Sometimes true treasures come along to remind us that we haven’t seen everything. The latest are a stunning cache of George Pal’s Puppetoon shorts that have just been unearthed. Acclaimed by critics, the public and some of the biggest stars over 70 years ago, many of them vanished, as if forever. Even the ones with […]
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Restored Classic Animation Highlights 2019 ‘UCLA Festival of Preservation’
January 3rd, 2019 
Jerry Beck This year for the first time, the bi-annual special screening beginning at 11am (10:56am to be precise) on Sunday February 17th. A majority of the program is material funded by Asifa-Hollywood – these include a trio of rare 1930s Terrytoons, a duo of Technicolor George Pal Puppetoons and a classic Max Fleischer Betty Boop cartoon.
George Pal and Puppetoons this week on TCM
October 6th, 2017 Jerry Beck Producer-Director Arnold Leibovit guest hosts on Turner Classic Movies with Ben Mankiewicz next Wednesday and Thursday Oct. 11th and Oct. 12th, 2017 introducing his films The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal and The Puppetoon Movie, both produced and directed by Leibovit, plus 8 George Pal features for this Special 2 Day Tribute. Pal was […]
