Pathé Review: Monsters of the Past

1923

Fantasy
Animation
Documentary

5m
May 4, 1923 · United States of America

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: May 4, 1923
Original language: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Pathé Exchange
Cast: Virginia May
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
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