Nitrate based film is more or less transparent gunpowder. Something was added to it that reduced flammability, but that evaporated out. It rotted with age. The Kentucky Theater showed the 1922 " Nosferatu", and went all out with it! Decorated the theater, a professional organist to provide the soundtrack , people in costume...it was great. The Brain That Wouldn't Die! Jan in the pan! Mystery Science Theater 3000 kept that movie alive. Years ago, I saw a silent movie that was sort of like a 1920s version of " Jurassic Park"....the Lost World"? I saw part of a silent science fiction movie...a crew went to Mars in a ship that looked like a biplane submarine. Mars was supposed to be a utopia? It's been a while. Spaceballs is a comfort movie....
Nitrate based film is more or less transparent gunpowder. Something was added to it that reduced flammability, but that evaporated out. It rotted with age.
The Kentucky Theater showed the 1922 " Nosferatu", and went all out with it! Decorated the theater, a professional organist to provide the soundtrack , people in costume...it was great.
The Brain That Wouldn't Die! Jan in the pan! Mystery Science Theater 3000 kept that movie alive.
Years ago, I saw a silent movie that was sort of like a 1920s version of " Jurassic Park"....the Lost World"?
I saw part of a silent science fiction movie...a crew went to Mars in a ship that looked like a biplane submarine. Mars was supposed to be a utopia? It's been a while.
Spaceballs is a comfort movie....
Probably the Lost World! thanks for the info!