The Lost world revisited

Series: The movies: our modern art

Duration: 28

Year Published: 1967

Creator: Sterling

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: This documentary analyzes the 1925 motion picture The Lost world, based on a novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, about the discovery of a plateau inhabited by gigantic prehistoric animals. The film which featured Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery, Bessie Love, and Lloyd Hughes in the cast is best known for the innovative special effects used by cinematographer Willis H. O'Brien, including skillful stop-motion photography which brought the prehistoric monsters to life.


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