The Lost World

1925

68 min.

Directed by Harry Hoyt

Cast:  Wallace Beery, Bessie Love, Lewis Stone

Science Fiction / Adventure

This was the first screen adaptation of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story of prehistoric creatures still alive on a remote Amazon plateau.  An expedition lead by Professor Challenger and consisting of a newspaper reporter, a big-game hunter and his servant as well as the daughter of the plateau’s discovered, who is still stranded in this uncharted land.  After a long journey, the group finds the prehistoric land and encounters all kinds of remarkable plants, dinosaurs and ape-like men.  After exploring this amazing world, the explorers return home to their native London with proof of their discoveries, a brontosaurus, which escapes captivity and runs rampant through the streets.

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