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| The Lost World | |
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| Directed by | Harry O. Hoyt |
| Screenplay by | Marion Fairfax |
| Based on | The Lost World (1912 novel) by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Produced by | Earl Hudson |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Edited by | George McGuire |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
| Budget | $700,000[2] |
| Box office | $1.3 million[3] |
The Lost World is a 1925 American silent fantasy giant monster adventure film, directed by Harry O. Hoyt and written by Marion Fairfax, adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel of the same name.
Produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a major Hollywood studio at the time, the film stars Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger and features pioneering stop motion special effects by Willis O'Brien, a forerunner of his work on King Kong (1933). Doyle appears in a frontispiece to the film, absent from some extant prints.
In 1998, The Lost World was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.[4][5] Due to its age, the film is now in the public domain.[6][7]
- ^ "The Lost World" (Movie 1925), The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
- ^ "Business: Film Exports". Time. July 6, 1925. Archived from the original on June 3, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937–38 (1938) p. 942 accessed April 19, 2014
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
- ^ The Associated Press (November 17, 1998). Rice, Patrick A. (ed.). "'Easy Rider,' other films join national registry". The Times Herald. Vol. 93, no. 321. Port Huron, Michigan: Gannett. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Copyright Search Report: The Lost World (1925)". Internet Archive. United States Copyright Office. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ Hirtle, Peter B. "Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States". Cornell University. Cornell University Library Copyright Information Center. Retrieved January 25, 2020.