In 1941, it was discovered that the original nitrate negative had decomposed in the Universal film vaults, and the film is today famous as a lost film.
A story in The Hollywood Reporter, international edition, dated November 12, 1993, stated that this film would be shown at the 1994 Berlin Film Festival — a film previously thought to be lost.
As of July 2015, the validity of this has not yet been proven.
 Because this film has been lost for so long, historians often omit it when discussing or writing about the canon of von Stroheim's film work.
In 1941, it was discovered that the original nitrate negative had decomposed in the Universal film vaults, and the film is today famous as a lost film. A story in The Hollywood Reporter, international edition, dated November 12, 1993, stated that this film would be shown at the 1994 Berlin Film Festival — a film previously thought to be lost. As of July 2015, the validity of this has not yet been proven.  Because this film has been lost for so long, historians often omit it when discussing or writing about the canon of von Stroheim's film work.
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