This is likely one of the wildest tales in regards to the making of a Hollywood movie EVER and plenty of of you’ve most likely by no means heard it earlier than.
In 1984, movie librarian Merle Ray Harlin was charged with stealing 419 movies. One scrap present in his huge assortment was a lacking scene from the 1954 movie A Star Is Born starring Judy Garland. So many movies that might have been misplaced to historical past… and so many extra that we don’t even know are misplaced! Sadly, that loss nonetheless contains 7 minutes of A Star Is Born.
In case you attempt to watch your complete initially screened lower of A Star Is Born now, it’s a fairly odd expertise. About 41 minutes into the movie, it briefly ceases to be a “movement” image, as a substitute out of the blue consisting of nonetheless photos like some avant-garde factor your Brooklyn boyfriend would drag you to see. It’s odd.
Solely 4 lacking minutes from A Star Is Born had been recovered from Merle Harlin…there are nonetheless 7 minutes of the total lower of the film which can be presumably misplaced to time ceaselessly, leading to a considerably incomplete movie. So, who stole these final seven minutes? And why does it matter?
A Star is Born (1954) is now streaming.
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