Film Friday: The Lost World (1925) at the Chandler Museum

Grab your popcorn and settle in for a screening of a classic film from the public domain. Travel through time as we explore different genres and the influence culture had on the films of the day.

The Lost World is a 1925 American silent fantasy and adventure film 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, who later went on to make King Kong (1933).

Featuring speaker, stop animation artist, Amy DeCaussin, Chandler Library’s Discovery Library.

Dino-licious treats provided by Spooky Swirls.

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