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Lo and behold inside the barn, slated for demolition he found a stack of film canisters in the eves of the barn long forgotten. one of the film reels contained this film which everyone thought was lost to history. this is from 1911. the studios at the time didn't want their movie stars getting too famous. didn't want any body getting billed too highly with the public they thought actors would demand more money. the studios liked to not credit their actors. that 10 minute silent film founz -- found was the first mary pickford movie where she beat the system and got her name in the credits on th...

For the greatest movie star ever. and there were three great strokes of luck that saved it from history so it can be shown in new hampshire next friday. the carpenter, peter massey looking around in the barn and finding it before they started demo. second stroke of luck the film didn't blow up on nitrate film stock, highly flammable. the carpenter told the associated press he didn't know it was flammable and drove with the canisters in the cab of his truck for a long time while he drove around smoking cigarettes. then he brought the canisters home, parked the cans of film next to his wood stov...