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dinosaur and the missing link, a prehistoric tragedy
Prehistoric tragedy
Dinosaur and the missing link, a prehistoric tragedy (Motion picture)
O'Brien, Willis,
1886-1962
writing
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
K.E.S.E. (Firm)
Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
moving image
motion picture
Comedy films.
Clay animation films.
Silent films.
Short films.
Fiction films.
xxu
monographic
United States
K.E.S.E.
1917
eng
viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 6 min., 208 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 6 min., 208 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
non-viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 6 min., 208 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
Uses clay animation to tell a story of prehistoric times. Three suitors, named the Duke, Stonejaw Steve, and Theophilus Ivoryhead, compete for the hand of Miss Araminta Rockface. Ivoryhead, an unassuming weakling, wins her hand when the others mistakenly believe that he has killed a large ape which was actually felled by a dinosaur.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; animator and story, Willis O'Brien.
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 24Mar17; MP893.
Original release was tinted.
Duration: 3:23 (part 1) and 2:50 (part 2) at 22 fps.
Only the digital file for part 2 is viewable at loc.gov; both parts are viewable on LC's YouTube channel. DLC
A Conquest Picture.
Additional holdings for this title may be available. See reference librarian. DLC
Digital file includes a piano score composed and performed by Philip Carli.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1912-1939; George Kleine Collection catalog, 1980; Library of Congress video collection, v. 3, Origins of American animation, 1900-1921; McIntire, J. Silent animated films at the Library of Congress, 1995; Moving picture world, v. 32.1, p. 745; Moving picture world, v. 33.2, p. 1122, 1389.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Collection purchased from Kleine estate March 27, 1947. 35 mm. nitrate film destroyed.
The George Kleine Collection of early motion pictures in the Library of Congress : a catalog / prepared by Rita Horwitz and Harriet Harrison with the assistance of Wendy White. Library of Congress, 1980.
Prehistoric peoples
Humor
Courtship
Humor
Dinosaurs
Humor
Apes
Humor
Mate selection
Humor
Hunting, Prehistoric
Humor
FLA 1472 (viewing print)
FRA 3802 (dupe neg pic)
FRA 3803 (non-viewing pos)
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.00046607
Conquest program
no. 5
Dinosaur and the missing link, a prehistoric tragedy
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