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What was the residence of George Pal from 1929 to 1931?
George Pal George Pal ( born György Pál Marczincsak ; ; February 1 , 1908 – May 2 , 1980 ) was a Hungarian-American animator , film director and producer , principally associated with the fantasy and science-fiction genres . He became an American citizen after emigrating from Europe . He was nominated for Academy Awards ( in the category Best Short Subjects , Cartoon ) for seven consecutive years ( 1942–1948 ) and received an honorary award in 1944 . This makes him the second-most nominated Hungarian exile ( together with William S . Darling and Ernest Laszlo ) after Miklós Rózsa . Early life and career . Pal was born in Cegléd , Hungary , the son of György Pál Marczincsak , Sr . and his wife Maria . He graduated from the Budapest Academy of Arts in 1928 ( aged 20 ) . From 1928 to 1931 , he made films for Hunnia Films of Budapest , Hungary . At the age of 23 in 1931 , he married Elisabeth Zsoka Grandjean , and after moving to Berlin , founded Trickfilm-Studio GmbH Pal und Wittke , with UFA Studios as its main customer from 1931 to 1933 . During this time , he patented the Pal-Doll technique ( known as Puppetoons in the US ) . In 1933 , he worked in Prague ; in 1934 , he made a film advertisement in his hotel room in Paris , and was invited by Philips to make two more ad shorts . He started to use Pal-Doll techniques in Eindhoven , in a former butchery , then at villa-studio Suny Home . He left Germany as the Nazis came to power . He made five films before 1939 for the British company Horlicks Malted Milk . In December of that year , aged 32 , he emigrated from Europe to the United States , and began work for Paramount Pictures . At this time , his friend Walter Lantz helped him obtain American citizenship . As an animator , he made the Puppetoons series in the 1940s , which led to him being awarded an honorary Oscar in 1943 for the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons . Pal then switched to live-action film-making with The Great Rupert ( 1950 ) . He is best remembered as the producer of several science-fiction and fantasy films in the 1950s , such as When Worlds Collide , and 1960s , four of which were collaborations with director Byron Haskin , including The War of the Worlds ( 1953 ) . He himself directed Tom Thumb ( 1958 ) , The Time Machine ( 1960 ) , and The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm ( 1962 ) . Death . In May 1980 , he died in Beverly Hills , California , of a heart attack at the age of 72 , and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery , Culver City , California . The Voyage of the Berg , on which he was working at the time , was never completed . Awards and honours . Pal has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1722 Vine St . In 1980 , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences founded the George Pal Lecture on Fantasy in Film series in his memory . George Pal ( along with the film When Worlds Collide ) is among the many references to classic science fiction and horror films in the opening theme ( Science Fiction/Double Feature ) of both the stage musical The Rocky Horror Show and its cinematic counterpart , The Rocky Horror Picture Show ( 1975 ) . In 1975 , Pal received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement . Pals Puppetoons Tulips Shall Grow and John Henry and the Inky-Poo ( 1946 ) were added to the Library of Congress 1997 and 2015 National Film Registry . One of the Tubby the Tuba models along with a frog and three string instruments were donated to the Smithsonian Institution for the National Museum of American History . Preservation . The Academy Film Archive has preserved several of George Pals films , including Jasper and the Beanstalk , John Henry and the Inky Poo , and Radio Röhren Revolution . Unreleased , unfinished , or projected films . - Gullivers Travels ( 1935 ) - Sinbad ( 1935 ) - Three Little Princes 1935 ) - Casey Jones ( 1945 ) - Davy Crockett ( 1945 ) - Johnny Appleseed ( 1946 ) - After Worlds Collide ( 1955 ) - Odd John ( 1967 ) ( rights acquired only ) - Logans Run ( 1968 ) - When the Sleeper Wakes ( 1972 ) - War of the Worlds ( 1974–75 ) Unfinished TV pilot - ( 1976 ) - The Time Traveller ( 1977–78 ) aka Time Machine II . A novelization with Joe Morhaim was published posthumously in 1981 . - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ( 1979 ) - The Disappearance ( 1980 ) ( only in preproduction ) - Voyage of the Berg ( 1980 ) ( only in preproduction ) Posthumous collection . - The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal ( 1985 ) ( Produced and directed by Arnold Leibovit ) - The Puppetoon Movie ( 1987 ) ( Produced and directed by Arnold Leibovit ) Bibliography . - Gail Morgan Hickman . The Films of George Pal . South Brunswick , NJ : A.S . Barnes & Co. , 1977 . . - Schepp , Ole and Kamphuis , Fred . George Pal in Holland 1934–1939 . Den Haag : Kleinoffsetdrukkerij Kapsenberg , 1983 . - Miller , Thomas Kent . Mars in the Movies : A History . Jefferson , North Carolina : McFarland & Company , 2016 . . - Peters , Mette . George Pal’s ‘Cavalcade of Colours , Music and Dolls’ : 1930s Advertising Films in Transnational Contexts . In : Animation and Advertising . Thompson , Kirsten Moana , Cook , Malcolm ( Eds. ) . Palgrave Macmillan , 2019 . . External links . - George Pal Lecture on Fantasy in Film - A Cinema of Miracles : Remembering George Pal - George Pal : A Career in Perspective - George Pal - War Of The Worlds review plus info on proposed WOTW TV series