On August 17, 1960 “The Time Machine” was released in theaters! Based on the 1895 novella of the same name by H. G. Wells. It was produced and directed by George Pal, and stars Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Whit Bissell, and Alan Young. The story is set in Victorian Englandand follows an inventor who constructs a machine that enables him to travel into the distant future. Once there, he discovers that mankind's descendants have divided into two species, the passive, childlike, and vegetarian Eloi