Saturday, August 10, 2013

From The Film Desk...

Imagine someone finding a lost film from one the the great directors of all time.  It's actually happened.  Orson Welles' comedy "Too Much Johnson" was his first major film production, started before "Citizen Kane" but never released.  Authorities in Italy say the film was presumed lost decades ago, but was found in a warehouse in Pordenone, Italy

The film will be seen on October 9 for the first time in 75 years at a film festival in Pordenone.  Hopefully, the rest of the world will get to see it soon after that.

(still frame from the film:  Joseph Cotten and Arlene Francis, courtesy George Eastman House & Cineteca del Friuli.)