Attack of the Puppet People Page #6

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
119 Views


TOO WARM OR COLD,

TOO HUNGRY OR TOO TIRED.

YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL.

THINK.

NO DAILY GRIND,

NO BUDGET PROBLEMS,

NO TAXES OR DEBTS

OR FAMILY TO SUPPORT.

I SEE TO EVERYTHING.

AND IT'S NEVER DULL. YOU SLEEP

AWAY THE BORING HOURS

IN YOUR JARS,

AND WHEN I WAKE YOU,

IT'S ONLY TO HAVE FUN.

TO ENJOY SOME NEW TREAT

I'VE THOUGHT UP FOR YOU.

[Franz] DON'T YOU SEE

HOW FORTUNATE YOU ARE?

YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO

ALL THE REST OF YOUR

LITTLE LIVES BUT BE HAPPY.

THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK!

CHANGE US BACK:

THE WAY WE WERE!

I LIKE YOU BETTER

THE WAY YOU ARE.

ARE YOU GOING TO

KEEP US THIS SIZE?

ALWAYS.

WHAT HAVE YOU:

DONE TO US?

WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE

TO KNOW? IT'S MY SECRET,

BUT I DON'T THINK

YOU'LL GIVE ME AWAY.

IT'S A VERY SIMPLE

PRINCIPLE, REALLY.

NOTICE HOW THIS:

SLIDE PROJECTOR:

THROWS A VISUAL IMAGE.

I CAN MAKE IT:

ANY SIZE I CHOOSE.

WHEN I PUSH IT CLOSER

TO THE WALL, THE PICTURE

BECOMES SMALLER.

[Franz] BEING OF AN

INQUIRING MIND, I

ASKED MYSELF ONE DAY

IF I COULDN'T DO

THE SAME WITH:

LIVING THINGS.

I REASONED THAT IF

I COULD PASS THEM

THROUGH A DEVICE

SIMILAR IN PRINCIPLE

TO THIS SLIDE PROJECTOR

THEN I WOULD BE ABLE

TO PROJECT THESE

LIVING THINGS:

TO ANY SIZE THAT

I WOULD CHOOSE.

THIS IS THE:

ANSWER I FOUND.

HERE, TOMMY.

TOMMY, TOMMY, TOMMY.

TO PROJECT A COMPLEX

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

SUCH AS A MAN OR A CAT,

IT'S ONLY NECESSARY

TO CHANGE THEM INTO

ENERGY FIRST.

MUCH AS THE LIGHT

IN THAT SLIDE PROJECTOR.

I SOON FOUND OUT THAT

THE MOST PRACTICAL WAY

TO CAUSE THIS CHANGE

WAS TO BREAK DOWN

THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

BY MEANS:

OF HIGH-FREQUENCY VIBRATION.

NOW, WITH THIS TUNING FORK,

I WILL SET UP A SONIC VIBRATION.

JUST AS THE GLASS

DISINTEGRATED THROUGH

THE RESONANT FREQUENCY

SENT OUT BY THIS TUNING

FORK, SO WILL A LIVING

THING DISINTEGRATE

TO ITS RESONANT FREQUENCY.

OF COURSE,

IT'S A MUCH HIGHER FREQUENCY.

THERE YOU ARE, TOMMY.

NOW, WATCH THIS.

ALL RIGHT, KITTY.

I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU.

[Intense, high-pitched drone]

NOW, WATCH THE CAT.

YOU REMEMBER TOMMY,

MISS REYNOLDS.

[Franz] HE ALWAYS LIKED YOU.

TAKE HIM.

BEING SO SMALL,

HE MAY FEEL STRANGE AT FIRST.

[Franz] PET HIM.

I MUST GET SOME OF

THE OTHER LITTLE

PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH ME.

I WANT THEM:

TO MEET YOU.

HELLO, BIG BOY.

WHO'S YOUR FRIEND?

[Franz] MISS REYNOLDS,

MAY I INTRODUCE MISS LANE?

CALL ME GEORGIA.

THEY ALL DO.

GLAD TO MEET YOU,

SALLY. WELCOME TO

THE TOY DEPARTMENT.

[Laurie]

HI, KIDS.

THIS IS LAURIE. SHE'S

A SWELL KID. LAURIE

MEET BOB AND SALLY.

HOW ARE YOU?

HELLO.

GOSH, I'M AWFULLY

SLEEPY. HOW LONG DID HE

PUT ME AWAY THIS TIME?

FOR A COUPLE OF:

MONTHS, ANYHOW.

[Georgia] YOU MISSED

A LOT OF FUN:
A PICNIC

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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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