The Dinosaur And The Missing Link (1915) | Early Stop Motion Film
Channel: Screen Prism
Date: 2024-04-04

THE DINOSAUR AND THE MISSING LINK: A PREHISTORIC TRAGEDY is an American comedy silent stop-motion animated film by Willis O'Brien. The film was made in 1915 and distributed by Thomas Edison's film company Conquest Pictures in 1917. The film is also known as The Dinosaur and the Baboon.

Three cavemen court Miss Araminta Rockface. She favors the one who apparently slew the Missing Link, but a dinosaur did the deed.

These stop-motion creatures created by O'Brien would help launch his film career. He became known as the special effects wizard behind The Lost World (1925) and King Kong (1933). This was among the first to resurrect dinosaurs on film.

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