MS OF RAY HARRYHAUSEN, INTERVIEW SET UP.
TALKS ABOUT BEING SO IMPRESSED WITH "KING KING" AND EXPERIMENTING WITH ANIMATION, HE HEARD ABOUT PUPPETOONS AND MET GEORGE PAL WORKING FOR PARAMOUNT, GOT HIRED BY GEORGE PAL
***VIDEO BREAKS UP OFTEN***
"HE WAS AN ARTIST AND A GENTLEMAN AND VERY EASY TO TALK TO"
THOUGHT GEORGE PAL'S WERE VERY SUBTLE AND MAY HAVE MISSED THE AMERICAN AUDIENCE, TALKS ABOUT CHARACTER JIM DANDY, REPLACEMENT FIGURES, VERY SLOW PROCESS, VOWEL SHAPES

INTERVIEW CONTINUES: RAY HARRYHAUSEN LISTENS AND TALKS ABOUT GEORGE PAL'S UNIQUE TECHNIQUE AND MUSICAL SCORES.
VARIOUS SHORTS INCLUDING JIM DANDY AND HULA BULA, STRAUSS SERIES, SLEEPING BEAUTY
-RECOLLECTS THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT, HAD A BALL, RAY LEAVES TO JOIN THE ARMY

BLANK

INTERVIEW CONTINUES: RAY HARRYHAUSEN TALKS ABOUT CYCLES OF POPULARITY IN FANTASY FILMS, FORGETS A MOVIE NAME AND WANTS TO STOP. "CONQUEST OF SPACE" WAS THE INFLUENCE FOR STAR WARS, MENTIONS "WAR OF THE WORLDS"
"HOLLYWOOD HAS A SHORT MEMORY"

INTERVIEW CONTINUES:
***VIDEO BREAKS UP***
RAY HARRYHAUSEN TALKS ABOUT GEORGE PAL'S MOVIES BEING REVIVED ON TV, HE DISAGREES WITH INTERVIEWER.
"GEORGE WAS A PERFECT GENTLEMAN", GEORGE MADE QUALITY MOVIES WITH GREAT TASTE, "HE WAS A VERY KIND MAN", MENTIONS "THE NAKED JUNGLE"

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