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George Pal - SCIFIPEDIA (1170 words) |
 | Displaying a rare commitment to SF and fantasy, George Pal (1908-1980) produced, and sometimes directed, a dozen feature films that had a profound impact on the genre. |
| Pal’s debut feature, The Great Rupert (also known as A Christmas Wish, 1950), was among the first to combine stop-motion and live-action footage, as the eponymous animated squirrel aids Jimmy Durante’s down-on-its-luck family. |
| Pal’s initial collaboration with director and special-effects expert Byron Haskin, the film featured modern Martian war machines that are extremely impressive (albeit a far cry from Wells’s tripods) as they besiege the world’s capitals. |
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