have view the lost world today for the first time and the predominant thing that strike me be the number of scene that bore a similarity to one in the original screen version of king kong . however kong be release almost eight year later in 1933 and which make me curious a to how much an influence the lose world might have be on one of my favorite movie of all time . for starter and you have get the principal character professor challenger ( wallace beery ) and who convince prehistoric dinosaur exist in a section of the amazon base on a notebook leave behind by another adventurer and maple white . white daughter paula ( bessie love ) survive an expedition there and though her father never return . challenger seek funding to locate the miss white and prove that such creature exist and but it would help if he wasn not such a nut . he go completely berserk while make a presentation at the university when edward malone ( lloyd hughes ) reveal his identity a a newspaper reporter . later he engage malone in fisticuffs when the young man appear at his home to inquire about join the expedition . fortunately malone have an agenda that appeal to challenger and offer the financial backing of the london record journal in return for exclusive right to the story . other member of the amazon bound group include miss white and sir john roxton ( lewis stone ) and and professor summerlee ( arthur hoyt ) . roxton fancy himself a love match for miss paula and but the age disparity make that more than a long shot a the young lady reaction suggest . the early stage of the trip offer a nice look at amazonian wildlife and range from a jaguar and boa to a tree travel sloth and a pair of adult spectacle bear that look more like cubs than the full grown animal theyre say to be . soon enough though upon arrival at the plateau where the original expedition travel and dinosaur make their appearance in quick succession . herald by a pterodactyl appearance first and be soon treat to brontosaurus and allosaurus and triceratops . for it early use in movie history and the stop motion photography employ offer surprisingly adequate result . consider that the film be eighty year old and it earn my appreciation for pioneer such a landmark technology . for me and the movie offer what i be sure be some unintentionally funny moment . there a scene when a brontosaurus prepare to do battle with an allosaur and and curl it upper lip in a manner that would do elvis presley proud . somewhat later and one of the camp orderlies throw a flaming branch at an allosaur make a night time raid and catch it in his mouth to resemble it smoke a cigar . and be it just me and or do reporter malone bear an uncanny resemblance to charlie sheen . it my understand that version of the movie exist in vary length while the one i saw come in at just under an hour . a other poster have note and there be a disjointed feel between scene that cut quickly from expedition member to those of dinosaur . my copy also offer an incessant upbeat piano soundtrack that do not change tempo throughout the entire movie and somewhat disconcert for those interval of intense drama require a more somber or even a threaten tone . king kong fan will sit up and take notice of some amazing similarity between the film . a log bridge connect section of the amazon plateau be knock down and this time by a brontosaurus . later and when another bronto fall off a cliff into a mud pool and professor challenger have the bright idea of capture it and bring it back to london . once there and the animal escape to create havoc in the city a flee crowd run for their life . too big and bulky to climb anything resemble the empire state building and it do the next best thing by fall through and collapse the tower bridge .