Biography
George Pal (born Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak; February 1, 1908 – May 2, 1980) was a Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer. He is best known for his classic Puppetoon replacement animation short films, as well as his association with the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres. Pal was nominated for Academy Awards (in the category Best Short Subject, Cartoons) in seven consecutive years (1942–1948). He received an honorary Oscar, for the development of novel animation methods and techniqu...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
as Self
Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and a showman who profoundly shaped the art of motion pic...
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
1975
Screenplay, Producer
In the Fabulous Thirties, Doc Savage and his five Amazing Adventurers are sucked into the mystery of Doc's father disappearing in the wilds of South A...
The Tool Box
1970
Producer
George Pal, known for his science-fiction films in the 1950s and 60s, was also known for making a series of animated shorts called Puppetoons in the 1...
The Power
1968
Producer
One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race i...
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964
Director, Producer
An old Chinese man rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the citizens see themselves reflected in the mirror of Lao's mys...
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
Director, Producer
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write s...
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
Director, Producer
A Greek Fisherman brings an Atlantean Princess back to her homeland which is the mythical city of Atlantis. He is enslaved for his trouble. The King i...
The Time Machine
1960
Director, Producer
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
Tom Thumb
1958
Producer, Director
A boy, no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves determined to make a fortune from him.
The Big Fun Carnival
1957
Director, Producer
The first of a series of 12 compilation features (number 1-12)made for theatres to use as a Saturday Matinee offering aimed strictly at children. Mari...
Conquest of Space
1955
Producer
A team of American astronauts leave their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captain's religious beliefs may get in the way.
The Naked Jungle
1954
Producer
The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.
The War of the Worlds
1953
as Bum #1 Listening to Radio (uncredited)
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from...
The War of the Worlds
1953
Producer
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from...
Houdini
1953
Producer
By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackl...
When Worlds Collide
1951
Producer
When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enou...
Destination Moon
1950
Producer
A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. Fr...
The Great Rupert
1950
Producer
Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday wil...
City at Night
1949
as Self
Keith Hetherington and Dorothy Gardiner travel to a different and unannounced location of interest every week, the program here presents a "live," beh...
Rhapsody in Wood
1947
Director
Woody Herman spins a fairy tale about how his Woodchopper Grandpappy Herman chopped the wood necessary to form the clarinet Woody inherited and uses. ...
Date with Duke
1947
Director
Duke Ellington at the piano conducts a group of puppet perfume bottles playing his "Perfume Suite."
Tubby the Tuba
1947
Director, Producer
In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), Tubby the Tuba is disappointed that his sound limits wh...
Wilbur the Lion
1947
Director
This George Pal Puppetoon (production number U6-1) has circus veteran Wilbur the Lion retired and returned to the jungle, where the wild life does not...
Shoe Shine Jasper
1947
Director
George Pal shines a shoes while fairy godmother visits him.
Jasper in a Jam
1946
Producer, Editor
In this entertaining Puppetoon animated short film, a young boy, Jasper, gets trapped inside a pawnshop at midnight. All the musical instruments come ...
John Henry and the Inky-Poo
1946
Director, Cinematography
In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), legendary American folklore figure John Henry (voice of...
Together in the Weather
1946
Director, Script, Producer
In this Puppetoon animated short film, Judy, an enticing blonde, lives across the way from Punchy and uses all her feminine wiles to try to snare him.
Olio for Jasper
1946
Director
Jasper gets tough with the Scarecrow when the latter tries to steal his yo-yo. The Scarecrow, anxious to have the yo-yo just so Jasper will no longer ...
Prospecting for Petroleum
1946
Producer
All-puppet animation tells the story of how oil is formed through ages of geological change, how it is found, extracted and put to use by man.
My Man Jasper
1945
Director
The Scarecrow and the Crow trick Jasper out of all of his possessions. The Crow reads to the Scarecrow from Jasper's book. The Scarecrow falls asleep ...
Jasper and the Beanstalk
1945
Director
The Scarecrow trades Jasper a handful of beans for his harmonica. Jasper plants the beans and climbs up the resulting beanstalk and, at the top, finds...
Jasper's Close Shave
1945
Director
A Puppetoon by George Pal.
Jasper's Minstrels
1945
Director
This one features Jasper talking to the Talking Scarecrow. The Scarecrow then tells Jasper in flashback about his show business days. You see many sce...
Hot Lip Jasper
1945
Director
Jasper recovers a valuable horn, blows a few licks of "Flight of the Bumble Bee" and becomes a star.
Jasper's Boobytraps
1945
Director
To get his comeuppance, Jasper sets a series boobytraps for Scarecrow.
Two-Gun Rusty
1944
Director
In this George Pal Puppetoon short, Rusty dreams of adventure in an old-West setting.
Jasper's Paradise
1944
Director, Producer
Jasper goes to heaven in this George Pal Puppetoon.
Jasper Tell
1944
Director
A Puppetoon by George Pal.
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
1944
Director
1944 animated short film by George Pal, based on the book by Dr. Seuss.
Jasper Goes Hunting
1944
Director, Producer
Jasper is hunting in the jungle with his friend the Scarecrow. Along the way, they run into Bugs Bunny, making a rare cameo in a non-Warner Bros. pro...
Say Ah, Jasper
1944
Director, Producer
Jasper goes to the dentist.
Package for Jasper
1944
Director
Jasper receives a musical instrument in the mail and plays a few tunes with the scarecrow.
A Hatful of Dreams
1944
Director, Producer
George Pal’s stop motion Puppetoons were peopled with all types of characters. Two of his most popular were a pair of lovestruck kids named Punchy and...
Good Night, Rusty
1943
Producer, Director
A Puppetoon by George Pal.
Jasper Goes Fishing
1943
Director
A George Pal Puppetoon
The Little Broadcast
1943
Director
The Great Maestro gets to conduct more than he can compose himself to. A Puppetoon animated short film.
The Truck That Flew
1943
Director
Rusty is tired of fairy tales, who only wants to "Drive cars, Smoke Cigars, Stay Up Til 2. Run, Jump, Leap, Anything But Fall Asleep."
Jasper's Music Lesson
1943
Director
Jasper and the scarecrow play some piano.
500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
1943
Director
Bartholomew Cubbins has SO MANY HATS. Every time he removes one in the presence of the King, it is replaced magically with another. This enrages the K...
Bravo, Mr. Strauss
1943
Director
As the goose-stepping "Screwball Army" pillages Europe, a statue of Mr. Strauss (symbol to defeat Hitler) comes to life with violin in hand. Like a Pi...
Jasper and the Haunted House
1942
Director
Jasper and the Haunted House is another George Pal Puppetoon about a black boy and his troubles. This time, the scarecrow switches a sign that leads J...
Mr. Strauss Takes a Walk
1942
Director
Mr. Strauss, with the help of the forest animals, composes his greatest waltz.
The Sky Princess
1942
Director
In this Puppetoon, a wicked witch guards a sleeping beauty in her cloud castle; but while she's away a violin-playing prince sails up in his sky-ship.
Jasper and the Watermelons
1942
Director
Jasper's desire for a ripe, red watermelon leads him to fabulous Watermelonland where he meets adventures that lessen his desire for watermelon and in...
Tulips Shall Grow
1942
Producer, Cinematography, Story
In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), a young Dutch couple find their idyllic countryside bei...
Jasper and the Choo-Choo
1942
Director
A Puppetoon by George Pal.
Rhythm in the Ranks
1941
Director
A toy soldier, distracted by a beautiful ice skater, is derelict in his duty and gets discharged. Later, when the screwball army declares war, he luck...
The Gay Knighties
1941
Director
Jim Dandy is having a dream about a fierce ogre that is terrifying a mythical kingdom of your. Sir Archibald Cornwal Dandy, a wandering troubadour, me...
Hoola Boola
1941
Director
Jim Dandy lands on a tropical island and falls in love with a beautiful maiden. A Puppetoon animated short film.
Dipsy Gypsy
1941
Director
A Puppetoon by George Pal.
Western Daze
1941
Director
A Puppetoon by George Pal.
The Good Bear and the Bad Bear
1940
Director
George Pal's third and final cel-animated commercial story film made for Lever Brothers product Rinso Soap. It's wash day, Grandmother Bear is coming ...
Friend in Need
1940
Director
George Pal's cel-animated commercial commissioned by the Dutch Cinema Association on behalf of the Bio Vacation Resort in Bergen aan Zee, Netherlands.
The Old Woman Who Lived in A Shoe
1940
Director
A twist of the classic 18th century English nursery rhyme where a Bullfrog Landlord threatens to evict a Washerwoman Mouse and her children when she's...
The Queen Was in the Parlour
1939
Director
Cel-animated cartoon made by George Pal for Lever Brothers Rinso Soap Company loosely borrows from the English nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence"...
Love on the Range
1939
Director, Director of Photography
Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick's by George Pal.
The Great Philips Review
1938
Director
Puppet animation of Bert Ambrose and His Orchestra performing. A Puppetoon animated short film.
Sky Pirates
1938
Director
A Puppetoon by George Pal
The Ballet of the Red Radio Valves
1938
Director
Stop-motion animated commercial featuring the Philips MiniWatt-E radio tubes.
How an Advertising Poster Came About
1938
Director
A Puppetoon by George Pal.
De Reddingsbrigade
1938
Director
A stop motion short film advertising for the need of a telephone in households.
South Sea Sweethearts
1938
Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography
Animated cinema advertisement produced for Horlick's by George Pal.
What Ho, She Bumps
1937
Director
The H.M.S. Hopeless engages in a pirate ship battle and becomes the H.M.S. Hopeful.
Rescue Brigade
1937
Director
A Puppetoon by George Pal
Charlie's World Cruise
1936
Director
Cel-animated commercial story film George Pal made for The Philips Company promoting the latest Philips Radio which was advertised as "A Passport to t...
Ether Symphony
1936
Director
Ether Symphony is a movie that was filmed in 1936 and directed by George Pal. The movie is a Animation and Short.
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
1936
Director
George Pal animation short of the fable of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp.
On Parade!
1936
Director
Animated puppet film advertising Horlick's malted milk.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1935
Director
A Puppetoon by George Pal
World's Greatest Show
1935
Director
George Pal cel-animated hand-drawn commercial for The Philips Company 1930s 335 Shortwave Radio.
In Lamp Light Land
1935
Director
A Puppetoon by George Pal
The Magic Atlas
1935
Director
In this motion picture short meant to advertise Philips radios, George Pal gives full rein to his sensibilities. As we see orchestras, bands and singe...
The Sleeping Beauty
1935
Producer, Director
Centuries ago in the past, the witch, who doesn't like Beauty, puts her to sleep, then flies throughout the castle spreading sleep powder, placing all...
Radio Röhren Revolution
1934
Director
Cel animated short where worn out old radio tubes get their better qualities back by the young and powerful Philips radio tubes. "When you buy the new...
A Fairy Tale About a Melancholic King
1934
Director
Early cel-animated commercial made by George Pal about an unwell King who is brought back to health with the help of Van den Bergh's Sana Margarine.
Ship of the Ether
1934
Director
Puppet animation film advertising Philips Radio sets. A ship steers its way to several international radio stations, where characteristic music is hea...
Philips Cavalcade
1934
Director, Director of Photography
In this Puppetoon animated short film, a variety of music styles are heard as, in various locations, characters dance or sing.
Radio Valve Revolution
1934
Director
A Puppetoon by George Pal.
A walk through the modern Oberst factory
1932
Director
Commercial for zigarettes with animated sequences made by George Pal.
Wieviel ist Ihnen Ihre Gesundheit wert?
1932
Director
Short commercial with animated sequences.