Attack of the Puppet People Page #4

Synopsis: Deranged doll-maker Mr. Franz is deathly afraid of being left alone, so he creates a machine that can shrink humans down to only a few inches tall. He soon accumulates a troupe of shrunken prisoners whom he forces to perform for him and keep him company. When he shrinks his secretary Sally and her fiance Bob, the pair decide against spending their days as pint-sized playthings and try to find a way to escape and re-enlarge themselves.
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Bert I. Gordon
Production: MGM
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
4.7
APPROVED
Year:
1958
79 min
Website
115 Views


[Sally] WHERE

DID HE GO?

BACK TO ST. LOUIS,

I BELIEVE.

[Franz] MISS REYNOLDS?

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YES.

CAN I EXPECT YOU

AT THE OFFICE:

THIS MORNING?

YES. I'LL BE THERE.

[Franz] ALL RIGHT.

THERE YOU ARE.

NOW THINGS ARE:

AS THEY SHOULD BE.

BY THE WAY, I LEFT THE

BILL FOR THOSE ST. LOUIS

SHIPMENTS ON YOUR DESK.

I'LL SEE TO THEM

RIGHT AWAY.

MR. FRANZ, DID

BOB GO BY AIR?

NO. BY TRAIN.

I BELIEVE HE HAD

HIS TICKET ALL READY.

IT WAS VERY SUDDEN.

HE'D BEEN

NEGLECTING HIS:

BUSINESS LATELY.

IT PROBABLY CAUGHT

UP WITH HIM.

DIDN'T HE TELL YOU

ANYTHING ABOUT ME?

YES, HE DID. HE TOLD

ME THAT HE'D ASKED YOU

TO MARRY HIM,

AND THAT YOU HAD

CONSENTED. WHEN'S

IT TO BE?

HE DIDN'T... I MEAN,

WE HAVEN'T SET THE DATE.

BOB GAVE ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE WORKED FOR ME

AFTER YOU WERE MARRIED.

I BEGGED HIM NOT TO

TAKE YOU AWAY. I TOLD

HIM HOW SAD IT IS

WHEN PEOPLE GO.

[Franz]

OH, MY DEAR.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO

MAKE YOU UNHAPPY.

IS IT BECAUSE HE

DIDN'T COME AND

SAY GOODBYE?

THAT WASN'T THOUGHTFUL

OF HIM. WILL YOU LISTEN

TO AN OLD FRIEND?

PERHAPS IT WOULD BE

BETTER IF YOU TRIED

TO FORGET HIM.

I DON'T KNOW

WHAT TO THINK.

THAT'S NOT TRUE,

I DO KNOW.

BOB WOULDN'T TREAT

ME THIS WAY IF HE

COULD HELP IT.

SOMETHING'S HAPPENED

TO HIM.

WHEN DID YOU MAKE

THIS, MR. FRANZ?

WHILE BOB WAS HERE.

IT COULD BE:

HIM, ALMOST.

THANK YOU FOR:

THE COMPLIMENT.

THE AIM OF EVERY

COMPOSER IS TO:

FIT THE WORLD:

WITHIN THE LIMITS

OF HIS SYMPHONY.

[Franz] A WRITER WANTS TO

PUT ALL OF LIFE BETWEEN

THE COVERS OF HIS BOOK.

IF I CAN MAKE MY DOLLS

IN THE IMAGE OF THOSE

I KNOW AND LOVE,

I'M SATISFIED.

IT'S A SMALL TALENT,

I KNOW, BUT I HAVE TO

MAKE THE MOST OF IT.

IT'S THE ONLY

ONE I HAVE.

I'LL BE OUT OF THE

OFFICE FOR AN HOUR

OR SO, MISS REYNOLDS.

WILL YOU LOCK UP, MY DEAR?

I HAVE MY OWN KEY.

PARDON ME.

CAN YOU TELL ME:

WHERE SERGEANT:

PATERSON IS?

THANK YOU.

SERGEANT PATERSON?

YES.

I'M SALLY REYNOLDS.

THE MAN AT THE DESK

SENT ME TO YOU.

OH, YES. SIT DOWN,

MISS REYNOLDS.

HERE IT IS.

YOU SAY IN THIS REPORT

YOU MADE DOWNSTAIRS

THAT YOUR FIANCE

DISAPPEARED:

MYSTERIOUSLY.

JUST WHAT DOES:

THAT MEAN?

SOMETHING MR. FRANZ

DID TO HIM.

SUCH AS?

MR. FRANZ DIDSOMETHING TO HIM.

YOU SAID THAT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW

ELSE TO PUT IT.

DID HE HIT HIM?

DID HE SHOOT HIM?

DID HE STRANGLE HIM?

NO, HE...

YOU WON'T BELIEVE ME.

WELL, THAT'S MY BUSINESS.

NOW TELL ME, JUST WHAT

DID HE DO?

HE MADE BOB INTO A DOLL.

HE MADE YOUR FIANCE

INTO A DOLL. I SEE.

WE'LL LET YOU KNOW

IF WE LEARN ANYTHING,

MISS REYNOLDS.

I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T

BELIEVE ME.

SUPPOSE THERE WERE

SOME OTHER PEOPLE

THAT DISAPPEARED THE

SAME WAY? WOULD YOU

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George Worthing Yates

George Worthing Yates (14 August 1901 in New York City – 6 June 1975 in Sonoma) was an American screenwriter. His early work was on serials shown in cinemas; he later progressed to feature films, primarily science fiction. He was the nephew of the head of Republic Pictures, Herbert Yates. more…

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