In reply to "Straight Man" who wrote the following:
> 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.
There is an interesting forum about nitrate films which has topics on lost
films, rediscovered films, restorations, etc.. You can find it here:
https://www.nitrateville.com/index.php
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