because there are too many mosquitoes around." (Oddly, the actor who played Joe in the film is unknown. Researcher Christopher Workman wrote "It has been suggested that the missing footage was deemed too homosexual in subtext, an idea borne out by a scene that did get restored.(in which) Jack tries to persuade Joe to remove his clothes and pose as a faun, but Joe refuses. The film as presented on the Flicker Alley Blu-ray runs thirteen minutes after the opening restoration credits are finished. The supplementary material includes The Ghost of Slumber Mountain in a new 2K HD restoration by the "Dinosaur Museum", although one source lists the film's running time at less than 14 minutes. The film is available as a supplementary material item on the 2017 The Lost World Blu-ray disc from Flicker Alley. The rest of the footage is presumed to be lost. At one point, the film was cut down to 12 minutes by the producer, and for years this shortened version was the only one thought to exist, but it was eventually restored back to 19 minutes. ![]() However, after the film premiered at the Strand Theater, manager Walter Hayes ordered Dawley to cut the film down to about one reel because it was too long. ![]() The Ghost of Slumber Mountain originally took up 3000 feet of film and three reels, equivalent to approximately 40 minutes.
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