FTT Honor Project: Release Kindred of the Dust

I actually have another honor project in mind that maybe in the next week I shall pull together and announce. This one is a tiny one; but it makes me happy because its one of those things you can say "It only takes 2 minutes so do it!" and people are a little more willing.

Since only 13% of Miriam's films survive I would like very much to see one of her only TWO surviving features to be released. I say one because she probably would come back to life and yell at me if "Is Money Everything" ever seen the light of day. Also beyond Norman Kerry lets not lie...there's probably not much widespread appeal in releasing it.

HOWEVER "Kindred of the Dust" has not only been preserved in good condition and RESTORED but it is one of Raoul Walsh's earliest surviving features and there is some interest in it. For burning the crap out of her eyes it must be worth something. Likely unless people start digging around in film archives this might be one of the only good starring features of hers remaining.

So there is a two proned attack via TCM. When you view a movie page there is the option to suggest the movie play on TCM, and then under that a 'vote for home release'. Distributors and such take notice of that count and if enough people vote it definitely does not hurt. Given the work is already mostly done I have no clue why this hasn't been released (it would be in public domain to boot!) At the very least if TCM ran it well...someone could record and bootleg it. There is absolutely no good reason they WOULDN'T run it...they run Raoul films all the time.

Here's how you can help: click here to go to Kindred of the Dust at TCM and on the right hand side of your screen you will see the suggest this movie button and below what usually amounts to two ads there is the 'home video vote' with a little button to click there. To suggest a film you just need enter the title, your name and town, and why (or leave that blank whatever). To vote for a release you have to submit an email and that's your vote. Once you do they count you automatically and you can see how many people have voted.

So PLEASE go do both. Suggest the movie a million times over (as there is no quota on that) and ask others to help vote the film for release. I'm not supposed to suggest multiple voting (you don't need to confirm your vote/they don't email you anything) so I wont...*cough*. And if you have an extra moment please do the same at the Is Money Everything at TCM page (a yelling zombie Miriam might be worth seeing!). It could be screened ya know...maybe not released but again I'd take a bootleg.

So...SPREAD THE WORD!