UM: Silent Films

The New York Times reports on a trove of American silent films found in the New Zealand Film Archive, which are being restored and returned to the U.S. Richard Abel, a UM professor of film studies, helped evaluate the inventory and establish priorities for films to be returned, according to the report. Says Abel: “’Upstream’ was an obvious choice, and I suggested strongly that they do ‘Dolly of the Dailies’ with Mary Fuller, because there’s very little that survives of her films. But we were also looking to fill in gaps, which is why many of the early westerns were chosen.” [Source]