The Heart of Lincoln,” a 1922 movie directed by the pioneering filmmaker Francis Ford, was found at a stock-footage library ...

A 1915 silent film about Abraham Lincoln was thought to be lost forever before being found in a warehouse on New York's Long ...

And here's what it looks like after it's been restored. All that gunk in the before is chemical decomposition, which has destroyed an estimated 75% of American silent films. But here is where they ...

who hopes to restore the film and add a score to it, so modern audiences can be treated to a piece of cinematic history. "With silent films, probably 70% of them are gone," Lauro said.

The festival runs from Monday, May 13 until Thursday, May 23 and aims to educate the public about film history through a selection of rare and restored classic, independent and silent films.

“The Heart of Lincoln” is a 65-minute silent film ... since cleaned the film, digitized it in 4K and placed it in a protective can. He hopes to have it professionally restored and said he ...

and Robert Wiene’s expressionist classic Raskolnikow (1923), which will return in a new restoration from Filmmuseum München. Silent films will be shown with live piano accompaniment.

A major work of the silent era, Napolean has taken sixteen years to restore. The festival said ... event at Cannes and as the opening film of Cannes Classics. The film will then be shown in ...