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The Terror (1928) - what's left?

Given this is a talkie it might be slightly contradictory posting it here, but it's of the era... Does anybody know for certain whether the sound disks for the first horror talkie THE TERROR (1928)...

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Yes, the film is lost. But the Vitaphone sound disks survive at UCLA.

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Thanks for that Phantom! That is good news, I'd love to hear them. The film had some horrible reviews but it was the first film of its type so I've always been curious about it. I wonder if enough...

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Interestingly enough, the silent version of THE TERROR made for theaters without sound capabilities was deemed considerably superior to the sound version and was pointed to by silent stalwarts as an...

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Cool, interesting trivia! I'm surprised a little bit, because I'd always thought early (full) talkies would make rubbish silent movies (unless the silent version was a different cut?). This only makes...

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Some are good (BLACKMAIL, for example) and some are pretty bad (THE DONOVAN AFFAIR). It depends on if the original material was very talky, and who was editing the film.

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GaryP11111 wrote:Interestingly enough, the silent version of THE TERROR made for theaters without sound capabilities was deemed considerably superior to the sound version was pointed to by silent...

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http://historicindianapolis.com/sunday-prayers-rivoli-theatre/I thought you would like to see that. But the article is about RIVOLI theatre.

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