The Lost World - 1925 - Celluloid Dinosaurs - The Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette

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The Lost World, 1925, One-Sheet A, The Apatosaurus

One of the original one-sheet posters for The Lost World, 1925

Dinosaurs

Allosaurus
Apatosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Brontosaurus (Apatosaurus)
Hadrosaurs
Pteranodon
Trachodon
Triceratops

Cast (in credits order)
Bessie Love .... Paula White
Lewis Stone .... Sir John Roxton Wallace Beery .... Professor Challenger
Lloyd Hughes .... Edward Malone
Alma Bennett .... Gladys Hungerford
Arthur Hoyt .... Professor Summerlee
Margaret McWade .... Mrs. Challenger
Bull Montana .... Ape-man
Jocko ... Himself
Frank Finch Smiles .... Austin (Challenger's butler)
Jules Cowles .... Zambo
George Bunny .... Colin McArdle
Charles Wellesley ... Major Hibbard
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Arthur Conan Doyle .... Himself (uncredited)
Nelson McDowell .... Newspaper man (uncredited)
Gilbert Roland .... Extra (uncredited)
Leo White .... Percy (uncredited)

Filmmakers
Dramatic Direction -- Harry O. Hoyt
Supervised / Produced by ... Earl Hudson
Stop Motion Animation, Special Effects, Research and Technical Direction -- Willis O'Brien
Assistants ... Marcel Delgado, model construction, Ralph Hammeras
Writing credits
Arthur Conan Doyle (novel)
Screenplay and Editorial Direction ... Marion Fairfax
Cinematography byArthur Edeson Film Editing by George McGuire
Makeup Department
Cecil Holland .... makeup artist
Assistant Director Milton Menasco Art Department
Chief Technician ...Fred W. Jackman
Additional Technical Staff ... Homer Scott, J. Devereaux Jennings, Hans Koenecamp, Vernon L. Walker

Other crew

Watterson R. Rothacker .... by arrangement with Watterson R. Rothacker

Production Companies
First National Pictures Inc.

Distributors

First National Pictures Inc. [US Theatrical]

Kodascope Pictures (US Non-Theatrical)

IMAGE Entertainment (DVD)

Lumivision (laser disc)

Film Classics Video (video)

Nostalgia Video (video)

Video Yesteryear [us] (video)

Runtimes:
(1) USA Theatrical reported variously at 101-106 Minutes

[The variations may have to do with (A) projection speed -- anywhere from 18-21 frames per second (B) the length of the actual intertitles which vary both in content and length between versions) -- and (C) slight variations in minor shots which are included (or not) in different versions. For example, the GEH version includes more shots of Zambo than the Shepard, but the Shepard includs more dinosaur shots.]

USA:
(2) 93 (?) minutes (Shepard restored version)
(3) 100 (?)(GEH restored version)
(4) 50-63 minutes - Kodascope and most Video versions of the Kodascope prints USA:

Black and White with Tints.
(most video versions do not have the tinting) There are variations in the tinting schemes between the MacQueen, Straatman and Shepard versions. The actual tinting scheme of the theatrical release is not known.

Sound: Silent film with Composed Score (restored on Shepard/IMAGE DVD)
There are numerous composed scores.