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, as well as the San Diego Comic Con Inkpot Award. Pal's 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 Pal's films, including Jasper and the Beanstalk, John Henry and the Inky Poo, and Radio Röhren Revolution. Live-action feature films Unreleased, unfinished, or projected films Gulliver's 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) Logan's Run (1968) When the Sleeper Wakes (1972) War of the Worlds (1974–75) Unfinished TV pilot Doc Savage: The Arch Enemy of Evil (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) The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2 (2020) (Produced and directed by Arnold Leibovit) The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3 (2023?) (Produced and directed by Arnold Leibovit) References 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