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Offline Chris

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Lost Chaplin film sold on eBay for $5.68
« on: November 07, 2009, 06:33:38 PM »
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Charlie Chaplin fans were seizing on the news Friday that a lost film of the comic genius had been found on eBay for $5.68.

Morace Park, who lives in Essex, England, bought the battered olive green film canister listed as "an old film" for £3.20, and found the title Charlie Chaplin in Zepped inside.

His neighbour, John Dyer, former head of education at the British Board of Film Classification, knew the legend of the lost seven-minute film that includes a Zeppelin bomb attack. Released in 1916, it was believed to be World War I propaganda to reduce fear in Britain of German airship attacks, but the film vanished years ago.

Most recently, a Russian film academic article reported in 2006 that "the film has not survived."

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/722262--lost-chaplin-film-sold-on-ebay-for-5-68

Neat story.  The article doesn't mention how much the film might be worth.
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Re: Lost Chaplin film sold on eBay for $5.68
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2009, 07:06:16 PM »
Quote from: Chris on November 07, 2009, 06:33:38 PM
Neat story.  The article doesn't mention how much the film might be worth.

Yeah it did.............................$5.68
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Re: Lost Chaplin film sold on eBay for $5.68
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2009, 10:42:39 AM »
That would be a cool find.

I think I bought the only copy of Debbie Does Dallas on eBay once, for six bucks.
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Re: Lost Chaplin film sold on eBay for $5.68
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2009, 10:43:10 AM »
Quote from: Crazy Horse on November 07, 2009, 07:06:16 PM
Yeah it did.............................$5.68

How much was shipping?  :evillaugh:
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