Alfred Hitchcock's New Zealand ties - Story - Entertainment - 3 News
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Alfred Hitchcock's New Zealand ties - Story - Entertainment - 3 News:
From the article:
There is only one known remaining copy of Hitchcock's earliest surviving silent film The White Shadow, a cinematic gem discovered and restored here in New Zealand.
“It was shown here commercially but never sent back to America or Britain, and it wasn't destroyed because in many cases projectionists and distribution companies were told once the film had reached the end of its commercial life they should simply throw it away,” says chief-executive of the New Zealand Film Archive, Frank Stark.
Projectionist Jack Murtagh held onto the nitrate film till his death in 1989 when it was given to the film archive to restore, and now it's being played along with all of the other 57 surviving Hitchcock films at the British Film Institute in London, during the 2012 Olympics.
Read more: http://www.3news.co.nz/Alfred-Hitchcocks-New-Zealand-ties/tabid/418/articleID/257675/Default.aspx#ixzz1y0ej671G
Alfred Hitchcock's New Zealand ties - Story - Entertainment - 3 News:
From the article:
There is only one known remaining copy of Hitchcock's earliest surviving silent film The White Shadow, a cinematic gem discovered and restored here in New Zealand.
“It was shown here commercially but never sent back to America or Britain, and it wasn't destroyed because in many cases projectionists and distribution companies were told once the film had reached the end of its commercial life they should simply throw it away,” says chief-executive of the New Zealand Film Archive, Frank Stark.
Projectionist Jack Murtagh held onto the nitrate film till his death in 1989 when it was given to the film archive to restore, and now it's being played along with all of the other 57 surviving Hitchcock films at the British Film Institute in London, during the 2012 Olympics.
Read more: http://www.3news.co.nz/Alfred-Hitchcocks-New-Zealand-ties/tabid/418/articleID/257675/Default.aspx#ixzz1y0ej671G
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