u. s. library of congress list of last films. the 1st thing i did when i was researching the film was checking that list, and it was a bit nerve wracking because to know that you have the only copy of something that is, is totally unique and very old. discovering last films is a rarity, 3 and 4 of the thousands of silent pictures ever made are fully or partially lost. relics of a bygone era, including classics like the 1917 film cleopatra, a few stills and 20 seconds remain. 1922 sherlock holmes. some of it still missing . gold diggers of broadway from 1900. 29. the 3rd warner brothers film shots in technical and long chinese. 1900. 27 london after midnight. destroyed in an m g. m . vault. fire before the hollywood era, many films were made outside of california places like s n, a studios in chicago, films with stars like gloria swanson and charlie chaplin. that era is now lost like half of the films made before 1900. 50. those that sir. vive, now lie frozen in time in temperature, controlled film vaults, some with titles you'd n