The Lost World

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American film adventure film black-and-white film feature film silent film

The Lost World is a pioneering 1925 silent adventure film renowned for its groundbreaking stop-motion dinosaur effects created by special effects artist Willis H. O’Brien.

Aliases (2)

The Lost World (1925 film) ×2
The Lost World (novel) ×2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → adventure film → black-and-white film → feature film → silent film →
authorOfSourceWork	Arthur Conan Doyle →
basedOn	The Lost World (novel) →
castMember	Bessie Love → Lewis Stone → Lloyd Hughes → Wallace Beery →
cinematographyBy	Arthur Edeson NERFINISHED →
colorProcess	black and white →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Harry O. Hoyt →
distributionRegion	United Kingdom NERFINISHED → United States NERFINISHED →
distributor	First National Pictures →
era	silent era →
filmFormat	35 mm →
filmTechnique	miniature models → stop-motion animation →
genre	adventure → fantasy →
hasGenreElement	dinosaurs →
hasTheme	conflict between science and skepticism → exploration of unknown lands →
influenced	King Kong (1933 film) →
mainCharacter	Professor Challenger →
notableCharacter	Professor Challenger →
notableFor	groundbreaking dinosaur effects → pioneering stop-motion animation effects →
originalLanguage	Silent film with English intertitles →
portrayedBy	Wallace Beery →
producer	Jamie White → William Lord Wright →
productionCompany	First National Pictures →
releaseDate	1925-02-02 →
releaseYear	1925 →
restoration	multiple restored versions exist →
runningTime	approximately 106 minutes (original cut) →
screenwriter	Marion Fairfax →
setting	South American plateau →
specialEffectsSupervisor	Willis H. O’Brien →
status	partially lost film →
timePeriodDepicted	contemporary to 1920s →
title	The Lost World →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Lost World ("The Lost World (novel)") → The Lost World: Jurassic Park →	basedOn
Arthur Conan Doyle → Willis H. O’Brien →	notableWork
Jurassic Park ("The Lost World (novel)") →	hasPart
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain ("The Lost World (1925 film)") →	influenced
The Lost World →	title
Willis H. O’Brien ("The Lost World (1925 film)") →	workedOn