As a new subscriber to this list, may I ask fellow members for some help. I am researching a Ph.D. thesis on the subject of Opera Singers on Film - the Opera Singer as Movie Star. I am trying to build up as wide a field of research contacts as possible, in all parts of the world - individuals, libraries, archives, film collections etc. There are certain films that I have been trying to locate - though I have had some success with some of these. The No.1 list at present consists of - (1) Any of the silent movies made by Geraldine Farrar with C.B. DeMille - particularly "Carmen" (1915) and "Joan the Woman"(1916) (2) "Thais" with Mary Garden (1918) (3) "Tsar Ivan the Terrible" aka "The Maid of Pskov" (1916) with Feodor Chaliapin. (4) "My Cousin" (1920) with Enrico Caruso. Copies of this material exist in archives such as the Museum of Modern Art, NY, The George Eastman Collection and Gosfilmofond (Moscow), but these are not so easily accessible to me here in the UK. Do any subscribers know of copies from other sources ? Any ideas or advice would be most greatfully recieved. Thankyou, Best Wishes, PAUL FRYER Goldsmiths College, University of London. ([log in to unmask]) ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]