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I posted a brief look at this movie a while back, so the pics have appeared here, but not as MotDs. Here we see Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller again, who also appeared as Jungle Jim in the previously), looking on at a rarescreen projection of the MUCH-reused 'dinosaur' fight from One Million B.C. Man, I'd…

300 Years B.G.

This is from the same movie the hippo shot last Friday came from. The suit looks pretty shoddy, but the make-up is actually pretty good for a film with this budget. Here's a publicity still I found giving us another (perhaps too) good look at the monster.

OK, I'm pushing the 'monster' thing a bit, but c'mon, look at that thing, it's awesome.

We've seen some of the earliest stop-motion dinosaurs this week. This is one of the earliest slurpasaurs. Amazing to think this sort of thing remained in use through the '60s, and in some fairly big budget movies.

OK, that's a nice process shot.

"Geez, is Kona going to make us wait all day?! What a jerk!"

  And so it begins.

    Now, that's the stuff! I loves me a good plant monster. I should note that description of Broadway is largely accurate now.

    I'm thinking they had a lot of fun designing these monsters. And they have a real mythic feel, what with the mixing of different kinds of animals. I like how the scientist is pointing out the fight. Otherwise I'm sure she never would have noticed it.