Preface. For those seeking a more in-depth analysis of this movie (as I normally do in this column), I’ve already done a retrospective of H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds” a few years back ( War and Remembrance: “The War of the Worlds”), so I won’t rehash Wells’ book, the various films, or the TV…
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Retro-Musings: “The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao” (1964) is circus enough for everyone…
*****CIRCUS OF SPOILERS!!***** Based on “The Circus of Dr. Lao” (1935) by Charles G. Finney, “The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao” (1964) is a children’s fantasy directed by the prolific fantasy producer/director George Pal (“The War of the Worlds“, “The Time Machine” ). The film’s screenplay was adapted by Charles Beaumont, who wrote many episodes…
Retro-Musings: George Pal’s “The Time Machine” (1960) 60 years later…
Once Upon a Time… Published in 1895, Herbert George Wells’ “The Time Machine” was the seminal time travel story that spawned/inspired several film adaptations and various TV series (“Doctor Who” “Quantum Leap”). There have been at least four live-action adaptations of which I’m familiar, including an obscure 1949 movie, the popular 1960 MGM film, an…
