Salt Lake Telegram | 1950-10-14 | Page 9 | 'Destination Moon' Utilizes New Photography Effects

I 1 l a I I r c r y T I II I Ly f e A P Pe jA r y l lw e Y l iH w I Two earthmen on the moon as they appear in new Hollywood I thriller Destination Moon Film was made by Director Pal Destination Moon Utilizes New Photography Effects HOLLYWOOD HOLLY Probably no no producer other than George Pal could have made the Technicolor I drama Destination Moon which depicts mankind's greatest adventure adventure adventure ture his first successful voyage to the moon in a rocket ship The film is 15 full of awesome and puzzling effects which could have I been photographically impossible but for Pals Pal's unique picture mak ing experience After receiving receiving- his degree in architecture and turning that knowledge to set-designing set for a I number of feature pictures In Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope Pal developed an original I idea for revolutionizing the making making making mak mak- ing of animated pictures His idea was to use wooden puppets instead of drawings so that his pictures would have hate a third dimension Pal carved puppets puppets puppets pup pup- pets in all sizes and forms phoI photographed photographed pho pho- them with a stop motion motion mo mo- I tion lion camera studied their action carried on endless experiments and developed his new technique to the point of perfection He Hc opened a n studio in Eindhoven Eindhoven Eind Eind- hoven en Holland His were most enthusiastically re received received re- re in the leading run first-run theaters in England and on the continent and were warmly praised by film critics Pals Pal's fame spread from Holland and England to the United States and he was contracted contracted contracted con con- to mal make c pictures in Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood where he is now one of the most successful artists in the film capitol having won an academy award in 19 14 for the development of modern methods and techniques Destination Moon toon however does not employ the use of puppets puppets puppets pup pup- pets or cartoons except one small sequence and producer Pal shows that he can be as unusual in treatment treatment treat treat- ment of a realistic theme and live I people as he can with puppets