark in the 1980s. [135]
The Stolen Jools William C. McGann All-star cast Made for a charity, film was discovered in the 1990s in the UK under its alternate title The Slippery Pearls. [136][137]
1932 Condemned to Death Walter Forde Arthur Wontner
Gillian Lind
Gordon Harker
Cyril Raymond 		It was found as a result of a 1992 British Film Institute campaign to search for lost films. [119]
His Lordship Michael Powell Jerry Verno
Janet McGrew 		Declared to be "Missing, Believed Lost" by the British Film Institute, but a copy was subsequently found. [119]
The Old Dark House James Whale Boris Karloff
Melvyn Douglas
Gloria Stuart 		Thought lost for decades, filmmaker Curtis Harrington discovered a print in the Universal Studios vault, which was restored by Eastman House. [138][139]
Rynox Michael Powell Stuart Rome, John Longden Found in the vaults of Pinewood Studios in 1990 and was subsequently transferred and restored by the BFI National Archive. [140]
1933 Berkeley Square Frank Lloyd Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor Rediscovered in the 1970s. [141]
Blood Money Rowland Brown George Bancroft, Judith Anderson, Frances Dee It was considered a lost film for nearly 40 years before resurfacing. [142]
Deluge Felix E. Feist Sidney Blackmer For many years, Deluge was thought to be a lost film, but a print dubbed in Italian was found in a film archive in Italy in the late 1980s. Before the discovery, the only part of the film known to have survived was the impressive footage of the tidal wave destroying New York City, which was used in the Republic Pictures serials Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941) and King of the Rocket Men (1949). [143]
The Ghoul T. Hayes Hunter Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger A damaged, incomplete print was found in Czechoslovakia in the 1970s, and was thought to be the only surviving copy until a nearly-pristine one was found in the archives of the British Film Institute. [144]
Hello Pop! Jack Cummings Ted Healy, The Three Stooges Full Technicolor print found in Sydney, Australia in January 2013. [145]
Laughter in Hell Edward L. Cahn Pat O'Brien,
Gloria Stuart,
Merna Kennedy 		Long thought to be lost, a print of this gritty chain gang drama was found in mid-2012 and was screened by the American Cinematheque in Hollywood in October of that year. [146]
Mystery of the Wax Museum Michael Curtiz Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray Technicolor version found in personal vault of Jack L. Warner. [147]
Ojo Okichi (Miss Okichi) Kenji Mizoguchi Isuzu Yamada This film did not actually appear in official filmographies of Mizoguchi until a print was discovered in the vaults of Shochiku studios in 2008. [148]
Der Sieg des Glaubens Leni Riefenstahl Adolf Hitler This 64-minute documentary was ordered destroyed by Hitler for showing Nazi party member Ernst Röhm, who had been murdered on Hitler's orders. A copy was found in Britain in the 1990s. [149]
This Week of Grace Maurice Elvey Gracie Fields, Henry Kendall, John Stuart The comedy turned up as a result of the British Film Institute's 2010 drive to find missing films. [150]
1934 Hitler's Reign of Terror Michael Mindlin Found in Belgian customs in 2013
Of Human Bondage John Cromwell Leslie Howard, Bette Davis The negative was discovered to have been destroyed in 1964 when actress Kim Novak requested a print. A copy was recovered several years later. [151]
1935 Charlie Chan in Paris Lewis Seiler Warner Oland [152][153]
Tag der Freiheit: Unsere Wehrmacht Leni Riefenstahl Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Heinrich Himmler Thought to have been lost following World War II, an incomplete print running 28 minutes was discovered in the 1970s. [154]
Yowamushi Chinsengumi Kon Ichikawa Cartoon film recovered in the United States in 2014. [155]
Oidhche Sheanchais Robert J. Flaherty Maggie Dirrane, Colman 'Tiger' King, Michael Dirrane, Patch 'Red Beard' Ruadh A recording of traditional Irish storytelling, and the earliest Irish language sync sound film. A fire was believed to have destroyed all copies in 1943, but a nitrate print was discovered in 2012 in Harvard University's Houghton Library. A restored 35mm version was premiered in 2015. [156]
1936 The Flying Doctor Miles Mander Charles Farrell, Mary Maguire The first eight of nine reels were saved by an Australian office worker who noticed a truck loaded with film cans driving past his window on its way to dispose of them. He gave chase in his car and rescued the film, which included the incomplete print of The Flying Doctor. Two years later, the shortened British version was discovered. Despite this print having been "totally rearranged", its eighth and last reel was found to take up exactly where the Australian one left off. [157][158]
1937 Summer Rain Mario Monicelli The first film to be directed by the then 21-year-old Italian director Mario Monicelli, with the pseudonym of Michele Badiek. Never published for theatrical release, was thought to be a lost film until 2011, when some fragments were discovered in the editor's personal archive. [159]
1938 Too Much Johnson Orson Welles Joseph Cotten, Mary Wickes, Arlene Francis, Ruth Ford The film was thought lost in a 1971 fire at Welles' home in Spain; footage was found in Pordenone, Italy, and restored at George Eastman House for premiere in October 2013 [160]
1939 L'espoir André Malraux Andrés Mejuto, Nicolás Rodríguez, José Sempere, Julio Peña It was finished in July 1939 and shown twice in Paris, but Francoist regime applied pressure to censor it. All known copies were destroyed in World War II. A copy was found and the film was released again in 1945. In Spain, it wasn't screened until 1977. [161]
Le Jour Se Lève Marcel Carné Jean Gabin, Jules Berry, Arletty When RKO acquired the distribution rights to Le Jour se lève in preparation for remaking it as The Long Night, they also sought to buy up and destroy all available prints of the original film. For a time, it was thought that the French film had been lost completely, but copies reappeared in the 1950s. [162]
Smith Michael Powell Ralph Richardson, Flora Robson A short film made in 1939 to promote an ex-servicemen's charity. It got caught up in the start of World War II and wasn't shown publicly, nor was it even mentioned by Powell in his autobiography. A copy was found in 2003 and it had its first public screening in the UK in 2004, 65 years after it was completed. [163]
Tevya Maurice Schwartz Maurice Schwartz
Julius Adler 		Long thought lost, a print was discovered and restored in 1978. [164]

1940s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1940 Confucius Fei Mu Tang Huaiqiu,
Zhang Yi,
Sima Yingcai 		A print was anonymously donated to the Hong Kong Film Archive in 2001. [165]
Kampf um Norwegen – Feldzug 1940 Martin Rikli
Werner Buhre 		No cast listed Considered a lost film for many years. The Berlin Bundesarchiv held only a few clips of the film. However, a complete nitrate copy of the film surfaced on an Internet auction in 2005. The Norwegian college professor and media expert Jostein Saakvitne discovered this and purchased the copy. [166]
Swiss Family Robinson Edward Ludwig Thomas Mitchell,
Edna Best 		Walt Disney bought the rights to the film, because he didn't want people comparing it with his new 1960 film. It was believed that Disney destroyed all copies until it was released briefly from their Vault DVD Collection in 2010, sold by Turner Classic Movies only. .[167][168]
1941 Kukan Rey Scott No cast listed An extant print of this Academy Award-winning documentary was located by Hawaiian filmmaker Robin Lung. [169]
1943 Deadlock Ronald Haines John Slater Its appearance on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list led to it being found. [150]
1944 Melusine Hans Steinhoff Olga Tschechowa, Siegfried Breuer Believed to be lost until the late 1990s, the film had its premiere on March 2, 2014, in Berlin. [170][171]
Welcome, Mr. Washington Leslie S. Hiscott Barbara Mullen, Donald Stewart, Peggy Cummins A wartime drama, Welcome, Mr. Washington was listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films for some years.[172] It emerged in early 2016 that a complete print had been discovered in a locker in London's Cinema Museum, giving Cummins the opportunity to see the film on her 90th birthday. It will be screened at BFI Southbank in late January.[173]
1945 Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei Mitsuyo Seo No cast listed Japan's first feature animated film. Presumed to have been confiscated and burnt by the American occupation, but a negative was found in Shochiku's vault in 1984. [174]
1946 Spree for All Seymour Kneitel A Famous Studios' Noveltoon featuring Snuffy Smith. Most prints, including the original negatives, were destroyed by request of King Features Syndicate (owners of the character), but a 16mm print of the film in black and white with French subtitles was found on eBay and uploaded to YouTube in 2016. [175]
1949 Aux quatre coins Jacques Rivette Francis Bouchet Rivette's first short film, long believed to be lost until Rivette's widow found a copy in their apartment shortly after Rivette's death in 2016. [176]

1950s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1950 Double Confession Ken Annakin Derek Farr After being listed on the BFI 75 Most Wanted, it has been found and is now available on DVD. [150]
Le quadrille Jacques Rivette Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Cazalis Rivette's second short film, long believed to be lost until Rivette's widow found a copy in their apartment shortly after Rivette's death in 2016. [176]
1952 Hammer the Toff Maclean Rogers John Bentley, Patricia Dainton, Valentine Dyall On the BFI 75 Most Wanted list. It was released Renown Films in March 2016 on DVD coupled with Mrs Prym of Scotland Yard (1940).[177]
Salute the Toff Maclean Rogers John Bentley, Carol Marsh, Valentine Dyall Sequel to Hammer the Toff and also one of the BFI 75 Most Wanted. Released by Renown Pictures in 2013. [178]
Le divertissement Jacques Rivette Sacha Briquet, Olga Waren Rivette's third short film, long believed to be lost until Rivette's widow found a copy in their apartment shortly after Rivette's death in 2016. [176]
1953 Small Town Story Montgomery Tully Donald Houston, Susan Shaw, Alan Wheatley, Kent Walton Another of the BFI 75 Most Wanted. It has been found and released by Network Distributing on DVD. [179]
1955 The Noble Experiment Tom Graeff Tom Graeff Surviving print found by Elle Schneider in Los Angeles, now in UCLA Film and Television Archives. [180]
1957 Final Curtain Ed Wood Duke Moore, Dudley Manlove Found and restored in 2011, premiering in 2012 at the Slamdance Film Festival. [181]
Second Fiddle Maurice Elvey Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Lisa Gastoni Another member of the BFI 75 Most Wanted that is now available on DVD. [150]
1959 Shadows John Cassavetes Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni Cassavetes showed a first version of his film only a handful of times, then scrapped it and re-shot the movie entirely. Found in 2004 at a sale of items lost on the New York City Subway, and tracked down by cinema historian Ray Carney. [182]

1960s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1962 Pages of Death Charles Keating Tom Harmon Anti-pornography short produced by Charles Keating. A faded 16mm print was discovered in the Moving Image collection at the Oregon Historical Society in late 2015. When lost, the film was ranked #14 in Gambit Magazine’s list of 15 Films Lost to Time. [183][184]
1964 Richard Burton's Hamlet Bill Colleran Richard Burton By contractual agreement, all prints of the film were to have been destroyed after its theatrical run. However, a single print was discovered in Burton's garage following his death. [185]
Batman Dracula Andy Warhol Jack Smith Avant-garde film featuring Batman and Dracula. Thought to be lost for years until footage appeared in Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis in 2006. [186]
1966 Incubus Leslie Stevens William Shatner Surviving print found at Cinémathèque Française with French subtitles. [187]

1970s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1970 Heartbeat in the Brain Joey Mellen Amanda Feilding Trepanation film with Feilding drilling a hole in her own head. Was due to be screened by Feilding at the ICA in April 2011; however, she did not in the end take part in the event. [188]
Sex Power Henry Chapier Jane Birkin After a brief, limited theatrical release, the film was placed in storage and was presumed lost. The film was rediscovered and subsequently remastered for DVD release in 2010. Notable in part for its soundtrack by acclaimed composer Vangelis. [189]
1971 Bun-Rye's Story Yu Hyun-mok Yoon Jeong-hee
Lee Soon-jae
Heo Jang-kang 		Although once thought to be lost, a print was recovered overseas and restored by the Korean Film Council, which screened the film at their theater in northern Seoul on May 18, 2009. [190]
Necromania Edward D. Wood, Jr. Maria Arnold Rene Bond Believed lost for years until an edited version resurfaced at a yard sale in 1992, followed by a complete, unedited print in 2001. [191]
The Young Marrieds Edward D. Wood, Jr. Louis Wolf
Patti Kramer 		Believed lost for years until rediscovered in Canada in 2004. [192]
1972 An American Hippie in Israel Amos Sefer Asher Tzarfati Once thought lost, it was rediscovered decades later. [193]
1973 Amore Henry Chapier Sonia Petrovna After a brief, limited theatrical release, the film was placed in storage and was presumed lost. The film was rediscovered and subsequently remastered for online release in 2012. Notable in part for its soundtrack by acclaimed composer Vangelis. [189]
1974 Deranged Jeff Gillen
Alan Ormsby 		Roberts Blossom Disappeared after its release in 1974 and was later rediscovered in Florida in the mid 1990s. [194]
1978 Showdown at the Cotton Mill Chi Ping Chang
Peng Chang
San Lin Chen 		Wu Ma Discovered in a Taiwanese film vault by Rarescope. [195][196]

1980s

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref
1980 Black Angel Roger Christian Tony Vogel Rediscovered in December 2011 by an archivist at Universal Studios. [197]
1985 Santo Gold's Blood Circus Santo Rigatuso Santo Gold Rediscovered in 2008, its release has been sought by the producers. [198]

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