The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy
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Director Willis H. OBrien Producer Herman Wobbler Duration | 6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Short, Animation Cinematography Willis H. OBrien Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 1917 (1917) Genres Animation, Short Film, Silent film, Comedy, Indie film Similar movies Jurassic World , Night at the Museum , Pacific Rim , Jurassic Park , Paperman , Journey to the Center of the Earth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy is a 1915 American comedy silent film animated by Willis O'Brien. The film was distributed by Thomas Edison's film company Conquest Pictures in 1917.
The film is also known as The Dinosaur and the Baboon (American reissue title).
Plot
It 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, an evil gorilla-like creature called "Wild Willie" the Missing Link is watching them. When the Missing Link goes to the lake to get some water, where the dinosaur is, the dinosaur kills the Missing Link and goes away. Then the "Hero" finds the Missing Link and takes the credit for killing Wild Willie.
References
The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy WikipediaThe Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy IMDb The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy themoviedb.org