SILVER

Based on the 1912 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry O. Hoyt's pioneering fantasy adventure film is notable for its early use of stop-motion special effects, designed by the great Willis O'Brien, best known for his later work on KING KONG in 1933. Wallace Beery stars as Professor Challenger, a scientist who leads an expedition to a remote plateau deep in Africa where dinosaurs still survive. DIR Harry O. Hoyt; SCR Marion Fairfax, from the novel by Arthur Conan Doyle; PROD Earl Hudson. U.S., 1925, b&w, 106 min. NOT RATED

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