...Continued Still missing are any shots of the trio of bruised,


bandaged, beaten reporters Malone encounters en route to the publisher’s office, which sets up the extant “punch line” when the publisher pre­ sumes the ink-smeared Malone crashing into his office was actually bruised (“Have you been in­ terviewing Challenger, too?” ). Also missing is a bit of business involving Challenger and his hat prior to his speech to the raucous crowd in the museum hall, and Malone’s initial flight from the Zoological Hall atop the spine of one of the mounted dinosaur skeletons. Fragments of lost footage featuring Mrs. Chal­


lenger (Margaret McWade) have been partially restored, primarily upon Challenger and Malone’s reentry to the house after their exchange with the policeman. However, Challenger’s amusing retort to his wife’s accusations—lifting her onto the “Stool of Penance!”—is still missing. There is an additional insert shot of the sketch


in Maple White’s diary of a man and Brontosau­ rus (presumably a sketch by O’Brien himself), fleet- ingly glimpsed and suffering from over-exposure and considerable loss of detail. This was taken from the foreign prints. The entirety of IMG’s Chapter 6 is new! This


sequence restores much of the lost, green-tinted Trading Post sequence, detailing the initial leg of the expedition into the South American jungles. This includes recreations of the inserts of Malone’s missives to THE LON­DON RECORD JOURNAL, including one calcu­ lated to supplant lost footage (“ the sealed


map we promised Challenger to not open until we arrived here is only a blank page...”)—footage I recall being in GEH. Also restored is Challenger’s reappearance and assertion of his leadership; Summerlee’s study of a beetle, interrupted by a parrot devouring the in­ sect; and Challenger’s insistence that Jocko the monkey accompany the expedition. A por­ tion of Marquette’s foot­ age is included herein


(she is visible strumming her guitar in the window behind Paula, and standing alongside Roxton in­ side the post before Challenger’s arrival), though none of her “temptress” material appears. The expedition is then shown leaving the post,


seguing to the insert of the LONDON RECORD JOURNAL article that opens the jungle sequence in GT and LUMI.


way we couldn’t do live. The dinosaurs really needed a voice. We’ve always done sound ef­ fects, but they are limited by our small number of players (3) and the need to keep the music going.


What aspects o f THE LOST WORLD score are you happiest with? 1 really like some of the songs which com­


bine a very European orchestral sound with Afri­ can style drumming. I think it captures the unauthentic quality of the jungle scenes. 1 also think that the sound effects give the DVD a very modern, almost talkie-like, sound. I’ve never heard another silent film release with the same quantity and quality of special effects. It’s a bit startling for someone who regularly watches silents. I wouldn’t do it for most films, but with this one, it really makes the dinosaurs come alive.


What do we have to look forward to from the Orchestra? What video projects are currently in the works, or completed and not yet released? We have completed a score for Cecil B. De


Mille's MANSLAUGHTER to be released in the (unscheduled) future by Kino International. We are currently working on a score for Harold Lloyd’s SPEEDY. This will be primarily for live performance—no DVD is anticipated. Also, we are working on an updated score for METROPO­LIS to go along with a wonderful newly restored print coming from the George Eastman House. On Thanksgiving weekend 2001, Nov. 23 and 24 at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Cen­ ter, we are going to premiere our live score for the Fatty Arbuckle/ Buster Keaton shorts recently released on Kino.


Alloy Orchestra Fans


Order available CDs and audiocassettes directly from the group. The CDs are: MEW MUSIC FOR SILEMT FILMS, LOME SOME (Soundtrack), SI LE MTS,


MASTERS OF SLAPSTICK (complete scores), and the double-CD set METROPOLIS. FIRST MIGHT PERFORMAMCE (1991)


is available only on cassette. For more information on The Alloy Orchestra, or to order, check out their website www .alloy orchestra.com And tell them VIDEO WATCHDOG sent you!


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