Silent Film: The Lost World

Stambaugh Auditorium presents the Silent Film: The Lost World on Sunday, October 27 at 2:30pm. The Lost World is a “creature feature” released in 1925, based on the 1912 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. The silent film starring Wallace Beery, Lloyd Hughes, Lewis Stone, Arthur Hoyt, Bessie Love — and lots of dinosaurs — is not only the first live-action dinosaur adventure but is also the first film to display scenes combining stop-motion model animation effects with flesh-and-blood actors. It also introduced cinema’s first special effects celebrity, Willis H. O’Brien, a pioneer of visual techniques still in use today.

The majority of silent films were pulled from the market and destroyed once synchronized sound technology was embraced by the cinema industry, and it is only through a series of happy accidents that this movie still remains for new generations to appreciate and enjoy.
 
 Seating is general admission; tickets are $11 including fees. Visit the Experience Your Arts website to purchase tickets.