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The Lost World

Play trailer Poster for The Lost World Released Jun 22, 1925 1h 46m Sci-Fi Adventure Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy A sizable success in 1925, the film remains a thrilling adventure yarn. Rated: 4/4 Oct 3, 2021 Full Review Alan Ng Film Threat What's most remarkable is the quality of stop-motion animation. Rated: 7/10 Feb 12, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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Harry O. Hoyt

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Bessie Love

Miss Paula White

Wallace Beery

Professor Challenger

Lewis Stone

Sir John Roxton

Lloyd Hughes

Edward E. Malone

Arthur Hoyt

Professor Summerlee

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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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