The equipment was sold off. The staff scattered. the royalties denied. Their competitors frozen out by re-releases. There are techniques in these films we flat out cannot replicate anymore.
Many of the people who knew how are either left the industry, or passed away.
when a man protects a woman on the red carpet, its PRAISED to the gods. When Cynthia Erivo did the SAME THING, it led to a months long racist and misogynistic hate campaign labelling her as an "obsessive" co-star.
I hate all of you.