long in the program as they earned money – most copies of Peter Pan were destroyed over the years. For decades, the film was thought to be lost. In the 1950s James Card, film restorer and curator of George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, discovered a well-preserved copy in a vault at the Eastman School of Music, and made a preservation of that source. Film historian David Pierce discovered an additional and hitherto unknown 16mm copy at the Disney Studios which had been made when the company acquired the rights to the property in 1938. A new restoration was undertaken by the George Eastman House combining the two sources in 1994, and Philip C. Carli composed new film music for it, which was premiered by the Flower City Society Orchestra at the 1996 Pordenone Silent Film Festival. Reception The film was celebrated at the time for its innovative use of special effects (mainly to show Tinker Bell) according to Disney's 45th anniversary video of their adaptation of Peter Pan. In 2000, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 98% based on 41 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: 2003: AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains: Captain Hook – Nominated Villain See also The House That Shadows Built (1931 promotional film by Paramount with excerpt of this film) References External links 1924 films 1920s fantasy adventure films American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1920s children's fantasy films Famous Players-Lasky films American films based on plays Films directed by Herbert Brenon Peter Pan films Paramount Pictures films United States National Film Registry films Films based on multiple works American children's fantasy films American children's adventure films American fantasy adventure films 1920s rediscovered films Rediscovered American films Articles containing video clips Films set in London 1920s American films Silent adventure films