Along the Moonbeam Trail
A magic aeroplane takes two children to the Moon, where they encounter prehistoric monsters and witness a battle between them.
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"A few years back, Willis O'Brien was doing the dino visual effects on The Ghost of Slumber Mountain for producer Herbert M. Dawley. After the success of that, however, the two had a falling out with O'Brien's name removed from the credits. Also that film was shortened from 40 minutes to 18 which is the version that exists now. Supposedly, Dawley then took some of those deleted scenes and put them in this film, a sequel of sorts which also stars Dawley with two pre-teen boys who were probably the same ones in the previous one. Anyway, what's depicted is those three in a cave..."
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Despite rumors that this film contains footage of dinosaurs cut from The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918), "Moonbeam Trail" is wholly original, with animation by Herbert M. Dawley rather than Willis H. O'Brien. Most of the effects are separate shots of miniatures inter-cut with the father (Dawley himself) and his sons (Dawley's own two boys, also in The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918) ). The exception is a long take of two dinosaurs fighting as seen from within a cave, with Dawley and his sons crouching in the dark on the left, and the reptiles fighting on the right, framed by the opening of the cave. The Academy of Motion Pictures acquired two separate and slightly different prints of this long-unseen movie, and has arranged screenings for authorized people.
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A magic aeroplane takes two children to the Moon, where they encounter prehistoric monsters and witness a battle between them.