Long LOST D.W. Griffith from 1918: NOT found

[LampyMeier2007]

The lost film who has been found is The Greatest Thing in Life (1918).

Here the link : http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/Gr ... e1918.html" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank


Oh I hope its true .

[Moderator edit - it has NOT been found - see below - DB]

[jcp7701]

Oh, I hope so, too!

[DShepFilm]

Raymond Rohauer carried this in his catalogue listing for years to tease people who never knew whether he really had it or not. Do you really think he could have resisted showing it just to guy The Museum of Modern Art? I had access to the complete inventory of the Rohauer collection when it was being offered for bids by potential buyers and this film wasn't there.

David Shepard

[radiotelefonia]

Could somebody tell Carl to put THE CHARGE OF THE GAUCHOS out of the lost film list. I have been giving the information to him already several times.

[didi-5]

Would be good if it is true. Here's hoping. It's fabulous to hear of films nearly a century old being located again.

[sepiatone]

that's great news, I think that's the war film where two soldiers, one black one white, kiss while dying in th e trenches. It's a recent posting by Carl so there has to be some element of truth. If someone can pry this film from Rohauer/Cohen ??? collection , then the same should be for Griffith's "One Exciting Night" (1922).

Also, while we're on the subject:
Since Carl has listed the 1928 "Sins of the Fathers" as surviving I'd also like to know how much of it is extant,; complete or imcomplete etc.

[silentfilm]

It's listed in their online catalog:

http://www.cohenfilmcollection.net/

The Greatest Thing in Life
1918
Directed by
D. W. Griffith
Written by
D. W. Griffith
S.E.V. Taylor
Starring
Lillian Gish
Robert Harron
Adolphe Lestina
Elmo Lincoln
Kate Bruce
Edward Piel
Peaches Jackson
60 minutes (24 fps), 35mm
Silent, B&W
Lillian Gish plays the beautiful and vivacious daughter of a New York City newspaper seller and captivates wealthy society-type Robert Harron. Fascinated, he can’t consider marrying someone of a lower class, so contents himself with helping her and her father return to their native France at the outbreak of World War I. Later, they meet again. Harron is now a soldier and Gish and her father are agents in the French Underground. War, the great leveler, eradicates Harron’s snobbery and he finds love and humility with Gish.
— Paramount Pictures, USA
One of Mr. Griffith’s best films, said Lillian Gish
in her autobiography. But it arrived rather late in
a period overloaded with war pictures, and it
was received with less rapture than the great
D. W.’s pictures of the following year starring Miss Gish — True Heart Susie and Broken Blossoms.
— John Douglas Eames, The Paramount Story

[missdupont]

If you'd read David Shepard's post, you'd see that he said that while the collection listed a print of this, he did not see it when they put the Rohauer Collection up for sale, which means it's just a mistake.

[Kelly]

OHHH I hope they restored show it on TCM in near future

[missdupont]

Raymond Rohauer carried this in his catalogue listing for years to tease people who never knew whether he really had it or not. Do you really think he could have resisted showing it just to guy The Museum of Modern Art? I had access to the complete inventory of the Rohauer collection when it was being offered for bids by potential buyers and this film wasn't there.

David Shepard

Can no one read? David Shepard says that the film has been listed in the catalogue for years, but when it was offered for sale, he had access to the complete physical inventory, and the film was not there. Finito, the end, nada.

[Mr.Mycroft]

What I've never understood is how 'Sorrows of Satan" has missed a proper release all of these years. Can only imagine a Paramount problem as they're usually an impediment but I have no idea if that's the case.

[Shaynes3]

What I've never understood is how 'Sorrows of Satan" has missed a proper release all of these years. Can only imagine a Paramount problem as they're usually an impediment but I have no idea if that's the case.

This film is still under copyright and belongs to Paramount. While it is a familiar title to deeply interested silent film buffs, the amount of money needed to pry it from the mountain studio would likely make it a pretty risky proposition in terms of likely sales on DVD or whatever format(s).

[Rob Farr]

Can no one read? David Shepard says that the film has been listed in the catalogue for years, but when it was offered for sale, he had access to the complete physical inventory, and the film was not there. Finito, the end, nada.

So where do I send my pre-order?

[jhdk]

Oh man, what a bait and switch! I though this was going to link to an article about the actual discovery of a print recently, not just parroting the misinformation from the old Rohauer listings of decades ago.

Though it does raise an interesting question on how many more errors might be in the Rohauer catalog in terms of actual print survival. Considering they included a listing for "The Greatest Thing in Life," it seems Cohen just copied the old Rohauer catalog verbatim without actually checking to see if they had a physical print of it.

[silentfilm]

Sorry to rain on everybody's parade, but I got in contact with Tim Lanza and he confirmed that Cohen does not have a print to this film.

[Danny Burk]

I've modified the title of this thread so that others won't be fooled upon seeing it.