The Lost World

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The Lost World

Released Jun 22, 1925

1h 46m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Fantasy

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In London, professor Challenger (Wallace Beery) announces that prehistoric creatures are alive and flourishing in the Amazon jungle and declares his intention to mount an expedition proving his point. Journalist Edward Malone (Lloyd Hughes) volunteers to go and convinces his newspaper to fund the journey. Paula White (Bessie Love) hopes to find her father, a missing explorer. They and others undertake the voyage and witness dinosaurs and humanoids doing battle in a magnificent landscape.

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Don Druker

Chicago Reader

Harry Hoyt directed, combining incredible special effects (the monsters) and unbearable melodrama (the actors).

Jun 8, 2015

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Mordaunt Hall

New York Times

As soon as the thrilling sequences are reached, where the explorers are seen in the supposed habitat of the living dinosauri, brontosauri, allosauri and other prehistoric monsters, there is no end of excitement.

Jan 7, 2008

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Nick Bradshaw

Time Out

The film retains a certain naive wonderment, the story (Eurocentric as it may be) still holds up, and Wallace Beery is an inimitably hirsute Professor Challenger.

Jun 24, 2006

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Robert E. Sherwood

LIFE

In The Lost World, as it appears on the screen, the animals have been constructed with amazing skill and fidelity and their movements, though occasionally jerky, are generally convincing.

Oct 7, 2021

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

A sizable success in 1925, the film remains a thrilling adventure yarn.

Rated: 4/4

Oct 3, 2021

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Alan Ng

Film Threat

What's most remarkable is the quality of stop-motion animation.

Rated: 7/10

Feb 12, 2021

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Terry

This was a great performance by the Grand Feature Film Orchestra. It really brought the film to life.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/17/25

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Robert C.

The first dinosaur movie with awesome stop motion effects that were ahead of their time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/07/25

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Jack S

Notable only for the innovative early use of stop-motion dinosaur effects, this one, with the exception of a couple dinosaur-related action sequences, is otherwise slowly paced to the point of monotony. A poorly dramatized story, filled with one-dimensional characters, this version unfortunately feels longer than its brief 93-minute running time.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/24

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Joseph D

If you get the chance, see the 90 minute cut, it's the best. The technical wizardry used to give life to the animals, & the world they live in is highly impressive, given the film's nearly 100yrs old, & the cast is colorful & entertaining. The music also helps breath life into the story. I'm glad this world didn't stay lost.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/20/23

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David W

Innovative, exciting, well written, acted and directed. The quality of the stop motion for its vintage is extraordinary. It set so many firsts and has quite literally sign posted the way for pretty much every film in this genre since. An absolute classic in every sense of the word. This was the start of adventure movies as we know them.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/06/22

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georgan g

This is THE best prehistoric film with dinosaurs...and it's silent! Even the ones from the sci fi golden age of the 50s/60s doesn't come close. Their special effects were down right silly, whereas the stop-motion of this 1925 movie are terrific. Best creature feature until the computer age!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

In London, professor Challenger (Wallace Beery) announces that prehistoric creatures are alive and flourishing in the Amazon jungle and declares his intention to mount an expedition proving his point. Journalist Edward Malone (Lloyd Hughes) volunteers to go and convinces his newspaper to fund the journey. Paula White (Bessie Love) hopes to find her father, a missing explorer. They and others undertake the voyage and witness dinosaurs and humanoids doing battle in a magnificent landscape.

Director: Harry O. Hoyt
Producer: Earl Hudson, David Shepard, Scott MacQueen
Screenwriter: Arthur Conan Doyle, Marion Fairfax
Distributor: First National Pictures Inc., Milestone Film & Video, Grapevine Video
Production Co: First National Pictures
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 22, 1925, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 1, 2016
Runtime: 1h 46m

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