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Released
1915 · FILM

The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy

Directed by
Color
Black & White
Runtime
5 min
AnimationComedy

Synopsis

Two cavemen, The Duke and Stonejaw Steve, visit Miss Araminta Rockface. The two rivals clash, and Steve defeats The Duke by throwing him into a pot of boiling water. A title card introduces a third rival, "our unassuming hero, Theophilus Ivoryhead." Miss Rockface invites the three men into her father's drawing room/cave, apologizing for not offering tea, as it has not yet been discovered. The Duke and Steve fight again, and everyone rushes out of the cave. Mr. Rockface notices his pot of food is empty; earlier, Wild Willie the Missing Link had eaten it. Mr. Rockface informs the three suitors they will have to procure their own dinner. Steve spots a desert quail and shoots an arrow at it, but the arrow misses the quail and instead hits The Duke's behind, to Steve's delight. Meanwhile, Wild Willie is still hungry and goes hunting for snakes. He finds a dinosaur's tail instead.

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Principal cast & crew: 2

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Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Shot by Willis H O Brien

Box Office

1915 · Box office

Produced on a $5K budget

Production budget

$5K

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