Pathé Review: Monsters of the Past (1923)

05/04/1923 (US) • Fantasy, Documentary, Animation • 5m

Overview

Sculptress Virginia May is seen making a clay model of a tyrannosaurus rex, which is animated using stop motion, and then fights a stop-motion triceratops. Although Miss May's only known relationship with the movies is this particular short, her contemporary, Willis O'Brien and his student Ray Harryhausen certainly made the field a lively one until computer animation caught up in the 1990s -- and arguably their artistry is still unsurpassed.

Pathé Review: Monsters of the Past (1923)

05/04/1923 (US) • 5m

Fantasy, Documentary, Animation

Overview

Sculptress Virginia May is seen making a clay model of a tyrannosaurus rex, which is animated using stop motion, and then fights a stop-motion triceratops. Although Miss May's only known relationship with the movies is this particular short, her contemporary, Willis O'Brien and his student Ray Harryhausen certainly made the field a lively one until computer animation caught up in the 1990s -- and arguably their artistry is still unsurpassed.

Top Billed Cast

Virginia May

Sculptress

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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

stop motion

dinosaur

silent film

claymation

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