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Time/Warner Has Lon Chaney's LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT?!?!?!? Use Dark Knight Money - Restore - Release - NOW!

Awesome. by TattooedBillionaire	Jul 24th, 2008 01:01:59 AM
I've seen the "restored" version. It's mostly just stills, but it was still a bit of fun. I would love to see the real deal.
Hell yea! by Frankenbastard	Jul 24th, 2008 01:08:30 AM
That is really cool news indeed.
Holy Grail of Horror by deadboy1313	Jul 24th, 2008 01:23:15 AM
Before I ever read the article , the phrase "Holy Grail" popped into my head. This is a must, please let it be true!
First Metropolis, and now this? by SpencerTrilby	Jul 24th, 2008 01:30:42 AM
I hope it's true. 2008 was such a misfire when it comes to geek movies (save TDK) that I hope the year will be salvaged thanks to long lost films like this finally located. If the AICN-infamous "AWESOME" has a meaning, it should be related to news like this.
Use Dark Knight money for Batman 3 by sloanist	Jul 24th, 2008 01:32:50 AM
Sorry Fatty. And by that I mean Lon. BTW, don't post that you can afford 10 grand to see a movie unless you are a masochist for talkback hatred.
What's The Story? by SnakesOnABicycle	Jul 24th, 2008 01:34:26 AM
Why all the intrigue and seeming praise for this film?
IF true then its a great day for movie buffs everywhere. by alucardvsdracula	Jul 24th, 2008 01:45:21 AM
But if its not then Harry, buddy, you've been had. As have we all. Fuck I really hope this turns out to have a happy ending as I'd give my left nut to see this movie.
If this is some fucking joke... by MaxTheSilent	Jul 24th, 2008 01:52:43 AM
Well, nothing more needs to be said.
Hopefully it's true... by JustinSane	Jul 24th, 2008 02:19:29 AM
...why aren't more people scouring their vaults? I'm sure there's a ton of lost films out there waiting to be rediscovered.
Now if only Jerry Lewis... by KnightShift	Jul 24th, 2008 02:22:38 AM
...could release "The Day the Clown Cried".
Funny I just watched "Mark of the Vampire" by Circean6	Jul 24th, 2008 02:54:34 AM
for the first time ever last week it despite its "fake" vampires it was pretty solid. The commentry track talks about "London" quite a bit but what struck me was that Forry Ackerman (who actually saw it) has been saying that it was ok, but it's status as horror's lost classic may be a bit inflated. But hell, maybe we can all finally judge it ourselves if this ain't a bunch of hokum.
Use Dark Knight $$$ to lobotomize sloanist by wash	Jul 24th, 2008 02:59:12 AM
Oh wait, it's not really necessary. BTW, don't show off your douchbaggery in a topic where it's not needed.
If that guys story is true... by Alonzo Mosely	Jul 24th, 2008 03:04:42 AM
Someone needs to slap him... He puts it back on the shelf and slinks away... He has some kind of career in Hollywood, working on movies and writing for TV, but he doesn't ever bump into anyone in a position of power who could do anything? He 'tells' lots of friends about it, but nobody say sends letters to Ebert, who is famous for reading and answering his mail, asking him to help publicize it... Nobody bothers contacting Harry Knowles, who is hardly unapproachable, his damn home phone was clearly listed on this site for years (maybe it still is), to get him to start some campaign on AICN, to maybe tell the story to his Hollywood buds like Quentin or Peter Jackson or James Cameron, you know who might just have enough pull to get an intern assigned for a week to do some investigating... As I said, I hope this a true story, but the mind boggles at how having done the incredibly hard part of finding the Holy Grail, he finds it impossible to get a call into the Pope about it...
Please find The Magnificent Ambersons! by Mattyboy122	Jul 24th, 2008 03:15:45 AM
If this is real, then the TRUE holy grail of missing films, The Magnificent Ambersons, has a shot of being found. I can dream, can't I?
If this is true, then DO IT. by TheGhostWhoLurks	Jul 24th, 2008 03:24:33 AM
One of the true great lost films. Of course, no one's SEEN it before, so it may STINK... but for history's sake, restore and preserve it for antiquity. After you transfer it to DVD, so I can buy it at Target. :)
This would be nice, if true by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLord	Jul 24th, 2008 04:04:47 AM
I'd buy it.
I remember seeing a photo still of Lon in his vamp getup ...... by Big_Bubbaloola	Jul 24th, 2008 04:07:45 AM
as a kid and having nightmares for a couple of weeks. Man that image is scary, still gives me goosebumps. If they've found a true print of it, then I will be soooooo there!! Please let it be true!
I doubt this is true... by Playkins	Jul 24th, 2008 05:05:59 AM
...which is really a shame because I've wanted to see this movie since I first saw pictures of Lon Chaney in the makeup. Why would he have found this "holy grail" of a film and not tried to get the print out of the archive somehow, legally or otherwise? Doesn't make sense.
Mattyboy122: 'Ambersons' can't be "lost"... by Playkins	Jul 24th, 2008 05:09:55 AM
I saw it in my film appreciation class in college about 15 years ago. We watched that and "Touch of Evil" as our Orson Wells section.
PLaykins, re: AMBERSONS by RenoNevada2000	Jul 24th, 2008 06:26:02 AM
He's talking about Welles' original cut of the film which RKO butchered into the version that is out there now. I guess you weren't paying too close attention that day in film appreciation class... ;)
Damnit, Harry. by Knuckleduster	Jul 24th, 2008 06:42:20 AM
Stop - writing... like this_please! Get someone to help you. Take a course. Do something. Please. Oh, and uh... Great news. Someone ask Joel Silver to dig up Hirschbiegel's cut of The Invasion.
We hope this news isn't a load of bollocks... by Charlie & Tex	Jul 24th, 2008 07:27:41 AM
...as we have been wanting to see this lost movie for decades. Whether or not London After Midnight really is deserving of it's "classic" status is neither here nor there - it would just be nice to see the bloody thing, after all, Chaney's make-up for this movie is arguably the most iconic out of all of his "thousand faces". Here's hoping it really HAS been found...
Second best news of the year... by film_fanatic_in_the_original_bla ck_and_white	Jul 24th, 2008 07:40:37 AM
...finally, this shows up. Now if the Spider Pit Sequence would rear its head!
wow..and its not even april 1st by FleshMachine	Jul 24th, 2008 09:10:17 AM
btw...harry stop using the word "literally"...i do not think it means what you think it means. i literally shit my pants when i read it...literally.
SELL THE RIGHTS TO LUCAS! by Dick Bahls	Jul 24th, 2008 09:21:57 AM
He could put it out as a special edition - I bet it would be even better than the prequels & that totally awesome Clone Wars cartoon that I'm gonna risk my job just to bang out sick to be the first fanboy on line. Then I'll be able to brag about it to all the women I know & get plenty of action. I sure hope he adds Hayden Christiansen at the end, & Watto & Jar Jar.
Harry, the writer thinks it's at one of the UCLA film archives by Oski	Jul 24th, 2008 09:35:42 AM
Might want to change your story a bit.
Mass E-mails to UCLA by j_difool	Jul 24th, 2008 10:24:49 AM
The address is at the end of the article. THey are big on restoration. Let them know what they have.
Yeah, but is it in 3-D? by Snookeroo	Jul 24th, 2008 10:59:12 AM
Just sayin'.
Call to action by banbury	Jul 24th, 2008 11:07:23 AM
What specifically is the best way to help? Email movies@ucla.edu ?
I remember reading a synopsis of the movie by Bubba Gillman	Jul 24th, 2008 11:19:20 AM
in a biography on Todd Browning. Wasn't entirely favorable - it said it was part slapstick comedy, and that in the movie it's discovered that the vampires are fakes. Still should be restored, though, if this story is real. The least we could do, since Chaney stuck wires in his eyes for the role.
hate to be a Debbie Downer but... by HypeEndsHere	Jul 24th, 2008 11:30:42 AM
the movie (in the recollections of those alive to have seen it in its theatrical run) is remembered as being incredibly silly and non-frightening. especially the bizarre walk Chaney affected for the role of the "vampire". the version pieced together from stills and the script.
Oh, and a fun (possible) fact... by JustinSane	Jul 24th, 2008 11:53:57 AM
...since HypeEndsHere mentioned the vampire's walk. Apparently Groucho based his famous walk on that of Chaney's character in London After Midnight. True? I guess we can only wait and see.
RenoNevada2000: aparrently not. by Playkins	Jul 24th, 2008 12:16:06 PM
Thanks for clarifying that. Not fair if you went to IMDB for it, though ;-)
I hardly believe that this film is the masterpiece you envision by Trazadone	Jul 24th, 2008 01:09:11 PM
God Harry, I know you're prone to hyperbole, but take it down a notch already. Somehow you've built this up in your mind as some fantastic Earth shattering film, but the reality is that in all liklihood it a silly b-movie like all the silly b-movies from that era that's more fun for its low budget and bad acting than anything else. I sincerely doubt anyone is going to pump a ton of dough into restoring this film.
epevensie by epevensie	Jul 24th, 2008 01:18:17 PM
If this guy's story is true, he is a complete ass. "I was in this big storage facility for the government, and I came across the ark of the covenant. I told the secretary at the front desk, but then I lost my job as a a super-secret antiquities delivery person and just kinda let it go..."
Sorry CecilBenedict by Trazadone	Jul 24th, 2008 01:24:00 PM
but old doesn't = masterpiece. Also, asshole, if you read the guy's story about finding it, it's clear that it's utter bullshit. If he really found this "masterpiece" wouldn't he have made more noise about it? His response was to look at it, think, "Cool" and then walk away. Ur, okay.
I WANT to Believe by ProfGriffin	Jul 24th, 2008 02:36:25 PM
But a lot about the tale seems too nicely wrapped. He marries the daughter of the woman who helped him find the Hypnotist aka London After Midnight? It's a good story and I certainly enjoyed it...but I have to echo the naysayers. WHY NOW? WHY if he held the damn thing in his hands in the 1990's is he writing about it now??? I would have wept as well if I held it in my hands. Not because it's a masterpiece, but because it's a LOST Chaney Performance...an iconic image come to life to move and stalk...(and scuttle like an undead human crab)
yeah, that story is something else by wash	Jul 24th, 2008 03:44:21 PM
It's mind-boggling convincing and suspicious at the same time. The dude has had 10 years of internet time to make a post about it, and he only now gets around to it?
Please be true by starmand	Jul 24th, 2008 03:54:53 PM
I agree that the story seems a little too fantastic to be real, but... dammit, why would someone want to play a prank this big?
Prank by ProfGriffin	Jul 24th, 2008 04:01:46 PM
This prank (if it is indeed a prank) is nothing new. Every 5 years or so, someone comes along and claims they've found LAM. In the classic horror online communities...(wow is that geeky) it's a topic of discussion often. BUT if it is true...then damn this Sid Terror for waiting so long to get any attention on this.
Maybe it'll... by Lord John Whorfin	Jul 24th, 2008 04:25:54 PM
make viewers go homicidal. Oh, wait, that's been done, hasn't it? Maybe a couple of times?
haha, Harry posted my e-mail! by kroenen2688	Jul 24th, 2008 04:41:06 PM
bahaha. I sent harry that link, finally something I sent in was posted haha. Atlanta horrordrunx!
Golly, what a coinky-dink! by DonQuixote	Jul 24th, 2008 05:40:30 PM
That this news comes directly on the heels of the "Metropolis" story should give anybody reasonable pause. I read over the original article, and some of it really, really smacks of your average conspiracy theory material ("the only witness is dead"). I'm as big a "Famous Monsters" fan, and Lon Chaney fan, and toothy, top-hatted vampire fan, as anyone else, but if the story's legitimate, no doubt we'll hear genuine verification of it in very short order. If we don't hear anything about it in the next couple of weeks, feel free to consider it the latest hoax. Would be nice to be wrong, though.
You want hoaxes? Try being a Doctor Who fan!!! by Paul T. Ryan	Jul 24th, 2008 06:51:55 PM
There's a bogus rumour about lost episode recoveries every week!
when will fate smile upon "The Magnificent Ambersons"? by beamish13	Jul 24th, 2008 08:29:19 PM
It's just GOT to be there somewhere in Brazil...
So, this guy goes looking for one of the most by batzilla	Jul 24th, 2008 10:30:35 PM
sought after "lost" films and ... FINDS IT? What a coincidence!! Or even better, what a bunch of SHIT! Harry, you, and anyone else who believes this moron are VERY gullible. LOL! This dork needs to get a life. And besides, this movie is, WITHOUT A DOUBT! nothing more than a silly, stupid B flick that would be a complete waste of time viewing. Goofy, not scary and very poorly acted, written, etc. Like ALL old "classic" films. THEY ALL SUCK DONKEY BALLS! Well, not really. I do dig some of the old films but get real folks. LAM isn't what you think it is. Now, bring on the sequel to THE DARK KNIGHT! : )
Yeah, "Dark Knight".... by IamZardoz	Jul 24th, 2008 11:01:09 PM
Tell ya what, Id hate like shit to run into that scary ass Lon Chaney vampire some dark night.
use Dark Knight money by kafka07	Jul 24th, 2008 11:27:40 PM
to feed the world and save the whales, man.
studios that allow works to be held into copyright by palewook	Jul 25th, 2008 11:48:08 AM
until the originals are destroyed should be fined. there's no excuse for a classic like this to not be available for the current generation and the future generations.
LOn Chaney.... by emeraldboy	Jul 25th, 2008 04:41:53 PM
Was the greatest Horror actor of all time, in fact he was so great that nobody knew what knew what he looked like accept his family. His make up on london after midnight is his crowning ahievement and was deemed so scary that the movie was never shown.
The Film Foundation by filmfanatic1	Jul 25th, 2008 05:58:19 PM
Here's another place to enlist some help; the Film Foundation is into preservation and they have some pull; contact info is: http://tinyurl.com/5n6rlo
Y'all know in your hearts.... by theJackalope	Jul 26th, 2008 10:23:13 PM
That this is COMPLETE AND UTTER MOTHERFUCKING, CUNT-LAPPING, DONKEY-RAPING BULLSHIT! I will never believe this film has been found until I actually see it with my own eyes. I am so sick this "I found London After Midnight" crap that crops up every so often. I would love to be proven wrong but these 'reports' are all concocted by some pitiful person(s) with more time on their hands than sense. Funny how it's always "I had it in my hands--IN MY FUCKIN' HANDS! But that was 20 years ago and I never saw it again and now no one seems to know where it went. Gosh, whillikers!" How amazingly convenient! BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT!BUL LSHIT!BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT!BULLSH IT!BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT!BUL LSHIT!BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT!BULLSH IT!BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT!BUL LSHIT!BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT!BULLSH IT!BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT!BULLSHIT!BUL LSHIT!BULLSHIT! And need I reiterate: BULLSHIT!
A Universal expletive is worth repeating: by theJackalope	Jul 26th, 2008 10:24:50 PM
BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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