Chicago – In the early years of film and filmmaking, from approximately 1890 through 1930, an astounding 75% of films produced are considered “lost,” with no surviving reels, never to be seen again. Recently, an Iowa man named Michael Zahs finally convinced the University of Iowa to research and archive the Frank Brinton Collection, a cache of early films that barnstormer Brinton would show all over Iowa in the 1890s, on through the early decades of the 20th Century. What was found in that Collection is the subject of “Saving Brinton,” co-directed by Tommy Haines and Andrew Sherburne.
The story of “Saving Brinton” is a fascinating combination of Iowa niceness, a saver named Michael Zahs, and the right type of storage that preserved the films. Zahs is a historian who would often lecture about Frank (and wife Indiana) Brinton, after taking on their collection from the estate in the 1980s, but initially could find...
The story of “Saving Brinton” is a fascinating combination of Iowa niceness, a saver named Michael Zahs, and the right type of storage that preserved the films. Zahs is a historian who would often lecture about Frank (and wife Indiana) Brinton, after taking on their collection from the estate in the 1980s, but initially could find...
- 7/20/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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