Preceded by:History of Glamour (Theresa Duncan, 1998). A seemingly simple farm girl, ambiguously named Charles Valentine, arrives in New York intent on fame. Within months, she has manufactured her iconic presence, a glam-mix of Courtney Love and Twiggy. Interviews with her brother Loren, Grace Greenberg, editor of Ooh La La! Magazine, best friend Sarah Barnicle, and her manager Alphonse Harlan trace her trajectory from Chanel-sipping superstar to reclusive word-monger. Did we mention that History of Glamour is animated? (39 mins, Color, Betacam From the artist)Following a casual remark by a neighbor, director Peter Jackson (Heavenly Creatures, Dead Alive) uncovered a trunk of decomposing nitrate films in a toolshed. These moldy reels, it turns out, were the lost films of New Zealand film pioneer Colin McKenzie. Forgotten Silver tells the head-spinning story of McKenzie who, entranced by turn-of-the-century picture shows, built a movie camera using spare bicycle parts and began creating his own films. He also manufactured film stock made from egg whites, and by 1908 had completed The Warrior Season, an 84-minute feature with a primitive soundtrack. Film scholar Leonard Maltin testifies to McKenzie's historical importance, citing numerous cinema landmarks. But it is the four-hour epic Salome that solidified his achievements. The rediscovered footage is impressive, drawing easy comparisons to Griffith's Intolerance. The ever-curious Jackson was even able to locate remnants of the immense set constructed in New Zealand's western bush. Ever the promoter, Miramax chairman Harvey Weinstein hails Salome as "the greatest film discovery of the last fifty years." Of course, he's already picked up the distribution rights.-Steve Seid