- Two Lost Worlds
Infobox Film | name = Two Lost Worlds
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director = Norman Dawn
producer = Boris Petroff
writer = Tom Hubbard/Phyllis Parker/Boris Petroff (story)/Bill Shaw
starring = James Arness/Kasey Rogers
music = Alex Alexander
cinematography = Harry Neumann
editing = Fred R. Feitshans Jr.
distributor = Sterling Productions Inc.
released = January 5, 1950
runtime = 61 minutes
language = English
budget =
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imdb_id = 0043080"Two Lost Worlds" (1950) is a
science fiction /adventure film , presentingJames Arness in his first starring role (his last name is still spelled "Aurness" in the credits) and Laura Elliott. The film was produced independently byBoris Petroff (dbaSterling Productions Inc. ) from his original story. The film was scripted byPhyllis Parker (with later, added scenes written byTom Hubbard and voice-over narrative byBill Shaw ), directed byNorman Dawn , and distributed byEagle-Lion Classics Inc. , with a 1952 reissue byClassic Pictures Inc. .Plot
The year is 1830. The American clipper ship, the Queen, is attacked by pirates in the Hebrides (present day
Vanuatu ). The ship's mate Kirk Hamilton (Arness) is wounded and heads to Queensland Colony in Australia for medical treatment. While at the hospital, he meets and falls in love with Elaine Jeffries (Rogers), the fiancee of Martin Shannon (Bill Kennedy ) a rancher. A romantic rivalry develops and the pirates, who attacked Kirk and his ship kidnap her along with her friend, Nancy Holden (Jane Harlan ). Kirk and Shannon pursue the pirates and they soon wind up on a volcanic island, inhabited by dinosaurs.Trivia
There are no original dinosaur effects in the film. The dinosaurs appear 58 minutes into the film during the final reel. They were taken from stock footage recycled from the film "
One Million B.C. " (1940).The film was shot in
Red Canyon State Park in Cantil, CaliforniaExternal links
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