Apologies if I'm late to the dance, but I just saw this and the hair stood up on the back of my neck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFk36pizlcM&feature=related
Yay scatter, always wished i could see Lon Chaney's performance in this movie. At least I've now seen a fraction of it. You've just granted a long standing wish for this 'lil 'ol monster kid. ;D
I hate to say it, but this "could" be from Rick Bakers stop motion Monster Mash video he did several years ago.
Rick animated the Sideshow 12" figures, and enhanced the stopmotion with some Z-Brush created CGI.
Lon here was one of the figures he used. The lantern was a prop accessory that came with the toy.
Man I really want to see this! That was awesome!
I'm very doubtful that this is genuinely old. It has a "made-up" look. Judging by the comments at YouTube, it may be the Baker thing.
It's stop-motion. Ain't no doubt.
We can dream can"t we?? After all, they just found a new Chaplin movie from his days at Essenay Studios.
Pretty cool! I love the effect of the deteriorating nitrate film!
Yeah, just read the comments on youtube. Thanks for the tease Scatter...now where did I put my Voodoo doll. u6juu
Someday.......it could really happen!!
That's cute, but it already looked like the Sideshow doll just in the still image, before I even clicked play.
Oh Thcatter you big teathe !!
I like the lithp.
That makes me think the movie isn't lost. SOMEONE has it. They are toying with us.
Yeah that's a friend of mine, The Phantom Reviewer. He reviews anything Phantom of the Opera. He did it as a joke, i think for April fools day(or Lon's birthday to some) or something. It's funny he still gets requests to see the supposed film reel. He actually had to tell people to stop pestering him about it on one review. Check him out on Youtube if your a Phantom phan.
Edit: I almost forgot an explanation of the clip. It's just a Sideshows' Beaver-hat Man figure moved around with stop-motion.
I'll file that with The Alien Autopsy.
Quote from: dlhenderson on April 26, 2010, 06:45:05 PM
I'll file that with The Alien Autopsy.
Hey dude............that was REAL TOO!!
Scatter, thank you for posting it. Someday in the near future, maybe LAM will materialize?
But still.....the YouTube video was cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwPZuyF2Th0# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwPZuyF2Th0#)
Bringing this thread back from the dead just because this find is a possible way some footage could be recovered.
Apparently, toy projectors used to come with old nitrate film trims. Someone bought one on ebay and recovered 39 seconds of this lost Theda Bara film. It has caused quite a stir among her fans, some actually calling it a hoax. Then, the full clip was posted.
That is so cool. Maybe there is hope after all.