40 Films in Robotech: The Lost World (1925) ...and Kudos from Robotech Novels Universe

     

Keep in mind, Jurassic Park’s sequel “Lost World” didn’t come out till the back half of the 90s. Robotech was happening in the 80s. So when “The Lost World” gets a reference, I went way back to the first time it was on film……

 ROBOTECH MENTION:  

Jack McKinney does it again in his 1987 Robotech book Metamorphosis with an added film reference that’s just downright cool and on target. Rand, Annie and Scott Bernard fall into an underground Invid laboratory where dinosaurs roam, battle and threaten anything that moves. While our human heroes take in the once-extinct-but-very-much-alive plants and creatures, Rand utters the name of a tale where humans invaded another such place…the lost world…

Excerpt From Jack McKinney’s novelization of Metamorphosis – page 22.

 SYNOPSIS:  

I got this charming old book at my local library ‘Bag O’ Books’ sale called Feature Films on 8mm, 16mm and Videotape – Sixth Edition: A Directory of Feature Films Available for Rental, Sale, and Lease in the United States and Canada (1979). This book comes from a pre-streaming and even pre-Blockbuster Video rental stores. The book lists simple facts about a film and codes on which companies sell, rent or lease various types of media copies (film or videotape). Here’s the short write-up on the initial copies of The Lost World – but notice how many companies had copies of the 16mm print (each company is one of those 3-letter acronyms after Hoyt's name)! And then there’s even more companies for videos (not included here): “LOST WORLD (First National-1925-62min-16mm silent-b/w) Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Bessie Love (d) Harry Hoyt. R-AIM, BUD, EMG, FNC, IMA, KER, KPH, MAC, MOG, RAD, SEL, SWA, TMC, UNI, VCI, WHO, WIL/S-CIE, GME, IMA, MAN, NCS, SEL, THU, VCI.”

 AWARDS & KUDOS:  

The Lost World won the Photoplay Award for one of the Best Pictures of the Month (April) in 1925. It was also a Winner of National Film Registry in 1998 from the National Film Preservation Board.

 OTHER COOL FACTS:  

In his #classicfilmreading book American Silent Film (1998), William K. Everson described The Lost World as a “tableau-like visual thriller” and labeled it as a noteworthy horror film of the silent era (pgs. 218-220).

Another cool fact, our friends at Robotech Novels Universe said my ongoing list of the 40 Films in Robotech is "quite impressive" - see for yourself in their Facebook post:

For an ongoing list of all the 40 Films in Robotech I've posted so far, visit this link.

 ROBOTECH REASON:  

Robotech often features discussions on extinction and humanity’s limited time on Earth. To venture into The Lost World, where dominant species clash in the same space makes sense when you are talking about humans being overrun and (potentially) exterminated completely by aliens.

To read my ⭐⭐ ⭐ (out of a possible 5 star) rating for The Lost World on Letterboxd, click here.