Looking for the first film adaptation of The Hobbit, except it's psychedelic, reads like fan fiction written by a fourth grader, was made in just a month, is only 12 minutes long and yet is somehow faithful to the core energy and story beats, was used to hustle Tolkien out of $100,000, and was mostly unseen lost media until the 2010?
Look no further. The Hobbit (1967).
And the story behind this weird lil gem:
