immensely watchable for the HUGE film pathos & charm
11 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
*Spoiler/plot- The Lost World, 1925, The jungle expedition is lead by Proffer Challenger and a newspaper reporter, big game hunter & his servant and the daughter of the original plateau discoverer, who is still stranded in the uncharted land. After a long journey the group finds the prehistoric land and encounters all kinds of memorable plants, dinosaurs, and tribal ape-like men.

*Special Stars- Wallace Beery, Paula White, Lewis Stone, Llyod Hughes, Bull Montana. EFX supervisor: Willis H. O'brien.

*Theme- Science must explore to benefit humanity.

*Trivia/location/goofs- (silent, Black & White) Original BIG lizards film. The first screen adaptation about prehistoric creatures still alive on a remote Amazon plateau. Now public domain intellectual property. This film has been remade many many times.

*Emotion- This film is immensely watchable for the HUGE film pathos & charm these fine actors impart to the adventure film. The fine production qualities still stand up. The stop motion effects are done by the originator and master.

*Based On- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adventure epic.
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