The Lost World (1925) + film festival chit chat & The Odyssey through the Odyssey | Ep.08

This week on Tonight's Second Feature, James & Rhys go back 66 million years to watch The Lost World (1925).

Amidst the pioneering silent epics of the 1920s, Hollywood would release the first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.  

In London, Professor Challenger announces that prehistoric creatures are alive and flourishing in the Amazon jungle and declares his intention to mount an expedition proving his point. Journalist Edward Malone volunteers to go and convinces his newspaper to fund the journey. Paula White hopes to find her father, a missing explorer. They and others undertake the voyage and witness dinosaurs and humanoids doing battle in a magnificent landscape.

• (00:00) - Intro
• (43:13) - Film chat
• (01:44:37) - Odyssey

References:

• https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lost_World_(1925) 
• https://letterboxd.com/film/the-lost-world/crew/ 
• https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-Conan-Doyle&ved=2ahUKEwjWiIjm0MuUAxVwaHADHUqUK8oQFnoFCIsBEAE&usg=AOvVaw0fq3GRRcsKpYZFK-CcuBor 
• https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/arthur-conan-doyle 
• https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/wiki/The_Lost_World 
• https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/wiki/The_Lost_World#I._There_are_heroisms_all_round_us 
• https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2025/03/the-lost-world-is-100-years-old-and-still-roaring/ 
• https://wordsworth-editions.com/the-lost-world/ 
• https://arthurconandoyle.co.uk/author
• https://blogs.westlakelibrary.org/2022/05/beyond-sherlock-holmes-the-other-writings-of-arthur-conan-doyle/ 
• https://www.mbebooks.com/blog/a-look-back-at-arthur-conan-doyles-lesser-known-work/ 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7sj4zCXMHs 
• https://maxs-blogo-saurus.com/2025/02/08/the-complete-history-of-the-lost-world-1925-100th-anniversary-special-part-1/ 
• https://www.bewaretheblog.com/2020/06/willis-obrien-1925s-lost-world-and.html 
• https://www.bewaretheblog.com/2016/04/marcel-delgado-artist-that-built-king.html 
• https://simanaitissays.com/2025/12/03/the-lost-world-1925-part-1/ 
• https://silentfilm.org/the-lost-world/ 
• https://grokipedia.com/page/Arthur_Edeson 
• https://www.nytimes.com/1925/02/09/archives/the-screen-a-vonderful-farce.html 
• https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2022/05/21/thats-a-wrap-in-the-portrait-gallery-with-a-studio-portrait-of-screenwriter-and-director-harry-o-hoyt-1925/ 

Tonight's Second Feature is Created, Produced & Hosted by James Hewitt, and Rhys Strang.

Movie behind the scenes researched by James Hewitt

Podcast Cover Art by Mihaly Csordas, https://www.instagram.com/sawdustnui/?hl=en

Podcast thumbnails by Rhys Strang, https://www.instagram.com/strangrhys?igsh=dWlhN2hkYWpiNzZ3

What is Tonight's Second Feature?

This is a weekly journey into the mad world of B-cinema.
The Surprise: James picks a B-grade film; the boys watch.
The Review: Deep-dive discussion on the good, the bad, and the ugly.
The History: James reveals the chaotic, untold stories behind production.
The Categories: Modern Era Remake, 4K or Let it Rot, and Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.