History Film / TheLostWorld

''The Lost World'' is a 1925 silent film adaptation of Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's 1912 [[Literature/TheLostWorld book of the same name]]. The movie was produced by First National Pictures, a large Hollywood studio at the time, and stars Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger. This version was directed by Harry O. Hoyt and featured pioneering stop motion special effects by Willis O'Brien (an invaluable warm up for his work on the original ''Film/KingKong1933'' directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack). Writer Doyle appears in a frontispiece to the film. In 1998, the film was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. The film can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIgzh6OPYQQ here]].

Every movie featuring dinosaurs, from the Godzilla movies to ''Film/JurassicPark'' owes a nod to this film, as it was the TropeCodifier for dinosaurs as movie monsters. Even ''Film/KingKong1933'' can be seen as a remake of ''Film/TheLostWorld.''

!This film provides examples of:

* {{Badass}}: Professor Challenger.
--->"My brontosaurus has escaped. Keep off the streets until I recapture it."

* StockDinosaurs: For sauropods we've got ''Brontosauruses''/''Apatosauruses'' and ''Brachiosaurus''. For predators we've got an ''Allosaurus'' and a ''TyrannosaurusRex''. Other herbivores include ''Stegosaurus'', ''Triceratops'' and ''Trachodon'' (Now ''Edmontosaurus''). There's also the aforementioned ''Pteranodon''/''Pterodactyl''. There's one non-stock dinosaur that deserves special note. ''Agathaumas'' today is a synonym for ''Triceratops'', but here it was a separate animal, using Charles R. Knight's illustration as a guide. It gets the big fight scenes against the two large predators rather than ''Triceratops''.

''The Lost World'' is a 1925 silent film adaptation of Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's 1912 [[Literature/TheLostWorld book of the same name]]. The movie was produced by First National Pictures, a large Hollywood studio at the time, and stars Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger. This version was directed by Harry O. Hoyt and featured pioneering stop motion special effects by Willis O'Brien (an invaluable warm up for his work on the original Film/KingKong directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack). Writer Doyle appears in a frontispiece to the film. In 1998, the film was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. The film can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIgzh6OPYQQ here]].

Every movie featuring dinosaurs, from the Godzilla movies to ''Film/JurassicPark'' owes a nod to this film, as it was the TropeCodifier for dinosaurs as movie monsters. Even ''Film/KingKong'' can be seen as a remake of ''Film/TheLostWorld.''

* {{Kaiju}}: The very first. That brontosaurus going on a destructive rampage through London was such a trendsetter. It predates ''Film/KingKong'' by 8 years and ''{{Godzilla}}'' by 29.

* {{Kaiju}}: The very first. That brontosaurus going on a destructive rampage through London was such a trendsetter. It predates ''Film/KingKong'' by 8 years and ''Franchise/Godzilla'' by 29.

* {{Kaiju}}: The very first. That brontosaurus going on a destructive rampage through London was such a trendsetter.

* ScienceMarchesOn: The dinosaur anatomy and behavior, although some portrayals are still mostly good.

* StockDinosaurs: For sauropods we've got ''Brontosauruses''/''Apatosauruses'' and ''Brachiosaurus''. For predators we've got an ''Allosaurus'' and a ''Tyrannosaurus''. Other herbivores include ''Stegosaurus'', ''Triceratops'' and ''Trachodon'' (Now ''Edmontosaurus''). There's also the aforementioned ''Pteranodon''/''Pterodactyl''. There's one non-stock dinosaur that deserves special note. ''Agathaumas'' today is a synonym for ''Triceratops'', but here it was a separate animal, using Charles R. Knight's illustration as a guide. It gets the big fight scenes against the two large predators rather than ''Triceratops''.

''The Lost World'' is a 1925 silent film adaptation of Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's 1912 [[Literature/TheLostWorld book of the same name]]. The movie was produced by First National Pictures, a large Hollywood studio at the time, and stars Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger. This version was directed by Harry O. Hoyt and featured pioneering stop motion special effects by Willis O'Brien (an invaluable warm up for his work on the original Film/KingKong directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack). Writer Doyle appears in a frontispiece to the film. In 1998, the film was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

* StockDinosaurs: For sauropods we've got ''Brontosauruses''/''Apatosauruses'' and ''Brachiosaurus''. For predators we've got an ''Allosaurus'' and a ''Tyrannosaurus''. Other herbivores include ''Stegosaurus'', ''Triceratops'' and ''Trachodon'' (Now ''Edmontosaurus''). There's also the aforementioned ''Pteranodon''/''Pterodactyl''. There's one non-stock dinosaur that deserve special note. ''Agathaumas'' today is a synonym for ''Triceratops'', but here it was a separate animal, using Charles R. Knight's illustration as a guide. It gets the big fight scenes against the two large predators rather than ''Triceratops''.
* StrangledByTheRedString: Ed and Paula exchange one or two sentences in one scene and fall in love with each other in a next scene, as they have nothing better to do, apparently.

* StockDinosaurs: For sauropods we've got ''Brontosauruses''/''Apatosauruses'' and ''Brachiosaurus''. For predators we've got an ''Allosaurus'' and a ''Tyrannosaurus''. Other herbivores include ''Stegosaurus'', ''Triceratops'' and ''Trachodon'' (Now ''Edmontosaurus''). There's also the aforementioned ''Pteranodon''/''Pterodactyl''. There's one non-stock dinosaur that deserve special note. ''Agathaumas'' today is a synonym for ''Triceratops'', but here it was a separate animal, using Charles R. Knight's illustration as a guide. It gets the big fight scenes against the two large predators rather than ''Triceratops''.

!! This film provides examples of:

* StockDinosaurs: For sauropods we've got ''Brontosauruses''/''Apatosauruses'' and ''Brachiosaurus''. For predators we've got an ''Allosaurus'' and a ''Tyrannosaurus''. Other herbivores include ''Stegosaurus'', ''Triceratops'' and ''Trachodon'' (Now ''Edmontosaurus''). There's also the aforementioned ''Pteranodon''/''Pterodactyl''. There's one non-stock dinosaur that deserve special note. ''Agathaumas'' today is a synonym for ''Triceratops'', but here it was a seperate animal, using Charles R. Knight's illustration as a guide. It gets the big fight scenes against the two large predators rather than ''Triceratops''.

* Kaiju: The very first. That brontosaurus going on a destructive rampage through London was such a trendsetter.

From the OtherWiki[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_World_%281925_film%29]]:

* Badass: Professor Challenger.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: at the time ''The Lost World'' was released, there had never been a major feature film to rely so heavily on special effects, particularly the time-consuming and risky stop-motion technique used here. It's often cited as one of most influential movies in the field of visual effects, and led directly to ''KingKong'' eight years later, which is '''the''' most influential movie in the field of visual effects without question.

* PteroSoarer: the first prehistoric creature shown in the film is a massive pterosaur that grabs a rodent the size of a small human and carries it to its perch to eat.

* StockDinosaurs: For sauropods we've got ''Brontosauruses''/''Apatosauruses'' and ''Brachiosauruses'', for predators we've got an ''Allosaurus'' and a ''Tyrannosaurus,'' plus some ''Stegosauruses'' and ''Triceratopses'' and a ''Pteranodon''/''Pterodactyl''. The rest of the prehistoric creatures are more obscure today because the common stock dinosaur selection hadn't fully formed yet.

* StockDinosaurs

''The Lost World'' is a 1925 silent film adaptation of Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's 1912 [[Literature/TheLostWorld book of the same name]]. The movie was produced by First National Pictures, a large Hollywood studio at the time, and stars Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger. This version was directed by Harry O. Hoyt and featured pioneering stop motion special effects by Willis O'Brien (an invaluable warm up for his work on the original KingKong directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack). Writer Doyle appears in a frontispiece to the film. In 1998, the film was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

* BerserkButton: Reporters for Prof. Challenger.

''The Lost World'' is a 1925 silent film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 [[Literature/TheLostWorld book of the same name]]. The movie was produced by First National Pictures, a large Hollywood studio at the time, and stars Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger. This version was directed by Harry O. Hoyt and featured pioneering stop motion special effects by Willis O'Brien (an invaluable warm up for his work on the original KingKong directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack). Writer Doyle appears in a frontispiece to the film. In 1998, the film was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

* AdventurerArchaeologist -- Professor Challenger.
* AnachronismStew -- various species of prehistoric animals from different periods.
* AscendedExtra -- Challenger's butler Austin joins the expedition; in the novel, he's barely seen.

* BringItBackAlive -- a Brontosaurus.
* CannibalTribe -- in a deleted scene.
* CanonForeigner -- Maple White was given a daughter as a love interest for Roxton (and then Malone who unintentionally steals her from him). She contributes almost nothing else.
* GentlemanAdventurer -- Sir John Roxton
* IntrepidReporter -- Edward Malone
* ScienceMarchesOn -- dinosaur anatomy and behavior, although some portrayals are still mostly good.