Defying Destiny with Monte Blue and Irene Rich has been on YouTube for several years, but never with any sound. The film was preserved through a partnership of the New Zealand Film Archive, the American Archival community, and the National Film Preservation Foundation. Preservation work for this film was completed by Colorlab under the direction of George Eastman House.
Two months ago, it was uploaded with both music and sound effects. To date, it only has had 55 viewings. I can easily find this video using my wi-fi connected Blu-ray player, but I cannot find the link on my laptop.
While I'm not keen on sound effects because they tend to interrupt the Silent film experience, the person put lots of effort into making the sounds come alive in the film.
This might be a work in progress, since there were several places where the film repeated itself. This often happens, even when films are released to video.
"Defying Destiny" (1923) (+ soundtrack)
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Re: "Defying Destiny" (1923) (+ soundtrack)
Defying Destiny was originally uploaded by the National Film Preservation Foundation to its website--that copy is the source of all the ones on YouTube. The NFPF presentation (https://www.filmpreservation.org/preser ... stiny-1923) includes a film note that suggests the story of the film's production is even more interesting than the film itself.