After falling asleep, Professor Chump finds himself being chased by dinosaurs and curvaceous cavewomen. Intended as a dream, I suppose. In any case, this is one of a series of
live-action films based on E. T. Reed’s cartoons from
Punch. I ran into several websites, including Palaeontology
Online, that blamed this one movie for cementing the juxtaposition of
dinosaurs and men in the cinema forevermore. According to IMDb trivia, the
dinosaur special effects were accomplished with simple costumes.
— Michael Main
DEBUT
Prehistoric Peeps (at movie theaters, UK, August 1905).
VARIANTS
Debut. Prehistoric Peeps (at movie theaters, UK, August 1905).
From Professor Chump’s lab, circa 1905 ⋙ to a time with dinosaurs and cavewomen. Round trip. Note: We presume this was a round trip, but we’ll never know for sure, seeing as how the original footage is lost.
INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)
Classification—a short film, about four minutes according to the <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0278641%2F'>IMDb</a>, but five minutes elsewhere.
ITTDB Work #600:
[writer unknown], directed by Lewin Fitzhamon
Indexer: Michael Main
Curator: Michael Main
as of 8:36 a.m. MDT, 21 May 2024
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