Lost Film: The Fountain of Bakhchisaray (1909)

The Fountain of Bakhchisaray is a Russian short silent drama film released in 1909. The film was directed by Yakov Protazanov


CAST:

Vladimir Shaternikov as Khan
Mariya Korolyova as Zarema
Yelizaveta Uvarova
Aleksey Muravin



PLOT:

The Crimean Khan Giray brings Maria to the harem. Zarema is filled with jealousy as she loves Khan more than anything. Zarema tells this Maria this and Maria admits she did not want to be a part of the Harem. She was eager for freedom and understood that it was only possible with death. Khan learns of Maria's death and orders the execution of Zarema. This would build a fountain of tears.


SOURCES:
Wikipedia
IMDB

Lost Media: Stealing a Roast Duck (1909)

Stealing a Roast Duck is a 1909 silent film. It was directed by Lian Shao-Bo and is considered the first film from Hong Kong. There are also signs that the film was shown in 1917 in L.A. making it one of the earliest Chinese films with foreign releases. There is no copy of this film and is considered a lost film due to the Japanese destroying film to make bombs with nitrate.

PLOT:

The film is about a duck thief.

CAST:

• Lai Pak-hoi
• Liang Shao-Bo - duck thief
• Wong Chun-man

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

The Guardian March 5, 2009

Hong Kong Movie Database 

LOST MEDIA: Charmed, I'm Sure (1909)

Charmed, I'm Sure is a 1909 silent comedy film that was doomed from the beginning. The director, Charles K. French, had to hire a quick unknown cast because of the original cast walked out on the first day due to a dispute over salaries. The ones hired were the technical crew that never acted in other films. Then two days before completing a fire destroyed the film negatives and so the film was abandoned. The film's considered lost and the only thing that remains is the partial script that turned up at a LA auction house.

PLOT:

Daniel falls in love at first sight with Jane, a bank teller. During a bank robbery, Daniel takes Jane Hostage and comedic antics ensue as the robber tries to win her heart, and escape the building surrounded by police.

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

April 18, 1909 Perry Township, Pennsylvania John Doe

 On April 18, 1909, a transient man was found dead in Perry Township, Pennsylvania. He had died from a rupture of the pulmonary Artery. He was unidentified and buried at the Almshouse Poor Cemetery, Berks County on April 26, 1909

He was a man around 55-years-old.

SOURCES:

Find a Grave