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Subject: Re: "the oregon trail" 1936 john wayne, requested by olddog
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According to IMDb: "This film is believed lost."
This is not unusual. Given that films were made of nitrate, many films were
lost in fires, or all known copies simply deteriorated. Wikpedia has a
pretty interesting article on the subject:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lost_films. In that article, Wikpedia
says about The Oregon Trail: "The Oregon Trail is a 1936 American Western
film starring John Wayne. The film is a lost film with no known prints
remaining. In 2013 forty still photographs from the film were found by a
collector."
One of my favorite Mystery series is Charlie Chan, which ran generally for a
20-year period in the 1930s and 1940s. Two of the films are lost: One is
Charlie Chan's Chance (1932, Warner Oland). However, a screenplay exists
(which I can post if requested). The other is Charlie Chan Carries On (1931,
Warner Oland).
The latter film is interesting in that, nowadays, if we want a different
language, studios simply dub-in voices speaking that language. But back
then, they used the same sets, the same script, and actors native to the
desired language, and they'd simply re-shoot the movie. That was the case
with "Charlie Chan Carries On." No Warner Oland print exists. But the film
was shot using Spanish-speaking actors. The name of the film is "Eran
Trece." Again, same set, same script, but different actors speaking a
different language. (I can post "Eran Trece" if requested.)
Every once in a while a copy of a film thought to be lost is discovered. One
example is "Charlie Chan in Paris." According to IMDb: "This film was
thought to have been lost for many years until a print was discovered in
Czechoslovakia in the 1970s."
Lost films are tragic. Will you ever get to see "The Oregon Trail?" Probably
not. But there always is a chance that a viewable copy may someday be found.
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