The first movies were silent and they established America’s movie industry. But many of these early films no longer exist. A new project aims to capture the flavor of these movies by digitizing old advertisements for them and publishing the material online.
“Missing Millions" is a 1922 silent film with a darkly prescient title — like the vast majority from that era, the movie all but vanished in the ensuing century, survived mostly by lobby cards. The cards, scarcely bigger than letter paper, promoted the cinematic romances, comedies and adventures of early…
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Promotional lobby cards are all that's left of many silent films, most of which have been lost forever due to the delicate and flammable nature of nitrate film.