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| Laughing Gravy | Apr 13 2010, 01:15 PM Post #1 |
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1913 Lincoln movie found in barn cleanup Restored film starring John Ford's brother will be screened at Keene College in New Hampshire this month By KATHY McCORMACK, Associated Press A contractor cleaning out an old New Hampshire barn he was about to demolish has found the only known copy of a 1913 silent film about Abraham Lincoln. Francis Ford stars in "When Lincoln Paid." He's the brother of John Ford, director of "The Grapes of Wrath," and "The Quiet Man." Peter Massie gave the nitrate reels to Keene State College, which determined that the film didn't exist in film archives. It was one of eight silent films starring Francis Ford as Lincoln; there are no known surviving copies of the others. A Colorado lab has since restored the film about the mother of a dead Union solider requesting that Lincoln pardon a Confederate soldier whom she had initially turned in. The college is holding an April 20 screening. |
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| riddlerider | Apr 13 2010, 06:29 PM Post #2 |
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Verrrrrry interesting news. Francis Ford did a boatload of Civil War-themed shorts during that period, but only a couple are known to survive. I sure hope this one gets preserved expeditiously. The guy who runs Cinecon is a big Francis Ford fan and I know he'd love to schedule it. |
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| The Batman | Apr 14 2010, 07:26 AM Post #3 |
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For sure, RR. Read about this in the morning paper. Hopefully there will be some sort of DVD release. |
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