On the back of the original press prints of this publicity photo, the caption reads: "Exiting new screen co-stars... Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux are the exiting young stars of George Pal's Production of H.G.Wells' The Time Machine for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Taylor plays the rugged Time Traveller who falls in love with Yvette, the ideal girl of the future he meets in 802,701 A.D."