The Animal World (1956)

Director:

Irwin Allen

Writer:

Irwin Allen (writer)

Release Date:

24 January 1958 (Finland)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

2 Billion Years in the Making!

Plot:

A documentary showcasing the world's many different animal species, both past and present. |

Plot Keywords:

Animal | Museum | Stegosaurus | Nature | Stop Motion

Cast

  (Credited cast)

John Storm	...	Narrator
Theodore von Eltz	...	Narrator

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | West Germany:6

Company:

Irwin Allen Productions

Movie Connections:

Featured in Trog (1970)

The movie may be lost, but the animation survives!

To be frank, I've never seen the movie "The Animal World" but as a kid, I inherited the View-Master reels, and later the "Prehistoric Animals" packet, from my older brother... Boy! Did I wish I could see the movie one day! Being a monster movie buff, I bought the movie "The Black Scorpion" on DVD lately and to my surprise, I found out that the entire "Dinosaur Sequence" animated by Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen from "Animal World" was included as an extra feature on it! Wow! I finally saw it! And it was worth the wait... in part. I'm giving it a rating of 8/10 because the sequence is composed of superb stop-motion animation by two great masters, but also of cheesy looking dinosaur puppets... Anyway, it's great fun to look at!