![]() ![]() He's been involved with this for so long, he has confused himself with Hal Roach Studios, even though, judging by the results of his stewardship, he has knowledge and proprietary interests that can never be met with means. From what I can glean in conversations on forums, in spite of everyone's justifiable anger toward Agee, he seems like a well-meaning guy who wants to be perceived as a champion of film preservation, but can't bear to let anyone (with money, means, knowledge, etc.) to shepherd the project, especially if it means he has to relinquish physical control of the negatives. but in many cases the reel was a total loss. If there had been a single frame we would have saved it. His un-air conditioned, gets hotter than 100 degrees Yorba Linda, California garage!!!! He finally after it was too late for much of the material give it over to UCLA and we had to get rid of a good amount of it. Why? because Michael Agee kept it, and many of the silent nitrate negatives he has in his trust, in his garage. ![]() completely beyond ANY chance for restoration. Nothing is more sickening for a film fan (much less a big L&H lover) then to have to do that, but HABEAS CORPUS was a solid brick. Bor Enots (Rob Stone) wrote:I can tell you where a number of the original camera negatives for the silent went. ![]()
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