Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924) is a silent Western film, and was the third feature film to be photographed entirely in Technicolor. The film is now considered to be a lost film. A 35mm cemented bi-pack Technicolor print survived until the 1960s in the hands of Irvin Willat, who had directed the picture. Irvin Willat reported in 1971 that his print had decomposed and turned into jelly. After Willat’s death, his daughter mentioned that she remembered the day when he had first discovered that Wanderer of the Wasteland had decomposed. She said he went upstairs to his bedroom, closed the door and cried for three hours. His former wife Billie Dove had starred in the picture, and he never really came to terms with their separation. Great poster, sad story. 

Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924) is a silent Western film, and was the third feature film to be photographed entirely in Technicolor.

The film is now considered to be a lost film. A 35mm cemented bi-pack Technicolor print survived until the 1960s in the hands of Irvin Willat, who had directed the picture. Irvin Willat reported in 1971 that his print had decomposed and turned into jelly.

After Willat’s death, his daughter mentioned that she remembered the day when he had first discovered that Wanderer of the Wasteland had decomposed. She said he went upstairs to his bedroom, closed the door and cried for three hours. His former wife Billie Dove had starred in the picture, and he never really came to terms with their separation.

Great poster, sad story. 

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