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The Lost World - 1925
Page 1 - Contents Gallery of Art and Stills Resources
Contents - Posters - Advertising Art - Scene Stills - Behind the Scenes
Credits Table of Contents - Artwork The cover of the Prgramme from the premiere of The Lost World, 1925 at the Astor Theatre, New York City, New York, United States.
Dinosaurs
- Allosaurus
- Apatosaurus
- Brachiosaurus
- Brontosaurus (Apatosaurus)
- Hadrosaurs
- Pteranodon
- Triceratops
Cast
Bessie Love .... Paula White
Lewis Stone .... Sir John Roxton Wallace Beery .... Professor Challenger
Virginia Browne Faire ... ???
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
Director -- Harry HoytProduced under the sueprvision of Earl Hudson
Stop Motion Animation Special Effects, Research and Technical
Direction -- Willis O'BrienWriting credits
adapted by Marion Fairfax from the novel by Arthur Conan DoyleCinematography byArthur Edeson
J. Devereaux Jennings
Homer ScottFilm Editing by George McGuire
Makeup Department
Cecil Holland .... makeup artistAssistant Director, director of settings and architecture ... Milton Menasco
Art Department
Marcel Delgado .... model construction
Ralph Hammeras ... Special EffectsOther crew
Chief technician ... Fred W. JackmanWatterson R. Rothacker .... by arrangement with Watterson R. Rothacker
Production Companies
First National Pictures Inc./ Watterson R. RothackerDistributors
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:
USA Theatrical reported variously at 101-106 Minutes
[The variations may have to do with projection speed -- anywhere from 18-21 frames per second -- and the length of the actual intertitles)
USA:
100 minutes (restored version)
101 (restored version)
Kodascope and most Video versions of the Kodascope prints USA: 63 minutes
Black and White with Tints.
(most video versions do not have the tinting)
Sound: Silent film with Composed Score (restored on Shepard/IMAGE DVD)Known scores have been composed or improvised by:
Alloy Orchestra - (short version) 1990's
Philip Carli - (GEH Restoration) 1997, piano
??? James - 2000, organ
Robert Israel Orchestra, (GEH Restoration) - Sept 15, 2000
Alloy Orchestra (Shepard Restoration) - 2000
Gallery of Original Art, Posters, Movie Stills
Totally awesome images from the granddaddy of all dino movies!
Advertising and Magazine ArtPostersBehind the Scenes Stills - The Dinosaurs, The Animators
Posters - this page
Scene Stills - The Story of The Movie
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One of the original one-sheet posters
for The Lost World, 1925
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This alternate one-sheet from 1925 shows Wallace Beery as Challenger.
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Another image of the main 1925 one-sheet with some advertising copy added.