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R C Fallis

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Mar 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/11/97
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I was talking to a friend and we were trying
to remember what was found(titles) in the public pool
in Dawson City,when they uncovered the pool and dug up the
soil and found a whole lot of films

Please Help

A HARDY FRIEND
Robert


ChaneyFan

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Mar 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/11/97
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There were about 500 reels of film found in Dawson City and all were
donated to the American Film Institute and now reside at the Library of
Congress. Many titles were incomplete. All were from around 1916. The
only ones I can recall off the top of my head were parts of THE HALF-BREED
with Douglas Fairbanks, some Pearl White serial chapters, and two Lon
Chaney's: THE PLACE BEYOND THE WINDS and IF MY COUNTRY SHOULD CALL.

Audrey Kupferberg wrote a nice article about this back in the late 1970's,
but I don't recall the journal...possibly American Film.
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Robert Birchard

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There were several episodes of the Francis Ford/Grace Cunard
serials "Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery" (Universal, 1914) and "The
Purple Mask" (Universal, 1916) among the Dawson reels. These were
copied by AFI/LOC but it must be said that there was heavy water and
nitrate damage in the prints before they were copied.
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Frank Wylie

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Mar 16, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/16/97
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Robert Birchard <bbir...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> There were several episodes of the Francis Ford/Grace Cunard
>serials "Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery" (Universal, 1914) and "The
>Purple Mask" (Universal, 1916) among the Dawson reels. These were
>copied by AFI/LOC but it must be said that there was heavy water and
>nitrate damage in the prints before they were copied.
>--
>Bob Birchard

Yeah, I timed a few of those reels myself. With all the circumstances
surrounding their "storage", it's amazing how well some of them
survived and printed.

Sorry; can't help with the list, but I think there was a list
compiled. Contact Pat Loughney with the LOC in Washington, D.C. for
that information.

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