Recently, I was putting together a detailed inventory of Ida Lupino's filmography, so I can plot out how to obtain her films for viewing. In so doing, I was dismayed to discover that one of her early films is considered to be lost.
The unobtainable film is called "High Finance". It was made in 1933 while Ida was still in England--one of seven such films. She was second billed after the "immortal" Gibb McLaughlin. (Ok, maybe he really is immortal, but I've never heard of him before.)
The only other performers for whom I've made a project of viewing their entire filmography are Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. Neither of those have any "lost" films, fortunately, so discovering Ida had one was a reminder that there are indeed a substantial number of films from pre-1940, even talking pictures, that have not survived to the present.
I haven't been able to find any stills or posters from "High Finance", so I have illustrated this post with a still from another 1933 Ida film made in England, "Ghost Camera".
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