Paley's

The sheer beauty, wild inventiveness, and feisty humor of Paley's animation (including a wildly funny two-minute "Intermission" segment) rivals anything put out by Pixar and Disney.

George Heymont: It's a Small World After All (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010

What takes her film to an entirely new level, however, is Paley's use of a group of Jazz-era recordings by songstress Annette Hanshaw which add great merriment to the proceedings.

George Heymont: It's a Small World After All (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010

What takes her film to an entirely new level, however, is Paley's use of a group of Jazz-era recordings by songstress Annette Hanshaw which add great merriment to the proceedings.

George Heymont: It's a Small World After All (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010

In Paley's film, the ripe and curvaceous Sita looks like a cartoon combination of an Indian princess and Betty Boop.

George Heymont: It's a Small World After All (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010

The sheer beauty, wild inventiveness, and feisty humor of Paley's animation (including a wildly funny two-minute "Intermission" segment) rivals anything put out by Pixar and Disney.

George Heymont: It's a Small World After All (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010

In Paley's film, the ripe and curvaceous Sita looks like a cartoon combination of an Indian princess and Betty Boop.

George Heymont: It's a Small World After All (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010

If one of the tricks is getting the mix of bold and refined just right, then Mr. Paley's résumé might well have served as inspiration.

Smoke Show Darrell Hartman 2011

Paley's stone was merely a foil by which the intricate complexity of the watch could be highlighted.

Rock of Ages Brian Switek 2011

In the front matter of Moby-Dick, William Paley's Natural Theology is quoted: "The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the water-works at London Bridge, and the water roaring in its passage through that pipe is inferior in impetus and velocity to the blood gushing from the whale's heart."

Stefan Beck: Beaches: Bergman's The Seventh Seal & the Wellfleet Oyster Festival Stefan Beck 2010

In the front matter of Moby-Dick, William Paley's Natural Theology is quoted: "The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the water-works at London Bridge, and the water roaring in its passage through that pipe is inferior in impetus and velocity to the blood gushing from the whale's heart."

Stefan Beck: Beaches: Bergman's The Seventh Seal & the Wellfleet Oyster Festival Stefan Beck 2010