50 Lost Movies | Scribbles to Screen |

[@carlosaugustodinizgarcia3526]

Just last month they rediscovered footage of Theda Bara's 1917 Cleopatra- one of the most famous lost movies.

[@robincochran7369]

Even if London After Midnight turned out to be not as good as one would hope, it would still be worth it to see Lon Chaney in full vampire makeup in action even a clip of that alone.

[@jeffreyriley8742]

That may be the only reason. The great horror writer Robert Bloch saw it in theaters and said it was the worst Cheney film he ever saw!

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

It's the curiosity of it. Try to imagine it was never lost and was mediocre no one would talk about it today. If it ever gets found and was mediocre people would at least have the satisfaction of it's find

[@cinemaarts8795]

Glad to see your back making videos! I'm sorry the past couple of months have been hard for you, hope your feeling better.

[@harrisonallen651]

Batgirl, oh boy! - I honestly wish The Flash came out last year with the original post credit scene so that we would’ve got Batgirl released in theatres now.

[@jadedheartsz]

Leslie Grace still has hope Batgirl will surface one day.

[@UndeadVideoProd]

I’m gonna tell you that girl would not have released in theaters this year if the flash released last year Batgirl was always meant to be an HBOMAX movie. Which is honestly ultimately why it was scrapped for taxes It made more on taxes than potential subscription revenue from HBO Max. It is very doubtful that it would’ve made. 20 million with new subscribers. We can only hope that it does get leaked And nowadays with how readily available editing, software, and all this AI and everything is the fans will have it finished to a washable degree within two months of it leaking. We just have to hope it leaks.

[@jadedheartsz]

@@UndeadVideoProd they could always try doing what Disney Plus did for Mulan and make customers pay extra to see it even if they're already subscribed, knowing Zaslav I could see him doing exactly that.

[@FACTSWITHANTHONYJAMES]

Well it would have been on HBO max

[@LegendaryAwesome122]

None of the cast and crew of Batgirl were informed about the cancellation of the movie until the news broke. One of the directors found out on the day of his wedding of all places.

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

I think the irony of Batman Fights Dracula is that later on, 'The Batman' series made a Batman vs Dracula movie for that series....and it was REALLY freakin' good.

[@DieFischbude]

Fun fact about the Golem movies. It's Not a trilogy like Star Wars of Back to the Future where you have a ongoing plot or anything. The first one is set in the then present where an old Golem is found during construction of a well. The second one is a meta narrative in which the actor who played the Golem in the first movie (and wrote and directed) falls in love with a woman who is a fan of the original Golem flick. So he dresses himself Up as the Golem and ships himself to her house pretending to be a statue and a gift of said actor. The third one is a prequel to the first in which the Golem is created in medieval Prague

[@DarrylRuiz-s1w]

Imagine being a critic assigned to review an 87 hour movie.Better it remains lost

[@justinhall9090]

The Apt Pupil section is filled with misinformation. Different Seasons is a short story collection. Not a novel. Apt pupil was the original name for the story, as it was one of the short stories from different seasons. Therefore, the title was not changed. Shawshank Redemption and Stand by me also come from different seasons.

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

I was about to say that. Also, in the anthology, "Stand By Me" was "The Body". "Stand By Me" is what they titled the movie adaptation

[@mightyfilm]

While I am disappointed by Batgirl's cancellation (mainly for Brendan Frasier and Michael Keaton), I was absolutely pissed that Scoob: Haunted Holiday not only also got cancelled, but its cancellation didn't make the news as loudly as Batgirl did. It was reportedly even closer to completion than Batgirl and it also tested well. And yes, Scoob got mixed reviews, but because it was released digitally due to theater closures that year, it was very successful in its own right. Both the writer Paul Dini and voice of kid Shaggy, Ian Armitage (sp? same kid that plays Young Sheldon) were vocally disappointed by this. And frankly, because the original Scoob did well because of the digital release, not releasing the Christmas prequel/midquel film digitally and direct to Blu-Ray/DVD was absolutely idiotic. Also, could you imagine if Bob Clampett's seriously animated film got made? That's a whole other side of him. He's usually just known as the wackiest Looney Tunes director.

[@JamesLawner]

Considering how many straight-to-DVD Scooby-Doo movies get released per year, what would be the big deal in releasing Holiday Haunt in that way? If they were looking for money, this would be a good way to generate it!

[@mightyfilm]

@@JamesLawner If the logic was that it was several times the budget of a standard DTV Scooby movie and they didn't want to release it that way, that's idiotic. I don't see why releasing directly to point of purchase home media would have hurt them more than using it as subscription fodder for a streaming service. The fact it was considered "race to content" content (which is killing streamers now) and ONLY released through that means was beyond idiotic, especially since WB does release their streaming exclusives on home video. They did it with Doom Patrol, they did it with Harley Quinn, even Hulu's Animaniacs. Why wasn't a Blu-Ray or on demand release of Holiday Haunt out of the question? They couldn't have lost more money than they did with The Flash just now.

[@tawnieriekena7]

Number 33 was released under the title Glen or Glenda, and is easily avaliable. The story of how it came to be is familiar to anyone who heard of Ed Wood Jr.

[@teptime]

They are two unrelated films.

[@deadpan80]

37.45 Nope. That's Joe Don Baker of Mitchell-fame

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

Surpised you mentioned "Canceled Sitcoms" and not "Sadistic Bitch", which also went missing the same way. Brad had said it was his and his buddies' drinking movie, and it was the one film he made that he actually put effort into trying to recover. Whether or not its plot sounds any good or appealing is up for debate, but given its more of a revenge horror exploitation film, which falls in line with a lot of the movies he's reviewed, I'd see it doing well among his fanbase if were put online

[@aguyinagreenhat6614]

Haha. Batgirl. I was an extra on that. Very poorly run production, late meal breaks. Only 5 minutes to get our meal. Super-long hours. Freezing cold and 5 Covid tests before the day I was filming. I got paid on time and in full at least 😉

[@LegendaryAwesome122]

Did you get to meet any of the cast?

[@aguyinagreenhat6614]

@@LegendaryAwesome122 nope but I saw a few of them

[@deadpan80]

31:47 This film was based on the same source material that would later be adapted as Dead Calm in 1989 with Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane

[@sjdrifter72]

My favorite Nicole Kidman movie, before the botox and plastic surgery.

[@jenniferschillig3768]

Yep...the version of The Deep he seems to be describing is the Peter Benchley novel, which was adapted for the screen the same summer as Jaws (and even featured Robert Shaw in a similar role to Quint!).

[@TheDigitalApple]

I’d love to see these lost masterpieces to be found one day!

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

You left out the big reason the silent version of Anne of Green Gables was lost: the lead actress, Mary Miles Mitner, had written love letters to a director who was murdered in 1922, and she wasn't charged of anything, but this came fast on the heels of the Roscoe Arbuckle scandal so her career was totally over. Ye Olde Cancel Culture.

[@juanantonioarquero9336]

And Greed? And The Magnificetn Ambersons? Probably the most famous lost movies of all time.

[@artirony410]

yeah there's lots of lost extended/director's cuts that are lost. Akira Kurosawa's adaptation of The Idiot had a ~4 hour cut that's lost to time.

[@angelsinger4574]

“Cleopatra” is the one I most want to see. Theda Bara was just such an interesting actress.

[@pegasusactua2985]

If I had a quarter for every time Brendan Fraser starred in a finished superhero movie that got canned and has never been released I would have two quarters. Which isn't a lot but it's really fucking weird it happened twice.

[@ToaAxiomMan]

The Works if this film was made, history would never be the same

[@ToaAxiomMan]

Also the majority of those animators would later on go and work with Dreamworks and Pixar

[@GregoryPailKid]

The trailer for 'Primevils' dropped a few days ago!

[@jamesespey249]

Of course, the legend of London After Midnight will continue to build as long as a movie of similar story is being shown around the world. That movie is the MGM Bela Lugosi classic Mark of the Vampire.

[@TheGuyInTheCheapSeats]

That's how you solve murders- by pretending to be vampires!

[@geraldmartin7703]

In the U.S., Doctor Who and the Daleks was shown in a double feature with Night of the Living Dead-- which is how I saw them.

[@markduncan3246]

absolutely brilliant,hats off to the work that went into this,as always,scribbles to screen,always interesting content,good to see another post,keep up the good work

[@chris-tianmothman]

I love these longer lists, and man did Scribbles knock it out of the park this time. Keep on being awesome man, the uploads are worth the wait.

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

Corrections regarding Different Seasons: 1) it was a novella anthology with 4 stories, not a single novel, with only one of them being Apt Pupil. 2) Apt Pupil was the original name of the story within Different Seasons. 3) 2 other stories in Different Seasons were made into movies; "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Body", the latter of which was retitled "Stand By Me". Sorry, this part bothered me a lot as I have read Different Seasons and genuinely am a huge fan of the movie adaptations made from it (discluding Apt Pupil, but that's just different taste)

[@artirony410]

32:17 least chaotic Orson Welles shoot

[@GarlicEater]

I know everyone would rather find "London after Midnight" but I would love to watch "The Day the Clown Cried" if it was found

[@HoneyBee-im3ny]

I can't recall specifics so you'd have to look it up, but I do believe that there is a college/film festival that plans to show it in 2024/25. It's not that it is lost, but the fact the director never wanted it to be shown. It is in a film vault right probably.

[@matthewhood7844]

I agree. On my blog I made a mock DVD cover based on what if it had been released. popculturefromanalternatedimension.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-day-clown-cried-jerry-lewis-1972.html

[@kaptnhowdy3269]

Nice list. But that isn't a photo of the director of "Game of Death". That is Joe Don Baker from the movie "The Pack".

[@UnknowableThen]

True crime youtuber describing a mutilated corpse:😊 Scribbles to screen talking about a lost King Kong movie:😠

[@macklemorganfreeman8488]

I almost positive I've seen Oregon trail. I bought a DVD collection of early John Wayne films at cracker barrel and I'm almost positive Oregon trail was on there

[@DetectiveKemper]

"Decapitated monkey's paw"? You do know to decapitate is to cut off a HEAD, right? Unless the monkey had a paw on his neck instead of a head.

[@artirony410]

this guy definitely needs to proofread his scripts a bit more because there's lots of weird little errors throughout the video like that

[@OlyChickenGuy]

Nice to hear your voice again giving us all sorts of neat and interesting tidbits!

[@FiveNumberJonny]

Bat Girl is still in the can. Give it some time

[@Person-wz6iy]

It's a Tax write off, they can't release it.

[@pegasusactua2985]

​@@Person-wz6iy I wouldnt be surprised though if some years down the line the whole movie or at least parts of it will somehow get leaked. Its already happened to a couple other movies Warner Bros also canned.

[@Person-wz6iy]

@@pegasusactua2985 Possibly, I was hoping that the script would leak online.

[@coyoteartist]

The Nancy Edell short was called Black Pudding and created during her time at Bristol University in the UK. She later said in 1976, that it was embarrassing as it was so crude.

[@nelliethursday1812]

I Claudius with Charles Laughton, the classic that never was so sad 😢

[@MrShowbiz48]

You really should keep an eye on Full Moon News. They've finally finished The Primevals and have realised a full trailer. I have seen it and it looks great

[@doodlenoodlex]

The Edgar wright Film carbolic soap sounds actually hilarious and hopefully a tape turns up

[@bagonmyhip]

That's Joe Don Baker and not Robert Clouse at 37:48

[@DWboy14]

Damn these vult fires!

[@JoaoGuilherme-hp6zs]

Can you do cancelled bob the builder movie 2012

[@gregorkrause]

27:34 it's interesting that in the 80's or 90's the funny thing is that #theoregontrail would be a school/home computer game.

[@sorenthefilmbrony]

I wouldn't call Batgirl a "lost film" since WB technically has a copy of the movie.

[@bootleg317]

That can be said for most “lost” media. It’s one of the things that sorta annoys me about the whole community

[@pittapattapato]

if its not publicly available, its lost

[@ddots8063]

Some of the films on the list are not lost, just the people who have the copies have not released them.

[@artirony410]

I mean then its still functionally lost since the public can never see them

[@michaelbullen3104]

AWESOME TO SEE YOU BACK!!!

[@johnjamesleahy4065]

Man I have so many mixed emotions watching this, but I definitely thank you for that!!!

[@jujutaylor2186]

Surprised to see The Cinema Snob on this list NGL

[@Fiver565]

Different Seasons is actually a book of short stories… Apt Pupil is one of the four short stories in that collection

[@porcelainboy264]

That Pinocchio thumbnail is cursed

[@dylanmcdermott1110]

If only we could have a Criterion Collection edition of The Day the Clown Cried.

[@lalalarose8197]

You could have done a quick once over on the script. Noticed a few incorrect names, like calling the character John Carter of Mars ‘John Corman’. That aside, enjoyable video.

[@Cyber-ep2tu]

Anyone remember a modern black and white zombie movie from around 2010-2011. Everything was black and white but the blood was red and it really stood out.

[@fritzpollard266]

Having Richard Ayoade narrate was impressive. I’m sure its not the channels fault but Bulgasari was made ten years after the Korean War ended, so that can’t be a factor in the movie being lost. Great video I really enjoyed it.

[@ChrisHilgenberg]

I don't think that's Richard Ayoade narrating here... There's a difference in how this narrator ends sentences that doesn't line up with Richard.

[@the_god_abandinus]

I would actually really like to see Children of Loneliness.

[@mariofanalex4455]

I have not been getting your videos recommended recently or in my notification box, is KZbin screwing you over or am I not paying attention?

[@robertbermudez4526]

Can you do on 33 uncut scenes and extended scene versions from movies and tv shows such as mighty joe young 1998,king kong 1976,alien 3 assembly cut,zack snyder's justice league,lord of the rings extended edition trilogy,ghostbusters 1984 deleted scenes,gremlins 1984 deleted scenes,thomas and the magic railroad director's cut,megan uncut scenes,the mummy 1999,batman beyond return of the joker uncut version,the plauge dogs extended cut,all dogs go to heaven hell uncut scene,and many more also can you do 20 umande films which is are unamde pixar films,unmade godzilla films and unmade king kong remake films and king kong vs frankenstein as well 🎉😊please

[@jennyskeen3826]

Thank you for your knowledgeable information on these films, I learned a lot. 🖖

[@mrwest15]

I'd like to know more about this 'Juliet' film, I can't find literally anything on it besides what you talk about here, which is... well, very little. Care to elaborate?

[@derianimp]

Loved it!

[@Anophis]

ahhaha as someone from glasgow the cancellation sucks, watching it be filmed was fun :(

[@jayjlevans2000]

I have behind the scenes footage from the 1957 film Tarzan and the Lost Safari

[@gregorkrause]

31:48 i didn't know there was a 60's (late version) of #thedeep.

[@organicketchup5171]

It doesn't really count, but the version of 'White Zombie' circulating today is quite munted in parts. It's mostly all there, but there's missing dialog and some scenes are pretty impenetrable.

[@toosheaproductions]

This is comprehensive to say the least. What is the background music I love it. Is there a link

[@FortisArbor]

I was wondering about the music too, it's very familiar. Giving due credit is so important.

[@muppetfan77show26]

Interesting🤩 👍

[@Aqzw]

Nice

[@brodieforrest5242]

Do The 50 Cancelled Animated Movies😊😊😊.

[@ryanhau1073]

The cancelation of Batgirl as well as a number of DC Animated Projects, a major issue to many people is the question on where WB draws the line the line, because after they invest more into The Flash staring Ezra "Do You Want a Hawaiian Punch" Miller, like just one of the things Miller did would get anyone else canceled, and DC Fans were just asking for consistency. Anyhow, so far DC movies are not doing well in the box office for the past year and it's mostly due to the lose of faith that movie goers have with WB, and things might not look good for Blue Beatle and Aquaman 2 (even more so with the later seeing it will feature the DCEU's Second Most Divisive Actor Amber Heard). With Batgirl, Peter Sefran did said he watched it and it was bad, but that's just one guys opinion, and we can't ever know. Maybe Batgirl would have been the Hit that saves DC Movies, or maybe it would have been Very Bad, tho probably not "Choking Your Fans in Iceland" Bad. Like it should be up to the Movie Goers to judge what Film is good or bad

[@paulforder591]

That's "beetle". 🤣

[@13thcentury]

Decapitated monkeys paw? Read that again... slowly...

[@Jared_Wignall]

Brendan Fraser mentioned how a rough cut was screened for an audience in a theater, which is odd since they didn’t intend for the film to be released in theaters, and because of the unfinished shape of the film the audience did not like it and this was enough of an inventive by Warner Bros. to cancel the film and not release it so it could be a tax right off. I can’t recall which interview he said this in, I want to say Howard Stern, but I could be wrong about that. It was one of the interviews he did while promoting The Whale, but he didn’t go into much details about the film so what would have happen is anyone’s guess and it could have been some kind of adaptation of Batgirl: Year One.

[@tomlewis5542]

Congratulations. This is a Great video.

[@TrevorMoses312]

Almost all the South African silent films produced 1910 - 1930 have been lost sadly.

[@artirony410]

I think there's some stat where its estimated that 50% of movies made before 1950 and 90% of movies made before 1920 are lost

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

lol you got more information about dr who than anything else on this video

[@wackyshack36O]

Does anyone have any info regarding #32; Juliet directed by Josh Franco? I keep trying to Google it but it leads me to movies that clearly are not what is talked about in this vid

[@gregorkrause]

20:05 reminds me of a certain #gegegenokitaro cartoon monster.

[@thewolfofwaterbury.2763]

Wow nice video very interesting

[@leepopey]

Have Brendon Fraiser play a bug themed person. Seems like a guaranteed way to have you film be lost.

[@joeysupersonic]

Haruo nakajima was the original Godzilla not mr kamiama

[@Avander359]

Amazing video

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

I cant find the script for the works anywhere help?

[@FortisArbor]

The Lost Media Wiki has an article on The Works and links to the script under the References section! I also transcribed it into text format for viewing in browsers if you're interested. (YT doesnt like when people link stuff in comments so I won't put it here.)

[@paulforder591]

Too bad Batgirl got cancelled in the studios merger; it would have made a superheroine movie worth seeing, had it been completed. 😔🦇👩

[@achannelwithbadanimations3126]

The first one sounds a bit like wall-e..

[@inkandcupcakes1695]

Why do you count down the films wrong?

[@eaglejones856]

I really like these videos but sometimes the background music is a little frightening but not to frightening

[@vhswonderland5821]

You must be the only person on KZbin who still uses the Premiere option🤣

[@Minty0091]

# release the Batgirl movie.

[@byyusri]

Lmao i own all of this

[@nathanblevins9870]

Please talk about lost cartoons.

[@artirony410]

there's multiple channels dedicated to that besides this one that you can check out

[@bobm.172]

Even being as huge a fan of movies as I am, most of these films I'm quite ok with being lost. :)

[@robofistsrevenge3288]

What a bizarre thing to say about a medium you claim to love and 50 movies you've never seen.

[@bobm.172]

@@robofistsrevenge3288 Not really. Even if they weren't lost some titles would just not be of interest just as with current movies. I'll see some and skip others.

[@artirony410]

yeah man art that people spent tons of time and effort on being lost and destroyed for no one to enjoy ever again is awesome

[@ScottRoss-bb8bs]

The bat girl movie is unwatchable, it's been trashed on purpose.

[@chrislondo2683]

Maybe include the cut record store scene from Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Or cuts scenes from The Keep.

[@gryficowa]

38:46 The pink triangle symbol, a male homosexual, at least that's what the symbol implies, not only for being cheeky, but also for this reason (Although I heard it was supposed to be a comedy, so I don't know whether to imply that), it does not have the whole movie, and you can only theorize whether that symbol has meaning here, or was it supposed to be "Joke", because as I mentioned, it was supposed to be a comedy, I know that the plot synopsis says something else, but that was the main reason why the movie is lost media (and not about the camps), so if this movie comes out in 2024 (Maybe not the whole thing), then I have a feeling that people's reaction may not be very positive

[@gryficowa]

Although don't take my words as the complete truth, I'm just telling you what I've heard and rumors can spread very quickly and become unreliable

[@sophiehanssel2017]

Your next video should be an expose video on David Zaslav who is responsible for Batgirl being lost

[@HieMan-g1n]

I think we'll do just fine without it.

[@mightyfilm]

@@HieMan-g1n If that was the only thing, I wouldn't care. The guy went on a cancellation and deletion spree, erasing quite a few cartoons and series from the site and in some cases off of ANY legal viewable means. Worse, now ALL the streamers are following his tax bailout lead. Justice for OK KO!