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1915 / short / puppet

The Dinosaur and The Missing Link

United States

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Studio Independent (Willis H. O'Brien)
Year1915
FormatShort
Techniquepuppet

Notes

Willis O'Brien's first stop-motion film (5-minute silent short); financed by exhibitor Herman Wobber ($5,000 budget) after seeing test footage, no formal production studio; released 1917 via Thomas Edison's Conquest Pictures. Director credit already on file.

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