The Darling of New York

No, this lost film has not mysteriously turned up in a meat locker in Alice Springs, a barn in the Faroes Islands nor even in the Gosfilmfond Archives, where a mutilated version was used to educate good Communists on how capitalists try to burn up small babies for profit. Tom Stathes found a Kodascope copy of the last reel at a flea market.

There was an exciting escape from a fire, some recovered smuggled diamonds and an opportunity for Max Davidson to do some of his lovely pained reaction takes. It looks like a good production and Baby Peggy -- who is still alive and well as of the writing of this review -- remembers the shooting of the fire scene and her unwillingness, despite the urging of the director and her father, to go through the fire. She may have been young, but she was no fool.

So keep on going to those garage sales and flea markets, folks. There are lots of things still missing and maybe we can find them yet.