This is an old thread, but someone has posted a heavily decayed 16mm print of Ingagi on eBay of all places, for the low low price of a thousand friggin dollars: www.ebay.com/itm/153903045405
I’ve got my ticket! While I guess its still not avaliable, I think we could consider this found? It exists and is being played? Anyone else live in NYC?
While looking in WorldCat for "Children of Loneliness", I found this(https://www.worldcat.org/title/children-of-loneliness-homo-sexuality-the-truth-about-contrary-sex-practices/oclc/540015524&referer=brief_results). I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the film. It's from the same year it was sent for copyright, and is by Dana Hubbard, who is involved with the film. It's in the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland). I'd advise anyone in the area to check it out.
I've been very inactive on the forums and I just saw this. This is great! It actually might have information that pertains to more specific details of the plot if it is truly a tie-in of some sorts. Anyone near Bethesda?
In 1952, Dr. Seuss wrote his only screenplay for a Feature Length film. It was for the technicolor musical "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T". He also wrote the lyrics to the songs, as well as supervising art direction. It was originally a somewhat darker allegory for WWII. But, after a disatrous premiere, the thirteen songs were cut out of the film, as well as many subplots. More can be learned on the LMW entry for this film here: bit.ly/2x2ytVa
While all the songs have survived, having been recored on discs before the film was cut, none of the footage has surfaced.
Of course, if anyone can find the lost footage, it would be great, and we could finally see Dr. Seuss' original vision. But, this is quite unlikely. However! It was reported that over 1,300 still pictures were taken on the set of the film, far more than a usual production.
I am trying to gather as much information and as many stills as possible to help possibly make a reconstruction of the film. I was able to find a sizable folder of stills at the New York Public Library, and a few scattered on the internet.
We also don't have the original, reportedly 1,300 page script, which could aid us greatly in the attempt of a reconstruction.
While even if we eventually have enough stills to reconstruct the film fully, they are all in black and white, contrasting with the original Technicolor film. They would need to be colorized to fit nicely into a reconstruction.
Maybe some of you guys could help find more information on the film on the internet, or better yet, your local library. If the LMW can put their efforts together, maybe one day we could see a fair restoration of the only film written by one of the greatest writers of all time.
Is anyone else interested?
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So, in terms of this episode, who all has been contacted about it? I’m assuming some higher ups at CTW, right? Because, this might be a long shot, but hear me out... what are the odds Caroll Spinney has a copy? Sure, even if he does, there’s no way he’d wanna leak it online, but there’s no harm in asking.
We could try, but itd be weird for him to have every episode he’s ever worked on, considering he’s been in hundreds, if not thousands.
Nah, the one below it isn't even a real movie. Pretty obvious they picked rather infamous things for the joke.
It seems someone who works on that show is interested in lost media and wanted to shout it out. Which is pretty cool that a show references lost media.
I would still contact just in case. Either way, it's still pretty cool that they would give the search a shoutout as you've said.
I really doubt that, actually this “Lost Media” joke in shows and movies actually happens a lot, like when Homer Simpsons comes across a copy of a lost shakespeare play at a flea market and tosses it to the side calling it “Junk”. The joke actually probably dates back to 1966 in the little known serial “Captain Celluloid vs. The Film Pirates” which is all about silent film collectors. We see a large vault of films getting blown up containing all the notorious lost films, like “London After Midnight” or “Phantom of The Opera Color Scenes”. Contacting them would be a little ridiculous I feel. Plus, no one labels a VHS tape contaning a episode of sesame street with the production code number on it.