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The Lost World (1925)

UNRATED  64 min  -  Adventure | Fantasy | Horror   -  22 June 1925 (USA)
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The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.

Director:

Harry O. Hoyt

Writers:

Arthur Conan Doyle (novel), Marion Fairfax (screenplay)
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Bessie Love Bessie Love ...
Miss Paula White (as Miss Bessie Love)
Lewis Stone Lewis Stone ...
Sir John Roxton (as Mr. Lewis Stone)
Wallace Beery ...
Prof. Challenger (as Mr. Wallace Beery)
Lloyd Hughes Lloyd Hughes ...
Edward E. Malone (as Mr. Lloyd Hughes)
Alma Bennett Alma Bennett ...
Gladys Hungerford (as Miss Alma Bennett)
Arthur Hoyt Arthur Hoyt ...
Prof. Summerlee (as Mr. Arthur Hoyt)
Margaret McWade Margaret McWade ...
Mrs. Challenger (as Miss Margaret McWade)
Bull Montana Bull Montana ...
Ape-Man (as Mr. Bull Montana)
Frank Finch Smiles Frank Finch Smiles ...
Austin (Challenger's butler) (as Mr. Frank Smiles)
Jules Cowles Jules Cowles ...
Zambo (Roxton's servant) (as Mr. Jules Cowles)
George Bunny George Bunny ...
Colin McArdle (as Mr. George Bunny)
Charles Wellesley Charles Wellesley ...
Maj. Hibbard (as Mr. Charles Wellesley)
Jocko the Monkey Jocko the Monkey ...
Jocko
Arthur Conan Doyle Arthur Conan Doyle ...
Himself
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Storyline

Explorer Professor Challenger is taking quite a beating in the London press thanks to his claim that living dinosaurs exist in the far reaches of the Amazon. Newspaper reporter Edward Malone learns that this claim originates from a diary given to him by fellow explorer Maple White's daughter, Paula. Malone's paper funds an expedition to rescue Maple White, who has been marooned at the top of a high plateau. Joined by renowned hunter John Roxton, and others, the group goes to South America, where they do indeed find a plateau inhabited by pre-historic creatures, one of which they even manage to bring back to London with them. Written by Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Diary | Expedition | Professor | Reporter | Dinosaur  | See more »

Taglines:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stupendous story!

Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Die verlorene Welt See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

First National Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

USA: (1991 alternate version)  | USA: (2000 alternate version)  | USA: (Kodascope Version)  | USA: (original version)  | (1998 George Eastman House Restoration)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White  | Color (hand-colored) | Color (tinted and toned)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The scene where the dinosaurs flee the volcano was created on a tabletop that was 75 feet wide and 150 feet long. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: The Plateau in the film has been described as a world that is "cut off from evolutionary development." If that were true then dinosaurs from different eras would not be in the same place, nor would there be any ape-men or humanoids. See more »

Quotes

Title Card: [last title card] That's Sir John Roxton - sportsman.
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Connections

Referenced in Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle (2000) See more »

Soundtracks

"The Lost World"
(1925)
Music by Rudolf Friml
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
Published in connection with the movie See more »