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BFI's Most Wanted: The top 10 lost films
10) Maria Marten or the Mystery of the Red Barn (1913)
It’s good news for movie lovers and for the staff of the British Film Institute - a lost masterpiece of British silent cinema entitled Love, Life and Laughter, written and directed by George Pearson, has been discovered in the Netherlands. The 1923 feature was one of the BFI's 75 'Most Wanted' films that they're eager to find, restore and bring back into the public, but what are the highest ranking films on their list? Click through as we reveal the BFI’s top 10 most wanted lost film classics!
In at number 10 (and over a century old) is Maurice Elvey's true crime thriller which also functions as a horror picture, making it among Britain's earliest stabs at the genre.
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