Atlantis the Lost Continent (1961)

USA
Director: George Pal
Cinematography : Harold E. Wellman
Art Direction : George W. Davis / William Ferrari
Makeup Department: William Tuttle
Special photographic Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie /Robert R. Hoag
Matte painting supervisor:Lee LeBlanc
Matte artist: Matthew Yuricich
Visual effects (animation) Project unlimited: Wah Chang / Jim Danforth/ Gene Warren

Matte paintings made at MGM matte department under Lee LeBlanc.

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That was a reused matte painting of the Roman circus painted by Peter Ellenshaw for Quo Vadis? (1951) It was also a MGM film, so they just add the triangle hole painting on the floor.

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Miniatures  made by Arnold Gillespie unit.

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Mutant creature makeup by William Tutle.

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