The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918)

In a dream Uncle Jack looks through a magic telescope owned by the ghost of a hermit and sees what life was like millions of years ago, including a battle between prehistoric monsters.

Stars:

Herbert M. Dawley, Willis H. O'Brien

Cast

Uncredited cast:
Herbert M. Dawley	...	Uncle Jack Holmes (uncredited)
Willis H. O'Brien	...	Ghost of 'Mad Dick', the Hermit (uncredited)

Storyline

In a dream Uncle Jack looks through a magic telescope owned by the ghost of a hermit and sees what life was like millions of years ago, including a battle between prehistoric monsters.

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Plot Keywords:

ghost | telescope | hermit | dream | uncle | 

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Taglines:

These giant monsters of the past are seen to breathe. To live again. To move and battle as they did at dawn of life.

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Release Date:

17 November 1918 (USA)

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

16 min 19 min (alternate)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Considered to be the first film to deal with the concept of time travel.

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Connections

Featured in Hollywood Dinosaur Chronicles (1987)

User Reviews

Consider this a dry run for parts of King Kong and it becomes worthwhile

This short hasn't aged well-and I don't simply mean film stock aging either. The plot, the script and the idea are now creaky. Given that Willis O'Brien was part of the technical crew on King Kong some 15 years later, the stop-motion work in the last fourth or so of the film is really training for what he did on that film. It has a certain historic significance, but little else. Not even as a charming, if dusty curio. For ardent film buffs only, with the above caveats.