7 Faces of Dr. Lao 1964  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Pal
Cast: Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O'Connell, John Ericson, Noah Beery Jr., Lee Patrick, Minerva Urecal, Royal Dano, John Qualen
This fantasy film is about an elderly Chinese man who arrives in Abalone, Arizona, and changes the lives of the town's inhabitants.
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Atlantis, The Lost Continent 1961  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Pal
Cast: Sal Ponti, Joyce Taylor, Frank DeKova, John Dall, Jay Novello, Edward Platt, Berry Kroeger, Keith Andes, Paul Frees, William Smith, Edgar Stehli, Wolfe Barzell
A Greek fisherman faces danger as he leads a revolt in the doomed city. Don't expect the usual great special effects from George Pal in this–one of his weakest films.
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 The Time Machine 1960 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure
Director: George Pal
Cast: Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Alan Young, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore, Whit Bissell, Doris Lloyd, Paul Frees, Bob Barran, Josephine Powell, James Skelly
Around 1900, a scientist, H. George Wells (Rod Taylor), invents a time machine that can transport him through the fourth dimension of time. He travels into the year 807,701 where he discovers a VERY foreign world filled with the meek Elois who are hiding from the brutal Morlocks. Wells battles the Morlocks to regain his stolen time machine and rescues the beautiful Weena (Yvette Mimieux). From the H.G. Wells story.
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Tom Thumb 1958 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Fantasy
Director: George Pal
Cast: Russ Tamblyn, Alan Young, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Jessie Matthews, June Thorburn, Bernard Miles, Peter Butterworth, Peter Bull, Stan Freberg, Ian Wallace, Dal McKennon, Barbara Ferris
This classic story by the Brothers Grimm is about a five-inch-tall boy, Tom Thumb (Russ Tamblyn), who the magical Forest Queen (June Thorburn) gives to childless couple Jonathan and Anne (Bernard Miles and Jessie Matthews) as a gift for woodcutter Jonathan saving a tree. When villains Ivan and Anthony (Terry Thomas and Peter Sellers) plot to rob the village, Tom becomes the hero as he outwits those who are much larger than himself. Tom also helps with a romance between the Forest Queen and forester Woody (Alan Young). Good acrobatic dances by Tamblyn. The film won the Academy Award for Best Special Effects.
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| 1. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
2. Atlantis, The Lost Continent (1961)
3. The Time Machine (1960)
4. Tom Thumb (1958)
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