Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011)
Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith (1922) and a glimpse at Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh (1927), the only Oscar®-winning performance in a lost film. Fragments also features clips from such lost films as Cleopatra (1917), starring Theda Bara; The Miracle Man (1919), with Lon Chaney; He Comes Up Smiling (1918), starring Douglas Fairbanks; an early lost sound film, Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), filmed in early Technicolor, and the only color footage of silent star Clara Bow, Red Hair (1928). The program is rounded out with interviews of film preservationists involved in identifying and restoring these films. Also featured is a new interview with Diana Serra Cary, best known as "Baby Peggy", one of the major American child stars of the silent era, who discusses one of the featured fragments, Darling of New York (1923).
Cast
- Baby Peggy - Herself
- Heather Linville - Herself - Film Preservationist: Academy Film Archive
- Mike Mashon - Himself
- Michael Pogorzelski - Himself
- King Baggot - Himself (archive footage)
- Theda Bara - Herself (archive footage)
- Clara Bow - Herself (archive footage)
- Louise Brooks - Herself (archive footage)
- Lon Chaney - Himself (archive footage)
- Betty Compson - Herself (archive footage)
Keywords
film preservation, cinema history
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films about?
- Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith (1922) and a glimpse at Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh (1927), the only Oscar®-winning performance in a lost film. Fragments also features clips from such lost films as Cleopatra (1917), starring Theda Bara; The Miracle Man (1919), with Lon Chaney; He Comes Up Smiling (1918), starring Douglas Fairbanks; an early lost sound film, Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), filmed in early Technicolor, and the only color footage of silent star Clara Bow, Red Hair (1928). The program is rounded out with interviews of film preservationists involved in identifying and restoring these films. Also featured is a new interview with Diana Serra Cary, best known as "Baby Peggy", one of the major American child stars of the silent era, who discusses one of the featured fragments, Darling of New York (1923).
- Who stars in Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films?
- Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films stars Baby Peggy, Heather Linville, Mike Mashon, Michael Pogorzelski, King Baggot, Theda Bara.
- How long is Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films?
- Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films has a runtime of 1h 50m (110 minutes).
- What genre is Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films?
- Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films is a Documentary, TV Movie film.
- Where was Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films produced?
- Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films was produced in United States of America.