XPost: alt.movies.silent   
   From: petertrei@gmail.com   
      
   On 3/11/2024 7:33 AM, Gary McGath wrote:   
   > On Wednesday, March 13, at 8 PM EDT, I'll provide live, improvised   
   > keyboard accompaniment to the 1925 silent film, _The Lost World_. This   
   > movie, based on Conan Doyle's novel of the same title (and including a   
   > brief appearance by him to introduce the film), was a breakthrough in   
   > special effects, using Willis O'Brien's stop-motion animation techniques   
   > to put dinosaurs on the screen.   
   >   
   > In the tradition of old movies, there will be a cartoon short before the   
   > main feature. The short is _Gertie the Dinosaur_, one of the first   
   > animated films to hit the theaters. It's presented in a live-action   
   > frame that purports to explain how Winsor McCay made the cartoon on a bet.   
   >   
   > This is my third movie in a monthly series on Twitch.   
   >   
   > The link is:   
   >   
   > https://www.twitch.tv/madfilkentist   
   >   
   Sounds cool.   
      
   I watched this version on Amazon Prime about a month ago.   
      
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