Reza wrote:
I wonder why all of the above have remained exclusively with Archives, Universities or Museums. Shouldn't they be put out there for the "world" to watch and enjoy?
I've kept hoping that TCM or somebody would get the rights to some of these movies that are locked away and show them on air. Seeing them restored and issued on dvd/bluray would be even better, but it probably wouldn't be worth it financially. Glorious Betsy was locked away in an archive until recently when somebody put it on Youtube. Maybe there is hope of the rest showing up online some day.
I found out that The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) is available at UCLA so they have six of the films that I still need. I was planning to take a driving trip out west in April with a stop in LA to visit the UCLA film library. That got postponed due to the pandemic, but I'm hoping to make that trip at some point. I would also plan to visit the Academy Archive to see Sorrel and Son. I tend to visit the east coast every 5 years or so and I could squeeze in a visit to the Library of Congress to see The Cop (and what's left of The Dove). Visiting MOMA while in New York to see The Noose should be possible.
That would just leave the lost/incomplete films plus Three Russian Girls and Portrait of Chieko.
Reza, you mentioned in an old thread that you watched Portrait of Chieko from someone's private collection on their blog. Do you happen to know if that is still available and whether that person would mind my viewing the film? If it's not available or you can't recall where exactly it was or if there is another reason, that's okay. I'll hope that it shows up some day. I visited Japan in 2018 and plan to go back there again in a few years. I don't think the film is anymore available there, but who knows by then.