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One Million B.C. (1940) was a Adventure - Fantasy Film directed by Hal Roach Jr. and Hal Roach and produced by D.W. Griffith and Hal Roach.

Academy Awards 1940 --- Ceremony Number 13 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringWerner HeymannNominated

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Originally, D.W. Griffith was supposed to direct the film. However, he quit in the middle of filming so Hal Roach and his son completed the project.

Lon Chaney Jr. designed his own makeup for Akhoba, but couldn't use it owing to Cosmetician's Union rules.

The special effects were so good that special effect footage from this film was used in numerous other films produced well into the 1960s.

The #1 Box Office attraction of 1940 (excluding the roll over receipts for Gone with the Wind).

When the film was released in Britain, it was heavily edited due to their strict laws against animal cruelty.

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