{"id":23921,"date":"2012-02-09T21:33:02","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T04:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=23921"},"modified":"2022-05-07T14:05:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T21:05:17","slug":"lost-world-the-1925","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=23921","title":{"rendered":"Lost World, The (1925)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The back country of the Amazon contains over fifty thousand miles of unexplored water-ways. Who can say <em>what<\/em> may be living in that jungle &#8212; as vast as all Europe?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lost-World-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lost-World-Poster-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lost-World-Poster-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lost-World-Poster-97x128.jpg 97w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lost-World-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA young woman (Bessie Love) whose father is reported lost in the Amazon convinces an eccentric professor (Wallace Beery) and several others &#8212; including a reporter (Lloyd Hughes) and a sportsman (Lewis Stone) &#8212; to accompany her on a rescue mission, where they quickly discover the presence of dinosaurs.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fantasy<\/li>\n<li>Lewis Stone Films<\/li>\n<li>Silent Films<\/li>\n<li>Wallace Beery Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis early film adaptation of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Lost_World_%28Conan_Doyle_novel%29\">Arthur Conan Doyle&#8217;s 1912 novel<\/a> is notable for its groundbreaking animation by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willis_O%27Brien\">Willis O&#8217;Brien<\/a>, who would soon go on to bigger fame for his work on <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43687\"><em>King Kong<\/em> (1933)<\/a> (and win an Academy Award for 1949&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44353\"><em>Mighty Joe Young<\/em><\/a>). The undeniably creaky storyline is simply a convenient excuse to introduce breathtakingly &#8220;realistic&#8221; (for the time) scenarios of dinosaurs battling each other on an Amazonian plateau; unfortunately, because the creatures engage exclusively with each other rather than the human intruders, what we&#8217;re left with are multiple shots of the characters looking up at distant action happening above and behind them, never truly seeming at risk for their lives. At least the situation is redeemed somewhat once the intrepid explorers bring a live specimen back to London, and we see the beast wreaking havoc <em>a la<\/em> King Kong on the city streets. (And it&#8217;s interesting to know that some audience members at the time were apparently convinced that what they were seeing on-screen really happened.) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This film has a storied history of being nearly destroyed, then found, then finally restored to a length closer to its original running time; check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallyobsessed.com\/displaylegacy.php?ID=1134\">Digitally Obsessed&#8217;s review<\/a> for a blow-by-blow account of scenes and images inserted into the restored edition. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Truly groundbreaking stop-motion animation<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lost-World-Dinosaurs2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lost-World-Dinosaurs2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lost-World-Dinosaurs2.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lost-World-Dinosaurs2-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Lost-World-Dinosaurs2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply for its astonishing early animation. Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0016039\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/sciencefiction\/lostworld1925.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s219lost.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallyobsessed.com\/displaylegacy.php?ID=1134\">Digitally Obsessed Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/silent-volume.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/lost-world-1925.html\">Silent Volume Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1925\/02\/09\/archives\/the-screen-a-vonderful-farce.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/308185\/the-lost-world#articles-reviews?articleId=74687\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Lost_World_%281925_film%29\">Wikipedia Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/the-lost-world\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The back country of the Amazon contains over fifty thousand miles of unexplored water-ways. Who can say what may be living in that jungle &#8212; as vast as all Europe?&#8221; Synopsis: A young woman (Bessie Love) whose father is reported lost in the Amazon convinces an eccentric professor (Wallace Beery) and several others &#8212; including a reporter (Lloyd Hughes) and a sportsman (Lewis Stone) &#8212; to accompany her on a rescue mission, where they quickly discover the presence of dinosaurs&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=23921\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23921"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83856,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23921\/revisions\/83856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}