The 1927 silent horror film London After Midnight holds two accolades.
It is the most sought-after of all lost horror films and considered to be the holy grail among film fans who seek out lost horrors.
The final copy of London After Midnight went up in smoke in 1965 at MGM.
I remember seeing stills of this film in old Famous Monsters if Filmland and some of the horror movie books I had in the early Seventies like the Dennis Giffords' and Alan Franks'.
In the Noughties a renowned film restorer stitched together the existing black and white stills and the script to create a repro silent movie. You can watch it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJTuZb_A-H8&t=11s What do you think?
The other accolade that this Lon Chaney showcase holds is the fact that the only known movie poster for it sold for the highest price ever reached for a movie poster, just shy of a half a million dollars. It was bought by Metallica's frontman.
That's a distinctly sinister look to Lon Chaney's character, Woodsy. The 1/6 action figure was one of many classic horror movie monsters which Sideshow released at the time. Most featured nostalgic movie posters as box cover art.
ReplyDeleteSideshow sound like a really great figure company Tony. I've never had anything by them but I can see that their attention to detail and choice of obscure characters will have been welcomed by fans.
DeleteIt appears it was bought Kirk Hammett who is the lead guitarist in Metallica. James Hetfield is the frontman. One of my fav bands so that’s why I’m a bit pedantic 🙂
ReplyDeleteMy apologies.
DeleteI occasionally see films and/or film cans for sale at yard sales (boot sales, I guess you call them). I wonder what lost treasures might be lurking in some old collections?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Captain! i think like that all the time! And it does happen, films and TV series are found after being missing for years.
DeleteI think some new photographs of the Beatles have just been unearthed.
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