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The Dinosaur and the Missing Link
Also known as [The Dinosaur and the Missing Link, A Prehistoric Tragedy], [The Dinosaur and the Baboon]
(1917) United States of America
B&W : [?] Split-reel?
Directed by Willis H. O’Brien

Cast: (unknown)

Herman Wobber production; distributed by Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, through [?] The General Film Company, Incorporated, or K-E-S-E Service? [A Conquest Picture]. / Scenario by Willis H. O’Brien. Stop-motion animation by Willis H. O’Brien. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was purchased by Edison. Conquest program number 5. Approximate running time was five minutes.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (George Kleine collection) [16mm reference reduction positive (208 feet) (FLA 1472)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animation [stop-action]

Listing updated: 26 September 2012.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Aylesworth-Monsters pp. 120, 139; Marrero-Vintage p. 19 : Website-LoC.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.