Had looked into the film "The Green Archer" (1925 ver.), as our 93 yr. old father saw it, when it came out (and from what I've read about current
state of said film, I guess he's lucky he had seen it back when). I've been buying general older films for him to watch, as that is his main source of
entertainment/enjoyment, nowadays. He and I, then, are not what you'd call collectors in any serious manner but I did come to have a general interest in
older films, reading about them over time, if only in a historical sense. While someone on IMDB claims to have seen the entire film via an anon. collector,
someone else said the first poster may be prone to puffing up stories about such things; however, the first poster said that 3 reels of 1925's TGA exist,
in the UCLA Film Archives. My query to them on he topic brought two replies (one general, one rather informative), so I post these notes for anyone else who
may have an interest in this topic. Conversely, if you have any information on this, I'd love to hear that as well. "I can not tell you what the
preservation plans are for these reels, but the holdings have been put aside for preservation. Practically speaking that means they will not be used, so they
will not be further damaged. If this is public domain material, or if we receive permission from the copyright holder, we may have the ability to put it online
for viewing in the future. I would doubt that there would be a DVD release, given the cost of producing a DVD. There may also come a time in the near future
where making individual DVDs for titles like this may be possible. Right now we do not have the staffing or the resources to undertake that type of project,
but it may happen in the future. I am sorry I can't give you a more concrete reply, but feel free to check back in, in six months to a year, to see how we
are progressing with online access." ==== The other (generalized) note to my query, stated: ==== "Thanks for your interest in our General Collections
which are often not directly-licensable. Unfortunately, when UCLA is not the rights holder of an item in our General Collections, we cannot duplicate the item
(even for the purpose of a screener) without provision of written copyright-clearance documentation from the copyright holder. If you request screeners or
master footage from materials in our General Collection, written copyright clearance (or proof that the title is in the public domain) must be provided. We
cannot advise about copyright information nor do we research copyright-holder information. Such responsibilities fall to the client.
Copyright-holder searches can be requested through the US Copyright Office (www.copyright.gov) or a private search firm, such as Thomson & Thomson (www.thomson-thomson.com). If your search results indicate there is no current registered copyright for a title (that the title's in the public domain), you are required to provide these search results in lieu of a clearance letter." So, for what it's worth, the above is what I've learned about this particular older film and I wanted to pass this onto anyone else who may have an interest concerning this film. Regards, a new passerby, on the boards. OldSerials (Pat) * As this is my first post here, pardon my ending up with this note in one massive paragraph; hard to read, but wasn't certain of how to work the system yet for posting/s.
Copyright-holder searches can be requested through the US Copyright Office (www.copyright.gov) or a private search firm, such as Thomson & Thomson (www.thomson-thomson.com). If your search results indicate there is no current registered copyright for a title (that the title's in the public domain), you are required to provide these search results in lieu of a clearance letter." So, for what it's worth, the above is what I've learned about this particular older film and I wanted to pass this onto anyone else who may have an interest concerning this film. Regards, a new passerby, on the boards. OldSerials (Pat) * As this is my first post here, pardon my ending up with this note in one massive paragraph; hard to read, but wasn't certain of how to work the system yet for posting/s.
