this be the first screen adaptation of the sir arthur conan doyle story of prehistoric creature still alive on a remote amazon plateau . an expedition be lead ( sic ) by professor challenger and consist of a newspaper reporter and a big game hunter and and his servant as well a the daughter of the plateau discoverer and who be still strand in this uncharted land . after a long journey and the group find the prehistoric land and encounter all kind of remarkable plant and dinosaur and and ape like men and accord to the dvd sleeve synopsis . arthur conan doyle the lost world make it impressive movie debut while the creature and character and and situation continue to be imitate and with no end in sight . oddly enough and this silent version be a case where the original be not the great . herein and the creature and human be not script and direct and or edit to full advantage while at time and it seem a if the character be watch a dinosaur movie . more interaction between dinosaur and human be difficult and but possible while a similar lack of contact between apeman and human be inexplicable . the possibility lose in this outing would be find and to the extreme and in king kong ( 1933 ) while a film which make excellent use of willis obrien extraordinary stop motion animation effect . that film certainly take full advantage of human or animal interaction . the lost world add bessie love ( a paula white ) and to up the expedition romance level . ms. love character wasn not even in the original novel while so and it an understandably weak addition . however and she help adventurer lewis stone ( a john roxton ) give the film best performance while a his longing for love be just about the only interesting non creature element . wallace beery ( a professor challenger ) and lloyd hughes ( a edward malone ) be good and a the film other lead player . unfortunately and the film include not only explicit and but also implicit racially insensitive and inaccurate image . the lost world ( 2/2/25 ) harry o. hoyt ~ wallace beery and lewis stone and lloyd hughes .