The Magic Flame

The George Eastman House denies reviewer Jack-Gardner's claim that the first five reels of this film reside in their archives.

It is a rumor that is unfounded in fact.

Considering the stars involved, and the film's Oscar nomination for Cinematography, it is a major contender for non-lost status.

I merely wanted to head off those seeking the film at Eastman House not to bother.

I have to fill ten lines or this warning won't be posted.

Silly rule.

You'd think there would be a separate category for challenging statement made by reviewers.

But there does not seem to be.

Hope this now goes through, having to make up a number of nonsense lines to get it posted.

I can't really give this a rating as I have not seen it but the first five reels of this eleven reel feature were found in the George Eastman House Archives.

Hopefully somewhere someday reels 6 through 11 will turn up as well.

So little of Vilma Banky's work survives today - it's a great pity as she was a very beautiful and moving silent screen actress.

This is also an early academy award nominee - it's a shame that even the films that were highly respected in their day became victims of time and decay . . .

This is not the time or the place to start a forum on film preservation, but it is important for us to preserve these early works of cinema, and even though the film is not complete, I hope that someone will preserve what's left of it and allow the general public access to study it.