Pathé Review: Monsters of the Past (1923)
• May 4th, 1923 • 0h 5min
Fantasy, Documentary, Animation
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Released on: 1997-05-08
Documentary, Science Fiction, Action
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's 1997 film "The Lost Wo...
Journey to the Beginning of Time
Released on: 1955-08-05
Adventure, Fantasy, Family
Four schoolboys go on an awe-inspiring expedition back through time, where they behold landscapes an...
The Vandal
Released on: 2021-07-15
Science Fiction, Animation
Set in a world not unlike mid-20th century America, The Vandal centers on Harold, whose tormented se...
Robot Dreams
Released on: 2023-12-06
Animation, Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction
A lonely dog's friendship with his robot companion takes a sad turn when an unexpected malfunction f...
Chicken Run
Released on: 2000-06-23
Animation, Comedy, Family
The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens ...
The Tree of Life
Released on: 2011-05-17
Drama, Fantasy
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the e...
The Burden
Released on: 2017-01-27
Music, Animation
A shopping center along a large highway is the scene of an apocalyptic musical. Animation with a str...
Super Mario Bros.
Released on: 1993-05-28
Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Family
Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dino...
The Triplets of Belleville
Released on: 2003-06-11
Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family
When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno t...
Missing Link
Released on: 2019-04-04
Family, Animation, Comedy, Adventure
The charismatic Sir Lionel Frost considers himself to be the world's foremost investigator of myths ...
One Million Years B.C.
Released on: 1966-11-24
Adventure, Fantasy
As the Earth wrestles with its agonizing birth, the peoples of this barren and desolate world strugg...
One Million B.C.
Released on: 1940-04-05
Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by Unite...
Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All
Released on: 1982-07-16
Animation, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil emperor Mi...
Corpse Bride
Released on: 2005-09-12
Romance, Fantasy, Animation
In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworl...
Frankenstein
Released on: 1910-03-18
Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a m...
The Impossible Voyage
Released on: 1904-11-10
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a j...
A Trip to Mars
Released on: 1918-02-22
Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy
The navy captain Avanti Planetaros is inspired by his astronomer-father to travel through outer spac...
A Daughter Of Destiny
Released on: 1928-01-25
Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror
Hanns Heinz Ewers' grim science-fiction novel Alraune has already been filmed twice when this versio...
The Golem: How He Came Into the World
Released on: 1920-10-28
Fantasy, Horror
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he...
Aelita: Queen of Mars
Released on: 1924-09-24
Science Fiction, Drama, Fantasy
A young man travels to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling g...