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The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1915)

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The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy
The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy
Directed by Willis H. O'Brien
Producer Herman Wobber
Special
effects by
Willis H. O'Brien
Production company Conquest Pictures
Budget $5 000
Running time 5 minutes

The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy is a 1915 American comedy silent short film. It was animated with stop motion Willis H. O'Brien. The film was distributed by Thomas Edison Conquest Pictures in 1917.

The film is also known as The Dinosaur and the Baboon (American reissue title).

Plot

The film starts with a caveman going to give some flowers to a cavegirl. He fails when he hits a tree. However, he keeps going. However, the "Self Appointed Hero" of the story steals the girl's heart. Meanwhile, a gorilla-like ape called "Wild Willie" the Missing Link is watching them. When the Missing Link goes to hunt for snakes at the lake, where the dinosaur is, the dinosaur kills the Missing Link after a fight and goes away. Then the "Hero" finds the Missing Link and takes the credit for killing Wild Willie.

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Alternate titles

  • The Dinosaur and the Baboon (American reissue title)


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