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The Dinosaur and the Missing Link (1915)

Name: The Dinosaur and the Missing Link
Genre: Animation
Released: 1915
Duration: 6 min

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The Dinosaur and the Missing Link (1915) is a 6-minute animated cartoon that airs free on Starlite TV's Silent Pictures (CH 12) channel. It is a silent film, presented with a public-domain (CC0) piano score. It is in the U.S. public domain.

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Synopsis

The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy is a 1917 American comedy silent short film. It was animated with stop motion by Willis H. O'Brien.

The film starts with a caveman going to give some flowers to a cavegirl. He fails when he hits a tree. However, he keeps going. However, the "Self Appointed Hero" of the story steals the girl's heart. Meanwhile, a gorilla-like ape called "Wild Willie" the Missing Link is watching them.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).

About The Dinosaur and the Missing Link (1915)

Willis H. O'Brien, the stop-motion pioneer who later animated The Lost World (1925) and King Kong (1933), made this early dinosaur comedy.

Quick facts

Year: 1915
Runtime: 6 minutes
Type: Cartoon · Animation
Credits (Internet Archive record): Willis H. O'Brien
Sound: Silent film with a CC0 piano score

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Airs on

Silent Pictures - CH 12, Silent Film TV

Rights & source

Basis: Published before 1931 - U.S. copyright term expired
Evidence: First published 1915 (before 1931): US copyright term has expired.
Music: Silent copy with no audio track; CC0 piano bed is played.
Underlying rights: Willis O'Brien silent stop-motion.
Source: Internet Archive

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