List of rediscovered films
1920s

List of rediscovered films

Section Title: 1920s
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Year	Film	Director	Cast	Notes	Ref

1920	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.

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.

The Daughter of Dawn	Norbert Myles	White Parker, Wanada Parker, Esther LeBarre, Jack Sankadoty	Bought and restored by the Oklahoma Historical Society in 2007.

Genuine	Robert Wiene	Fern Andra, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski	Complete copy was discovered in the Berlin film archive.

Go and Get It	Marshall Neilan, Henry Roberts Symonds	Pat O'Malley, Wesley Barry, Agnes Ayres	Thought lost until a print was discovered in the Cineteca Italiana film archive in Italy.

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.

If I Were King	J. Gordon Edwards	William Farnum, Betty Ross Clarke, Fritz Leiber, Sr.	Print is held by the Library of Congress.

The Spiders (2nd of 2)	Fritz Lang	Carl de Vogt, Ressel Orla, Georg John	Restored in 1978 from a newly discovered original print, second part of a 2-part series.

Unseen Forces	Sidney Franklin	Sylvia Breamer, Conrad Nagel, Sam De Grasse	Rediscovered at the New Zealand Film Archive in 2010. A video of the preserved film can be viewed at the National Film Preservation Foundation website.

Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook	Arthur Wellin	Bela Lugosi	Recovered in the 1990s, exists in private film collection.

Where Are Your Husbands?	Billy B. Van	Billy B. Van	Found in the Library of Congress film archive in June 2017 and was screened at Dexter's Inn in Sunapee, New Hampshire on July 12, 2017.

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.

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.

Brownie's Little Venus	Fred Fishback	Baby Peggy	Rediscovered in Switzerland in 2010.

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.

The Devil	Ferenc Molnár	George Arliss	Exists in the Library of Congress film archive.

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.

Ludzie bez jutra (People with no Tomorrow)	Aleksander Hertz	Polish film rediscovered in Germany in 2015.

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.

Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan	Richard Eichberg	Bela Lugosi	Found in a film archive in the 1990s, albeit in its American release version.

1922	Beyond the Rocks	Sam Wood	Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino	Collector Joop Van Liempd (1913–2002) donated a large collection of film canisters to Nederlands Filmmuseum. A print of Beyond the Rocks was found among them in 2003 and restored in 2005.

For the Defense	Paul Powell	Ethel Clayton, Zasu Pitts	Rediscovered in 2014 in the archive of EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Phantom	F. W. Murnau	Alfred Abel, Grete Berger, Lil Dagover	Prints exist in the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv film archive.

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.

Three Live Ghosts	George Fitzmaurice	Norman Kerry	Found in a Russian archive and shown publicly at British Silent Film Festival in September 2015.

The Toll of the Sea	Chester Franklin	Anna May Wong, Kenneth Harlan

The Young Rajah	Phil Rosen	Rudolph Valentino	Film partially found, surviving footage and still pictures were merged to make an incomplete film.

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.

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.

Circus Days	Edward F. Cline	Jackie Coogan	Found in Russian state archives; Gosfilmofond (Moscow). Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010.

Defying Destiny	Louis Chaudet	Monte Blue, Irene Rich	Rediscovered in New Zealand Film Archive in 2010. Video of preserved print available for online viewing

The Eternal Struggle	Reginald Barker	Renée Adorée	Found in Russian state archives; Gosfilmofond (Moscow). Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010.

Love, Life and Laughter	George Pearson	Betty Balfour	Found in a small cinema in the Netherlands in 2014.

Maytime	Louis J. Gasnier	Clara Bow, Ethel Shannon, Harrison Ford	4 out of 7 reels were found in the New Zealand Film Archive in 2009; preserved and available for online viewing.

Souls for Sale	Rupert Hughes	Eleanor Boardman	Discovered and restored in 2006 by Turner Classic Movies and Warner Archive Collection.

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.

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.

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.

The Breaking Point	Herbert Brenon	Nita Naldi, Patsy Ruth Miller, George Fawcett	Exists in the Library of Congress Film Archive.

The City Without Jews	Hans Karl Breslauer	Johannes Riemann, Eugen Neufeld, Hans Moser	Found by collector in Paris flea market, 2015. Restored by Filmarchiv Austria, via crowd-funding.

Empty Hearts	Alfred Santell	John Bowers, Clara Bow	Held by UCLA Film and Television Archive.

Our Pet	Herman C. Raymaker	Baby Peggy	A print was discovered after Japanese auction in October 2016.

Peg o' the Mounted	Alfred J. Goulding	Baby Peggy	A print was discovered amongst the holdings of the Nederlands Filmmuseum.

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.

Secrets of the Night	Herbert Blaché	James Kirkwood Sr., Madge Bellamy, ZaSu Pitts	Discovered in a basement in Mississauga, Ontario in 2017.

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.

1925	Borrowed Finery	Oscar Apfel	Louise Lorraine, Ward Crane, Lou Tellegen	Found in a Czech film archive in late 2016.

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.

Keep Smiling	Albert Austin, Gilbert Pratt	Monty Banks	Found in Russian state archives. Digital copy given to the Library of Congress in 2010.

The Last Edition	Emory Johnson	Ralph Lewis	Rediscovered at the Dutch EYE Film Institute.

Seven Sinners	Lewis Milestone	Clive Brook, Marie Prevost	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 2017 DVD release and showing at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.

1926	Bardelys the Magnificent	King Vidor	John Gilbert	Restored in 2008 from a nearly-complete print discovered in France in 1998.

The Bat	Roland West	Tullio Carminati	Print exists at UCLA Film And Television Archive.

The Devil's Circus	Benjamin Christensen	Norma Shearer, Charles Emmett Mack	Thought to have been lost, a print of The Devil's Circus was found and has been preserved by George Eastman House.

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.

Irish Destiny	George Dewhurst	Paddy Dunne Cullinan	Thought lost until a nitrate print was discovered in the Library of Congress in 1991.

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.

Mare Nostrum	Rex Ingram	Antonio Moreno, Alice Terry

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mockery	Benjamin Christensen	Lon Chaney, Barbara Bedford, Ricardo Cortez	Thought to have been lost, it was rediscovered in the mid-1970s, it is available from George Eastman House 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.

Why Girls Love Sailors	Fred Guiol	Laurel & Hardy	Thought lost for many years, but then officially surfaced in 1985.

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.

1928	The Cameraman	Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton	Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin	The last print was presumed destroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire. A complete print was discovered in Paris in 1968.

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)

The Constant Nymph	Adrian Brunel	Ivor Novello, Benita Hume

The Crimson City	Archie Mayo	Myrna Loy, Conrad Nagel, Anna May Wong	A complete print was discovered in Argentina in 2008.

Forbidden Hours	Harry Beaumont	Ramon Novarro, Renée Adorée	A complete print has survived, as well as a 16 mm reduction positive trailer.

Hungry Hoboes	Walt Disney	Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Peg-Leg Pete	Cartoon film made by Disney recovered in 2011 in the Huntley Film Archives.

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.

The Passion of Joan of Arc	Carl Theodor Dreyer	Maria Falconetti	The truncated reissue was thought all that remained, until a complete version was found in 1981 in the closet of a Norwegian mental institution.

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 the Netherlands in 2016.

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

Sadie Thompson	Raoul Walsh	Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, Raoul Walsh	A print was found in Mary Pickford's personal archive after her death.

Sleigh Bells	Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks	An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film thought to be lost, but discovered in 2015.

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.

Show Girl	Alfred Santell	Alice White, Donald Reed	In 2015, a print was discovered in an Italian film archive.

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	Scarlet Seas	John Francis Dillon	Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, Loretta Young

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

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Brownie's Little Venus was rediscovered in Switzerland in 2010.

final_sentence: Brownie's Little Venus was rediscovered in Switzerland in 2010.