Original Vintage Movie Souvenir Program Book for The Lost World Silent Film

New York: First National Pictures, 1925. First Edition. An Original Vintage Movie Souvenir Program Book for the premiere run of the film in New York City. With a spectacular color paintng cover of a giant T-Rex dinosaur terrorizing the in habitants of a city. Measures 9" x 12" [23 x 30 cm]; 20 pages). A few minor mends by an expert paper conservationist else very good. A truly rare piece, as it was only sold during the NYC run of the film. The Lost World, the classic 1925 Harry O. Hoyt silent fantasy dinosaur adventure thriller ("The World's Wonder Film"; "The greatest drama of adventure and romance your eyes ever have beheld."; "See gigantic pre-historic monsters clash with modern lovers in The Lost World"; "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stupendous story"; "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stupendous story"; with great special effects by Willis H. O'Brien who is billed as "Research and Technical Director") starring Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery (as Professor George Edward Challenger, the protagonist from a series of Doyle stories), Lloyd Hughes, and Alma Bennett. Note that when the producer/director team of Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper (who had made several acclaimed documentaries in remote areas of the world) were looking to make a fantasy movie set on a mythical island with a giant gorilla, they remembered the special effects from "The Lost World", and hired Willis O'Brien to do the special effects for their new movie, "King Kong"! "The Lost World" was O'Brien's first feature film, and he used the exact same stop-motion techniques of special effects that made "King Kong" so memorable.