The Lost World
- Studio
- First National Pictures, Inc.
- Distributor
- First National Pictures, Inc.
Synopsis
Explorers go on an adventure to South America to discover monsters a million years old. They find dinosaurs and bring them to the U.S. for study. The dinosaurs escape and cause havoc.
Characters
Dinosaurs.
Live-Action Characters: Professor Challenger, Sir John Roxton, Edward J. Malone, Paula White, Professor Summerlee, Austin, Zambo, Ape-man, Gladys Hungerford, Mrs. Challenger, Colin McArdle, Major Hibbard, Half-Caste Girl, Arthur Conan Doyle, Percy
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Harry O. Hoyt
Producing
- Producer
- Earl Hudson
Writing
- Writer
- Marion Fairfax
- Based on the Novel by
- Sir Authur Conan Doyle
Voices
- Voice
- Wallace Beery (Professor Challenger), Lewis Stone (Sir John Roxton), Lloyd Hughes (Edward J. Malone), Bessie Love (Paula White), Arthur Hoyt (Professor Summerlee), Frank Finch Smiles (Austin), Jules Cowles (Zambo), Bull Montana (Ape-man), Alma Bennett (Gladys Hungerford), Margaret McWade (Mrs. Challenger), George Bunny (Colin McArdle), Charles Wellesley (Major Hibbard), Virginia Brown Faire (Half-Caste Girl), Arthur Conan Doyle (Himself), Nelson McDowell (Newspaper man), Leo White (Percy) (Live Action)
Animation
- Animator
- Willis O'Brien
Editing
- Editor
- George McGuire
Production notes
Combination clay animation and live action. Includes excerpts from "Prehistoric Poultry," "R.F.D. 10,000 B.C.," "The Dinosaur and the Missing Link," and "Monsters of the Past."
In 1929, Aileen Rothacker, who held the remake rights to Conan Doyle's novel, made an agreement to have First National withdraw the film from distribution.
On July 8, 1929 First National made a sub-license arrangement with Kodascope Libraries, Inc. to make an abridged 16 mm version that ran about 55 minutes.
In 1991, a laserdisc was released by LumiVision with the best existing version of the 1925 film, some supplementary materials, including the trailer, and a still frame supplement that explained the missing material.
The complete movie is now in the process of reconstruction by Haghefilm in the Netherlands.
In 1998, The Lost World was one of 25 films added by the Library of Congress' National Film Preservation Board to the National Film Registry.
In 1929, Aileen Rothacker, who held the remake rights to Conan Doyle's novel, made an agreement to have First National withdraw the film from distribution.
On July 8, 1929 First National made a sub-license arrangement with Kodascope Libraries, Inc. to make an abridged 16 mm version that ran about 55 minutes.
In 1991, a laserdisc was released by LumiVision with the best existing version of the 1925 film, some supplementary materials, including the trailer, and a still frame supplement that explained the missing material.
The complete movie is now in the process of reconstruction by Haghefilm in the Netherlands.
In 1998, The Lost World was one of 25 films added by the Library of Congress' National Film Preservation Board to the National Film Registry.