Every dinosaur silent film (1905-1931)
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- DirectorLewin FitzhamonStarsSebastian SmithHetty PotterLottie MartinThe scientist dreams of prehistoric monsters. He awakes in a cavern. A dino chases him, even though he tries to shoot it with his revolver. The chase continues on the surface. The professor meets a group of prehistoric women, who flee when other monsters appear. The professor's wife finds him sleeping in the laboratory, surrounded by fossils, and wakes him with water from a siphon.*
- DirectorWinsor McCayStarsWinsor McCayGeorge McManusRoy L. McCardellThe cartoonist, Winsor McCay, brings the Dinosaurs back to life in the figure of his latest creation, Gertie the Dinosaur.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsRobert HarronMae MarshWilliam J. ButlerA primitive tribe are attacked by apemen and menaced by various prehistoric monsters.
- DirectorWillis H. O'BrienThree cavemen court Miss Araminta Rockface. She favors the one who apparently slew the Missing Link ... but a dinosaur did the deed.
- DirectorJohn Randolph BrayStarsJohn Randolph BrayRare plagiarized version of Winsor McCay's animated short film "Gertie the Dinosaur" created by John Randolph Bray in 1915. It shows an animated dinosaur doing several shenanigans in a prehistoric natural setting.
- DirectorWillis H. O'BrienA caveman falls victim to a prehistoric prankster, but he is avenged by his pet chicken.
- DirectorWillis H. O'BrienTwo prehistoric suitors, one a mailman, compete for the affections of a prehistoric maiden and a dinosaur.
- DirectorWillis H. O'BrienStarsAlan V. DayChauncey A. DayHerbert M. DawleyIn 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.
- DirectorTony Sarg
- DirectorHerbert M. DawleyWillis H. O'BrienStarsHerbert M. DawleyAlan V. DayChauncey A. DayA magic aeroplane takes two children to the Moon, where they encounter prehistoric monsters and witness a battle between them.
- Scene from the first circus, featuring a dinosaur.
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- DirectorWinsor McCayFragment from an unreleased film that was presumably produced between 1918 and 1921. In it, Gertie the dinosaur encounters the modern era. She has an encounter with a cable car and tells her dinosaur friends about it.Only a fragment survives
- DirectorTony SargA look at the filmmaking process in the prehistoric era, inside the Stonehenge Film Company. It seems some things haven't changed much. The process begins with the writer dropping off his script, which the director immediately chops to bits (feeding many of them to his goat). After engaging a cast, he then proceeds to film, using a dinosaur as a camera crane. The censors then have their way with the film (more fodder for the goat). The author finally gets to see his work, but he hardly recognizes it and vents his wrath on the director.The next film on this list should be Monsters Of The Past: The Story Of The Great Dinosaurs (1922)
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsMilton SillsElliott DexterTheodore KosloffMichael Ramsay only has time for gathering his fortune in wheat. His wife seeks comfort elsewhere and, to avoid a scandal, her daughter Mathilda assumes her mother's guilt. Ramsay nearly goes broke but gets rich again; his wife returns.Dinosaur skeletons only
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMargaret LeahyWallace BeeryThe misadventures of Buster in three separate historical periods.
- DirectorOvide DecrolyDave FleischerMax FleischerDinosaur statues only
- DirectorVirginia MayStarsVirginia MayMonsters of the Past is an 1923 American short silent documentary film, produced as part of the Pathé Review series, featuring sculptor Virginia May at work and stop-motion footage of her dinosaur creations fighting.The next film on this list should be Herr Vinners Stenåldersdröm (1924)
- DirectorHarry O. HoytStarsWallace BeeryBessie LoveLloyd HughesThe first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
- DirectorOtto MessmerFelix, the cartoon cat, travels back in time and encounters prehistoric monsters.
- DirectorHanns Walter KornblumStarsPaul BildtWilly Kaiser-HeylTheodor LoosDocumentary on physics and astronomy.
- An animated introduction to the theory of evolution.
- Only a fragment survives*
- DirectorWilliam StrohbachStarsJohn SinclairThe next film on this list should be Ein Rückblic in die Urwelt (1927)
- DirectorRobert A. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonJean DarlingWheezer's dad gets the gun to kill his dog for attacking their chickens and destroying furniture but was reprieved by a movie being filmed there that needs a dog. The dog and the gang joined the crew, causing all kinds of havoc.People putting on a dinosaur disguise only.