As we delve ever further into the growing corpus of book-to-film adaptations that form the basis of our research, it has become increasingly apparent that a troubling number of silent films featuring animal protagonists have not survived the passage of time. Many of these works are now classified as missing—presumed lost to nitrate decay, neglect, or the contingencies of early film history.

Among these casualties are two adaptations of James Oliver Curwood’s Baree, Son of Kazan: the 1918 version starring Nell Shipman and the later 1925 adaptation featuring Anita Stewart. But dear reader, we have news!