Post by elisabeth on Jun 9, 2008 8:07:53 GMT -6
As we know, Libbie made one movie appearance, in Robert J. Flaherty's The Pottery Maker. It now turns out that she might also have made another. She was at the 1911 Delhi Durbar that celebrated King George V's coronation. And the Durbar was filmed -- the first feature-length colour movie ever made, it's said. The director's attention will obviously have been focused on the royals and on all the spectacular ceremonial, but you never know, there might be a glimpse of her among the assembled guests and dignitaries ...
The movie, unsurprisingly titled The Delhi Durbar, doesn't seem to be available anywhere at present. However -- a new enterprise called Re:frame has just been launched (a collaboration between Amazon and the Tribeca film institute, apparently) that's devoted to making obscure and/or archive films available via the web. It's very new as yet, so its catalogue isn't as comprehensive as it might be. But it could be worth keeping an eye on, as it'll surely expand with time. Could be that it'll come up with one or both of these two, and also perhaps with hard-to-find things such as the earliest Custer's Last Stand movies. Might be a valuable resource for the likes of us.
The movie, unsurprisingly titled The Delhi Durbar, doesn't seem to be available anywhere at present. However -- a new enterprise called Re:frame has just been launched (a collaboration between Amazon and the Tribeca film institute, apparently) that's devoted to making obscure and/or archive films available via the web. It's very new as yet, so its catalogue isn't as comprehensive as it might be. But it could be worth keeping an eye on, as it'll surely expand with time. Could be that it'll come up with one or both of these two, and also perhaps with hard-to-find things such as the earliest Custer's Last Stand movies. Might be a valuable resource for the likes of us.
