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Post by Dr Strange on Jan 3, 2022 13:58:28 GMT
Der Januskopf 1920 Director F.W. Murnau with Bela Lugosi as Dr. Warren's Butler
"'Der Januskopf' is an adaptation of the Stevenson novel 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' (1886). To avoid having to pay for the rights of the original (again!), all the names were changed. Dr. Warren invents a serum that makes it possible to separate the evil and good sides of humanity. He tries it out on himself, with horrific consequences".
I've heard of this - but there was no serum involved; the transformation is supernatural, brought about by a statue of the two-faced god Janus (which may be why it wasn't immediately recognized as a straightforward Jekyll & Hyde rip-off).
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Post by Michael Connolly on Jan 3, 2022 17:21:14 GMT
I think somebody on here said if it was found it would most likely only disappoint. I dread to think where the handle of his umbrella is.
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Post by David A. Riley on Jan 3, 2022 19:04:17 GMT
I think somebody on here said if it was found it would most likely only disappoint. I dread to think where the handle of his umbrella is. Hence the expression on his face!
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Post by andydecker on Jan 3, 2022 20:57:17 GMT
I dread to think where the handle of his umbrella is. Hence the expression on his face! We didn't need dialogue. We had faces!
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Post by andydecker on Jan 3, 2022 21:00:30 GMT
Not to forget another lost movie, Judas Jedermann by Max Castle.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Jan 3, 2022 21:12:07 GMT
Hence the expression on his face! We didn't need dialogue. We had faces! We do not need faces. We have the internet.
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drauch
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Post by drauch on Jan 10, 2022 16:55:29 GMT
Pretty big list, here: letterboxd.com/horroralt/list/lost-horror-films/Mainly silents, as you would assume. The Murnaus are the biggest loss in my view. I can't think of anything more modern in English, but there's quite a lot of Asian horror that is lost, or just not available to the public.
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Jan 10, 2022 17:51:33 GMT
Despite the YouTube billing, this is the trailer for a different, unrelated film titled 'The Cat Creeps' from 1946. There were two versions of 'The Cat Creeps' shot on the same sets in 1930, as a Spanish language version - 'La Voluntad del muerto' ('The Will of the Dead') - was shot at night while the English language version was shot during the day - the same being done with Universal's 'Dracula' the following year. The Spanish language version of 'The Cat Creeps' is also lost.
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