Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-08
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oNio w Hi'S '.''sssss.' DSooAS A<S'o |
Sir John Roxton. Lewis s. Stone |
Edward Malone ...... Lloyd Hughes |
Professor Challenger. Wallace Berry
Professor Summerlee. Arthur Hoyt
Gladys Hungerford. :. Alma Bennett
Marguerite -. Virginia Brown Faire
Ape Man .....,.... Bull Montana
Austin Finch Smiles
Zambo .................Ju Jules Cowles
Mrs. Challenger Margaret McWade
Major Hubbard -. Charles Wellesley
Colin McArdle ....... George Bunny
A spell that had as its background
the world as 1t was ten million years
ago, enthralled movie devotees at the
Opera House yesterday afternoon
and evening. Astounding In Its
treatment, A. Conan Doyle's Lost
World" registers a distinct and in
dividual triumph in motion photog-
raphy.
A horrific fascination grips one as
colossal monsters of the long ago
move about. feeding on foliage OF
great trees or engaging in a battle to
the death. So engrossed does one
become it is with difficulty the spell
is shaken off and reason allowed to
reassert itself. in the knowledge
that LESS SScIilUR ILN0 CECdluI IS oil
man-made after all.
The spectacle Of a terrific combat
between a dinosaur over a 100 feet
long and giant allosaurus Is one OF
the major thrills afforded. Another
gripping scene is the eruption Of
volcano and the mad rush of many
strange beasts before the roaring
flames and rushing lava. A weird
parade that the cameras eye has re-
produced with startling realism.
Perhaps the most sensational part
Is where a brontsaurus that had been
captured and taken to London.
breaks free from its crate and runs
wild in the streets of the city knock
ing over buildings and throwing a
scare into the populace. A ray of
humor is injected when tipsy man
energies from saloon just as the
prehistoric monster heaves in sight.
The look that spreads over the face of
the inebriate plainly indicates he be-
lieves he has gof the delerium tre-
| mems and he Immediately turns back
into the saloon. The brontsaurus fin
| ally breaks through London bridge,
falls ia Isl into the Thames and swims out
The following is an outline Of the
| story:
Edward Malone, young reporter of
the London Gazette" loved Gladys
| Hungerford. But Gladys tells him
that she will marry only man Of
great deeds.
Edward goes to his editor and begs
to be sent on a dangerous mission.
The editor at the moment was SEEK
ing someone with courage enough to
interview a certain Professor Chal-
lenger. of leonine type, with the
strength and temper of a gorilla and
| one of the greatest minds in all Eu-
rope. Challenger Is forming an ex-
| peditionary party to seek 'Iost
! world in the heart of South Amer
lea. Edward wins the professors
confidence and embarks on his career
of adventure and mystery, believing
| that he will by thi mean qualify for
the vacillating affection of Gladly.
The Challenger party leaves on its
| long journey into the Amazon coun-
try with its personnel numbering
Challenger. Malone, Paula White
daughter of Maple White. a famous
explorer who failed to return from
the lost worldly, Sir John Roxton
| (who loved Paula). Professor Sum-
merlee (eminent authorit" on bee
tles) and Austin (Chalienger's but
| ler.)
The intrepid little group. after
many trying adventures, come upon
the great plateau upon which live
prehistoric monsters and ape men.
| They manage to reach the top of the
plateau. but find their return cut off
when a dinsaur destroys the tree
bridge. Many strange beasts are seen