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The Lost World is a 1925
1925 in film

Events...
 silent film
Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue. The idea of combining motion pictures with recorded sound is nearly as old as film itself, but because of the technical challenges involved, synchronized dialogue was only made possible in the late 1920s with the introduction of the Vitaphone system....
 adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, Deputy Lieutenant was a Scotland author most noted for his stories about the Detective fiction Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger....
's book of the same name
The Lost World (Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 in literature by Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in Venezuela where prehistoric animals still survive....
. The movie stars Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery was an United States Academy Award-winning actor, arguably best known for his portrayal of Long John Silver in Treasure Island , who appeared in 200 movies over a 36-year span....
 as Professor Challenger
Professor Challenger

File:Professor Challenger.jpgGeorge Edward Challenger, better known as Professor Challenger, is a fictional character in a series of science fiction stories by Arthur Conan Doyle....
. This version was directed by Harry O. Hoyt
Harry O. Hoyt

Harry O. Hoyt was an American screenwriter and film director whose career began in the silent film. His 1925 in film The Lost World , based on the book by Arthur Conan Doyle, is notable as a pioneering effort in the use of stop-motion animation....
 and featured pioneering stop motion special effects by Willis O'Brien
Willis O'Brien

Willis H. "O'Bie" O'Brien was a pioneering Film special effects Irish American artist who perfected and specialized in stop-motion animation....
 (an invaluable warm up for his work on the original King Kong
King Kong (1933 film)

King Kong is a landmark black-and-white monster film about a gigantic gorilla named "King Kong" and how he is captured from a remote lost prehistoric island and brought to civilization against his will....
 directed by Merian C. Cooper
Merian C. Cooper

Merian Caldwell Cooper was an United States aviator, United States Air Force and Polish Air Force officer, adventurer, film director, screenwriter and Film producer....
 and Ernest B. Schoedsack
Ernest B. Schoedsack

Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack was an United States motion picture cinematographer, film director, and film producer.Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Schoedsack is probably best remembered for being the co-director of the 1933 film, King Kong ....
). Writer Doyle appears in a frontspiece to the film. In 1998, the film has been deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress
Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and holds the largest number of books....
 and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry
National Film Registry

The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress....
.

Plot synopsis
The journal of explorer Maple White is recovered from a plateau (see tepui
Tepui

A Tepui is a table-top mountain found only in the Guayana Shield of South America, especially in Venezuela. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the Indigenous peoples of the Americas who inhabit the La Gran Sabana....
) in Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
 featuring sketches of dinosaur
Dinosaur

Dinosaurs were the dominant vertebrate animals of Landform ecosystems for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic Period until the end of the Cretaceous Period , when most of them became extinct in the Cretaceous?Tertiary extinction event....
s, which is enough proof for the eccentric Professor Challenger that dinosaurs still walk the earth.






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The Lost World is a 1925
1925 in film

Events...
 silent film
Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue. The idea of combining motion pictures with recorded sound is nearly as old as film itself, but because of the technical challenges involved, synchronized dialogue was only made possible in the late 1920s with the introduction of the Vitaphone system....
 adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, Deputy Lieutenant was a Scotland author most noted for his stories about the Detective fiction Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger....
's book of the same name
The Lost World (Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 in literature by Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in Venezuela where prehistoric animals still survive....
. The movie stars Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery was an United States Academy Award-winning actor, arguably best known for his portrayal of Long John Silver in Treasure Island , who appeared in 200 movies over a 36-year span....
 as Professor Challenger
Professor Challenger

File:Professor Challenger.jpgGeorge Edward Challenger, better known as Professor Challenger, is a fictional character in a series of science fiction stories by Arthur Conan Doyle....
. This version was directed by Harry O. Hoyt
Harry O. Hoyt

Harry O. Hoyt was an American screenwriter and film director whose career began in the silent film. His 1925 in film The Lost World , based on the book by Arthur Conan Doyle, is notable as a pioneering effort in the use of stop-motion animation....
 and featured pioneering stop motion special effects by Willis O'Brien
Willis O'Brien

Willis H. "O'Bie" O'Brien was a pioneering Film special effects Irish American artist who perfected and specialized in stop-motion animation....
 (an invaluable warm up for his work on the original King Kong
King Kong (1933 film)

King Kong is a landmark black-and-white monster film about a gigantic gorilla named "King Kong" and how he is captured from a remote lost prehistoric island and brought to civilization against his will....
 directed by Merian C. Cooper
Merian C. Cooper

Merian Caldwell Cooper was an United States aviator, United States Air Force and Polish Air Force officer, adventurer, film director, screenwriter and Film producer....
 and Ernest B. Schoedsack
Ernest B. Schoedsack

Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack was an United States motion picture cinematographer, film director, and film producer.Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Schoedsack is probably best remembered for being the co-director of the 1933 film, King Kong ....
). Writer Doyle appears in a frontspiece to the film. In 1998, the film has been deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress
Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and holds the largest number of books....
 and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry
National Film Registry

The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress....
.

Plot synopsis


The journal of explorer Maple White is recovered from a plateau (see tepui
Tepui

A Tepui is a table-top mountain found only in the Guayana Shield of South America, especially in Venezuela. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the Indigenous peoples of the Americas who inhabit the La Gran Sabana....
) in Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
 featuring sketches of dinosaur
Dinosaur

Dinosaurs were the dominant vertebrate animals of Landform ecosystems for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic Period until the end of the Cretaceous Period , when most of them became extinct in the Cretaceous?Tertiary extinction event....
s, which is enough proof for the eccentric Professor Challenger that dinosaurs still walk the earth. With that, John Roxton (sportsman), news reporter Edward Malone (whom wishes to go on the expedition to impress his fiance'), Challenger and Paula White (as well as an Indian servant, Zambo) leave for the plateau. They get onto the plateau by cutting down a tree and using it as a bridge, but it is knocked over by a brontosaurus, leaving them trapped. The explorers are shocked when they discover that a large rock has been sent their way by an ape-man perched on top of a ledge. As the crew look up to see their attacker, Challenger spies a Pteranodon
Pteranodon

Pteranodon , from the Late Cretaceous of North America , was one of the largest pterosaur genera, with a wingspan of up to ....
 (mistakenly referred to as a pterodactyl in the film) overhead and proves that the statement in Maple White's diary is true. The explorers witness various life-and-death struggles between the prehistoric beasts of the plateau. During which, an Allosaurus
Allosaurus

Allosaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur that lived 155 to 145 million years ago, in the late Jurassic Period . The name Allosaurus means "different lizard" and is derived from the Ancient Greek a????/allos and sa????/sauros ....
 makes its way to the camp site and attacks the exploration party. It is finally driven off by Ed Malone who throws a burning torch into the beast's mouth. Convinced that the camp isn't safe, Ed Malone climbs a tree to search for a new location, but is attacked by the ape-man. John Roxton succeeds in shooting the ape man, but the creature is merely wounded and escapes before John can finish him off. The explorers then make preparations to live on the plateau potentially indefinitely. A catapult is constructed and a in search for Maple White, his remains are found confirming his death. It is at this time that Ed confesses his love for Paula and the two are unofficially wed. Shortly afterwards, as the paleontologists are observing a Brontosaurus
Apatosaurus

Apatosaurus , also formerly known as Brontosaurus, is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived about 150 Annum, during the Jurassic Period ....
, it is attacked by an allosaur and falls off the edge of the plateau, becoming trapped in a mud bank. Soon afterwards, a volcano erupts, causing a mass stampede among the giant beasts of the prehistoric world. In the end, the crew is saved when Paula White's pet monkey Jocko climbs a rope up the plateau and the crew climb down. As Ed makes his descent, he is again attacked by the ape-man who pulls the rope later. The ape-man is again shot, and this time killed, by Sir John Roxton. The Brontosaurus that was pushed off the plateau had landed softly in the mud at the bottom of the plateau, and Challenger manages to bring it back to London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, as he wants to put it on display. However, while being unloaded from the ship it escapes and causes havoc until it reaches Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge is a combined bascule bridge and suspension bridge in London, England, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name....
, where its massive weight causes a collapse, and it swims down the River Thames
River Thames

The Thames is a major river flowing through southern England. While best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows through several other towns and cities, including Oxford, Reading, Berkshire and Windsor, Berkshire....
. Challenger is morose as the creature leaves, whereas Edward Malone discovers that the love he left in London has married in his absence, allowing him and Paula to be together. It is now Roxton's turn to be morose.

Cast/Characters in The Lost World

  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – Himself (appears in a frontispiece to the film)
  • Bessie Love
    Bessie Love

    Bessie Love was an United States motion picture actress who achieved fame largely in the silent and early talkie era. Petite and very pretty, she played innocent young girls, flappers, and wholesome leading ladies....
     – Paula White
  • Lewis Stone
    Lewis Stone

    Lewis Shepard Stone was an American actor.Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Stone's hair grew gray by the time he was twenty. He fought in the Spanish-American War, then returned to a career as a writer....
     – Sir John Roxton
    Lord John Roxton

    Lord John Roxton is a supporting character in the Professor Challenger series of stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. He makes his initial appearance in the first entry of this series, The Lost World , wherein he is a member of the expedition to the eponymous land of the title, and is a prominent character in some of the subsequent stories as w...
  • Lloyd Hughes
    Lloyd Hughes

    Lloyd Hughes was an United States silent film actor....
     – Edward Malone
  • Wallace Beery
    Wallace Beery

    Wallace Beery was an United States Academy Award-winning actor, arguably best known for his portrayal of Long John Silver in Treasure Island , who appeared in 200 movies over a 36-year span....
     – Professor Challenger
    Professor Challenger

    File:Professor Challenger.jpgGeorge Edward Challenger, better known as Professor Challenger, is a fictional character in a series of science fiction stories by Arthur Conan Doyle....
  • Arthur Hoyt
    Arthur Hoyt

    Arthur Hoyt was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 275 films in his 34 year film career, about a third of them silent films....
     – Professor Summerlee
  • Alma Bennett
    Alma Bennett

    Alma Bennett , was an American film actress of the silent film. She appeared in 63 films between 1915 in film and 1931 in film.She was born in Seattle, Washington and died in Los Angeles, California....
     – Gladys Hungerford
  • Virginia Browne Faire
    Virginia Browne Faire

    Virginia Browne Faire was an United States silent-film actress, appearing in mainly dramatic films and westerns.Born Virginia Labuna in Brooklyn, New York, she was brought to Hollywood in 1919 after being the winner of the Motion Picture Classic magazine's Fame and Fortune Contest....
     – Marquette the half-cast girl (uncredited)
  • Bull Montana
    Bull Montana

    Bull Montana , was a professional wrestler and American actor.Lewis Montagna came to the U.S. as a child. The hulking, plug-ugly Montagna became a professional wrestler under the name of Bull Montana....
     – Ape Man/Gomez
  • Francis Finch-Smiles (billed as "Finch Smiles") – Austin
  • Jules Cowes (in blackface
    Blackface

    'Blackface', in the narrow sense is a style of theatre makeup that originated in the United States, used to take on the appearance of certain archetypes of Racism in the United States, especially those of the "happy-go-lucky List of ethnic slurs#D on the plantation#Slavery, para-slavery and plantations" or the "dandy List of ethnic slur...
    ) – Zambo
  • Margerette McWade – Mrs. Challenger
  • George Bunny
    George Bunny

    George Bunny , was an American actor. He appeared in 64 films between 1915 in film and 1950 in film.He was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California from a myocardial infarction....
     – Colin McArdle
  • Charles Wellesly – Major Hibbard (uncredited)
  • Nelson MacDowell – Attorney (uncredited)
  • Chris-Pin Martin – Bearer/Cannibal (Scenes Deleted)
  • Jocko the Monkey
    Monkey

    A monkey is a nonhuman primate mammal with the exception usually of the lemurs and tarsiers. More specifically, the term monkey refers to a subset of monkeys: any of the smaller longer-tailed catarrhine or platyrrhine primates as contrasted with the apes....
     – Himself
  • Mary the Chimpanzee
    Chimpanzee

    Chimpanzee, sometimes colloquially known as a chimp, is the common name for the two Extant taxon species of ape in the genus Pan where the Congo River forms the boundary between the native habitat of the two species:...
     – Herself (uncredited)


Note: All human cast members who are listed in the on-screen credits are billed as "Mr..." or "Miss...."

Bestiary


Prehistoric Creatures

  • Agathaumas
    Agathaumas

    Agathaumas is a name given to the remains of a large ceratopsid that lived in Wyoming during the Late Cretaceous . The name comes from Ancient Greek, a?a? - 'much' and ?a??a - 'wonder'....
     (seen in battle with both Allosaurus and Tyrannosaurus)
  • Allosaurus
    Allosaurus

    Allosaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur that lived 155 to 145 million years ago, in the late Jurassic Period . The name Allosaurus means "different lizard" and is derived from the Ancient Greek a????/allos and sa????/sauros ....
     (main carnivorous dinosaur seen, attacking Trachodon and Brontosaurus among others)
  • Ape man (menaces the team of explorers)
  • Brontosaurus
    Apatosaurus

    Apatosaurus , also formerly known as Brontosaurus, is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived about 150 Annum, during the Jurassic Period ....
     (after falling into a bog at the conclusion of a fight with an Allosaurus, one is captured and taken to civilization, where it escapes and terrorizes the city)
  • Elasmosaurus
    Elasmosaurus

    Elasmosaurus Greek language e?as???/elasmos = thin plate + sa????/sauros = lizard) is a genus of plesiosaur with an extremely long neck that lived in the Late Cretaceous....
     (one is seen as having a taste for any Pteranodon that swoops in too close to the water)
  • Kronosaurus
    Kronosaurus

    Kronosaurus is an extinct genus of short-necked pliosaur. It was among the largest pliosaurs, and is appropriately named after the leader of the Titan , Cronus....
     (seen battling with Elasmosaurus)
  • Pteranodon
    Pteranodon

    Pteranodon , from the Late Cretaceous of North America , was one of the largest pterosaur genera, with a wingspan of up to ....
     (the first prehistoric animal seen by the team of explorers)
  • Stegosaurus
    Stegosaurus

    Stegosaurus is a genus of Stegosauria Thyreophora dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period in what is now western North America. In 2006, a specimen of Stegosaurus was announced from Portugal, showing that they were present in Europe as well....
     (escaped the volcanic eruption with many other animals)
  • Oviraptor
    Oviraptor

    Oviraptor is a genus of small Mongolian Theropoda dinosaur, first discovered by the legendary paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews, and first described by Henry Fairfield Osborn, in 1924....
     (seen eating eggs from the Triceratopss nest)
  • Trachodon
    Trachodon

    Trachodon is a nomen dubium genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur based on teeth from the Campanian-age Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana, U.S.A....
     (is preyed upon by the Allosaurus)
  • Triceratops
    Triceratops

    Triceratops is an extinct genus of herbivore Ceratopsidae dinosaur which lived during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period , around 68 to 65 mya in what is now North America....
     (seen in large herds,and shown to be capable of handling an Allosaurus in battle)
  • Tyrannosaurus
    Tyrannosaurus

    Tyrannosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur. The famous species Tyrannosaurus rex , commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture around the world....
     (is seen to have little trouble bringing down Agathaumas,as well as having a taste for any Pteranodon that swoops in too close)
(The film's program gives mention of the Diplodocus
Diplodocus

Diplodocus is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur whose fossils were first discovered in 1877 by Samuel Wendell Williston. The generic name, coined by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1878, is a Neo-Latin term derived from Ancient Greek "double" and "beam", in reference to its double-beamed chevron located in the underside of the tail....
 but none are shown in the surviving footage.)

Other animals on the plateau

  • Capuchin Monkey
    Capuchin monkey

    The capuchins are the group of New World monkeys classified as genus Cebus. The range of the capuchin monkeys includes Central America and South America as far south to northern Argentina....
  • Chimpanzee
    Chimpanzee

    Chimpanzee, sometimes colloquially known as a chimp, is the common name for the two Extant taxon species of ape in the genus Pan where the Congo River forms the boundary between the native habitat of the two species:...
  • Unidentified lizards with frills and feathers


Animals seen in the Amazon, but not the plateau

  • Anaconda
    Anaconda

    An anaconda is a large, non-venomous snake found in tropical South America. Although the name actually applies to a group of snakes, it is often used to refer only to one species in particular, the common or green anaconda, Eunectes murinus, which is one of the largest snakes in the world....
  • Caiman or Alligator
    Alligator

    An Alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. The name alligator is an anglicization form of the Spanish language el lagarto , the name by which early Spain explorers and settlers in Florida called the alligator....
  • Marsh Deer
    Marsh Deer

    The Marsh Deer, Blastocerus dichotomus , is the largest deer species from South America reaching a length of 2 meters and a height of 1.2 meters at the rump....
  • Jaguar
    Jaguar

    The jaguar, Panthera onca, is a New World Felidae and one of four "big cats" in the Panthera genus, along with the tiger, lion, and leopard of the Old World....
     (stock footage)
  • Peccary
    Peccary

    Peccaries are medium-sized mammals of the family Tayassuidae. Peccaries are members of the artiodactyl suborder Suina, as are swine and possibly Hippopotamidae....
  • Python
  • Scarlet Macaw
    Scarlet Macaw

    The Scarlet Macaw is a large, colorful parrot. Some consider the Scarlet to be among the most beautiful birds in the world.It is native to humid evergreen forests in the American tropics....
  • Spectacled Bear
    Spectacled Bear

    The Spectacled Bear , also known as the Andean Bear and locally as ukuko, jukumari or ucumari, is the closest living kin of the Arctodus of the Middle Pleistocene to Late Pleistocene age....
    s
  • South American Tree Sloth
    Sloth

    The living sloths comprise six species of medium-sized mammals that live in Central America and South America belonging to the Family two-toed sloth and three-toed sloth, part of the order Pilosa....
     (stock footage)
  • Toco Toucan
    Toco Toucan

    The Toco Toucan is the largest and arguably best known species in the toucan family. It is found in semi-open habitats throughout a large part of central and eastern South America....


Restorations of The Lost World

  • George Eastman House - Laserdisc preservation with stills showing missing scenes
  • George Eastman House - Film restoration using materials from Czechoslovakian archive. Many sequences still missing and some inadvertently left out
  • David Shepard
    David Shepard

    David Shepard is a film preservation whose company, Film Preservation Associates, is responsible for many high quality video versions of silent films....
    , Serge Bromberg - DVD restoration using Kodascope prints, Czechoslovakian archive materials, and trailers


Missing or Deleted Scenes

  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sits at his desk, writing The Lost World (footage of Doyle, found in some copies, was taken from a 1927 interview)
  • Ed Malone sees three people sent to interview Challenger, bruised and bandaged
  • Ed Malone escapes from Challenger in the Zoological Museum by climbing on the back of the Brontosaurus skeleton
  • The explorers are attacked by cannibals
  • The native bearers, lead by Gomez, mutiny and injure Zambo's arm
  • Challenger scrambles onto railing of bridge to watch the Brontosaurus swim out to sea


Scenes rediscovered but not added back

  • A Brontosaurus feeds on some leaves
  • A Triceratops family enjoy each other's company
  • An Allosaurus is distraught over a Brontosaurus escaping over a cliff
  • Two brontosaurs have a confrontation
  • A Triceratops herd is seen with an Allosaurus in the background
  • A Trachodon eats while an Allosaurus stalks it from the background
  • An Agathaumas and Stegosaurus battle over space
(These can be found as animation outtakes on some DVD copies)
  • In 2004 an incomplete, original tinted/toned/hand-colored nitrate 35 mm print of the original version of The Lost World was discovered and purchased by Film Preservation Associates.


Background

  • Willis O'Brien combined animated dinosaurs with live-action footage of human beings, but at first he was able to do this only by separating the frame into two parts (also known as split screen). As work went on, O'Brien's technique grew better and he could combine live-action and stop-motion footage in the same part of the screen.
  • In 1922, Conan Doyle
    Conan Doyle

    This article is about the Munster rugby player. For the writer, see Arthur Conan Doyle.Conan Doyle is a Munster Rugby rugby player. His club is Garryowen Football Club....
     showed O'Brien's test reel to a meeting of the Society of American Magicians
    Society of American Magicians

    The Society of American Magicians is the oldest fraternal magic organization in the world. Its purpose is "to advance, elevate, and preserve magic as a performing art, to promote harmonious fellowship throughout the world of magic, and to maintain and improve ethical standards in the field of magic." To promote these endeavors the S.A.M....
    , which included Harry Houdini
    Harry Houdini

    Harry Houdini was a Jewish Hungarian-American magic and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer, as well as a skeptic and investigator of spiritualists....
    . The astounded audience watched footage of a     Triceratops
    Triceratops

    Triceratops is an extinct genus of herbivore Ceratopsidae dinosaur which lived during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period , around 68 to 65 mya in what is now North America....
     family, an attack by an Allosaurus
    Allosaurus

    Allosaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur that lived 155 to 145 million years ago, in the late Jurassic Period . The name Allosaurus means "different lizard" and is derived from the Ancient Greek a????/allos and sa????/sauros ....
     and some Stegosaurus
    Stegosaurus

    Stegosaurus is a genus of Stegosauria Thyreophora dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period in what is now western North America. In 2006, a specimen of Stegosaurus was announced from Portugal, showing that they were present in Europe as well....
     footage. Doyle refused to discuss the film's origins. On the next day, the New York Times ran a front page article about it, saying "(Conan Doyle’s) monsters of the ancient world, or of the new world which he has discovered in the ether, were extraordinarily lifelike. If fakes, they were masterpieces".
  • The dinosaurs of this film were based on the artwork of Charles R. Knight
    Charles R. Knight

    Charles Robert Knight was an United States artist best known for his influential paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistory animals. His works have been reproduced in many books and are currently on display at several major museums in the United States....
    .
  • Some of the dinosaur models used in the film came into the famous collection of the fantasy lover Forrest J Ackerman
    Forrest J Ackerman

    Forrest J Ackerman , or Mr. Science Fiction, was for over seven decades one of science fiction's staunchest spokesmen and promoters. Ackerman was a Los Angeles, California-based magazine editor, writer, literary agent, a founder of science fiction fandom and possibly the world's most avid collector of genre books and movie memorabilia....
    . The models were not specially preserved, and with time the rubber dried out and fell to pieces, leaving only the metallic armatures.
  • The Lost World became the first film to be shown to airline passengers. This happened in April 1925 on a London-Paris flight by the company Imperial Airways
    Imperial Airways

    Imperial Airways was the early British commercial long range air transport company, operating from 1924 to 1939 and serving parts of Europe but especially the Empire routes to South Africa, India and the Far East....
    . As film stock of the era was nitrate and highly flammable, this was a risky undertaking on a wood and fabric-hulled plane.
  • This was the first feature length film made in the United States, possibly the world, to feature model animation
    Model animation

    Model animation is a form of stop motion animation designed to merge with live action footage to create the illusion of a real-world fantasy sequence....
     as the primary special effect, or stop motion
    Stop motion

    Stop motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small amounts between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames are played as a continuous sequence....
     animation in general.
  • This is the first dinosaur-oriented film hit, and it led to other dinosaur movies, from King Kong
    King Kong (1933 film)

    King Kong is a landmark black-and-white monster film about a gigantic gorilla named "King Kong" and how he is captured from a remote lost prehistoric island and brought to civilization against his will....
     to the Jurassic Park
    Jurassic Park (film)

    Jurassic Park is a 1993 in film science fiction film Thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton....
     trilogy.


See also

  • List of stop-motion films
    List of stop-motion films

    Summary SummaryThis is a list of stop motion films from around the world organised in order of release date; theatrical releases as well as television movie and direct-to-video movies....


External links

  • at Internet Archive