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Just Imagine
Directed by David Butler
Produced by Buddy G. DeSylva
Starring El Brendel
Maureen O'Sullivan
John Garrick
Marjorie White
Music by Hugo Friedhofer
Arthur Kay
Cinematography Ernest Palmer
Editing by Irene Morra
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation
Release date(s) 1930
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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Just Imagine is a humorous science-fiction movie musical presented by Fox Film Corporation in 1930, directed by David Butler, to console audiences distressed by the Great Depression. David Butler ( December 17, 1894 – June 14, 1979) was an American Film director, Actor, Writer and producer George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva ( January 27 1895 - July 11 1950) was an American songwriter and film producer Elmer Goodfellow Brendle aka El Brendel ( March 25, 1890 - April 9, 1964) was a Vaudeville comedian turned movie Maureen Paula O’Sullivan ( 17 May, 1911 &ndash 23 June, 1998) was an Irish actress considered Ireland Marjorie White ( 22 July 1904 &ndash 21 August 1935) was a Canadian -born actress of stage and early talkies Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer ( May 3, 1901 - May 17, 1981) was a German-American film music composer born in San Francisco. Ernest Palmer (born in Kansas City Missouri, December 6, 1885; died in Pacific Palisades California, February 22, 1978 Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The musical film is a Film genre in which several Songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check David Butler ( December 17, 1894 – June 14, 1979) was an American Film director, Actor, Writer and producer

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Cast (in credits order)

Plot

The film was set in the year 1980, and it depicted the conventional expectations of technological progress associated with that "distant future" date. Elmer Goodfellow Brendle aka El Brendel ( March 25, 1890 - April 9, 1964) was a Vaudeville comedian turned movie Maureen Paula O’Sullivan ( 17 May, 1911 &ndash 23 June, 1998) was an Irish actress considered Ireland Marjorie White ( 22 July 1904 &ndash 21 August 1935) was a Canadian -born actress of stage and early talkies Frank Albertson ( February 2, 1909 &ndash February 29, 1964) was an American Character actor. Hobart Bosworth (b August 11 1867, Marietta Ohio - d December 30 1943, Glendale California) was an Kenneth Thomson 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet ( September 1, 1923 &ndash June 12 2006) was a Canadian businessman and art collector Wilfred Lucas ( January 30, 1871 - December 5, 1940) was a stage and film actor a film director and a screenwriter Mischa Auer ( 17 November 1905, St Petersburg, Russia &ndash 5 March 1967, Rome) was a Russian Sidney De Gray ( 16 June, 1866 &ndash 30 June, 1941) was an English actor of the silent era. Joseph W Girard ( 2 April, 1871 &ndash 21 August, 1949) was an American film actor Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) A large dirigible hangar was used to house a huge, detailed, large-scale model of a modern city, complete with suspension bridges between towering skyscrapers, multi-lane elevated roadways, and a flock of flying machines flitting around above the city as another level of traffic. Terminology In some countries airships are also known as dirigibles from the French (fr ''diriger'' to direct plus -ible) meaning "directable" A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status A bridge is a Structure built to span a Gorge, Valley, Road, railroad track, River, Body of water A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable Building. There is no official definition or a precise cutoff height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper To modern viewers, the city resembles an implausibly exaggerated version of 1930s New York City. The City of New York

The plot involves a man from 1930, who is experimentally revived from the dead by a team of physicians who have no interest whatsoever in him after he awakens. Two young men who have observed the process as guests of one of the nurses kindly take him in hand and show him (and the audience) the wonders of 1980. He also gets to travel to Mars, which turns out to be inhabited by friendly humans, each of whom has an evil, otherwise-identical twin. Fictional representations of Mars have been popular for over a century

Historic overview

The film is clearly a product of its own time. The man from 1930 is played by El Brendel, an ethnic vaudeville comedian of a forgotten type: the Swedish immigrant. Elmer Goodfellow Brendle aka El Brendel ( March 25, 1890 - April 9, 1964) was a Vaudeville comedian turned movie Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term The airliners are dirigibles. Terminology In some countries airships are also known as dirigibles from the French (fr ''diriger'' to direct plus -ible) meaning "directable" Prohibition still lingers. Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, also known as Noble Experiment, refers to a Sumptuary law which prohibits Alcohol Henry Ford's notorious anti-semitism is smiled at through a recitation of the names of the passenger vehicle manufacturers of the age, which are all Jewish. Henry Ford ( July 30, 1863 &ndash April 7, 1947) was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut

Instead of having names, the citizens of 1980 are now identified only by an alphanumeric code (the hero is "J21," and the El Brendel character is quickly dubbed "Single Zero," pronounced "Single Oh. "). Instead of a sexual revolution, there is rigid government control of relationships between the sexes; marriage partners are chosen or approved by judges of an official marriage tribunal, while the only legal babies come from vending machines. The sexual revolution refers to the well-documented changes in social thought and codes of behaviour related to sexuality throughout the Western world that continues to evolve NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** (Quips Brendel's character in disbelief, as he sees a baby delivered, without sex, via a coin operated chute: "Give me the good old days!") J21's trip to Mars is motivated by the fact that he needs to make a spectacular contribution to society in order to be allowed to wed the high-status female of his choice, LN18. One detail interesting to modern viewers is the huge change depicted in the style of men's suits. There is also a running gag concerning homosexuality, a reminder that this film predates the infamous Production Code. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. For the television broadcasting term please see Production code number.

Music

The many musical production numbers invariably stop the action rather than supporting it, and not one of the DeSylva, Brown and Henderson songs introduced in the film is remembered today. In addition to Brendel, the film stars John Garrick as J21, Maureen O'Sullivan as his would-be wife LN18, Frank Albertson as J21's friend RT42, and Marjorie White as RT42's nurse-girlfriend. Maureen Paula O’Sullivan ( 17 May, 1911 &ndash 23 June, 1998) was an Irish actress considered Ireland Frank Albertson ( February 2, 1909 &ndash February 29, 1964) was an American Character actor.

Art/cinematography

Clips of the cityscape from this movie were later used in the Universal serials Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers; the mock-up Mars spaceship was reused in the former, as Dr. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Flash Gordon is the hero of a Science fiction adventure Comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, which was first published on January 7, Buck Rogers is a fictional character who first appeared in 1928 as Anthony Rogers the hero of two Novellas by Philip Francis Nowlan published in the magazine A spacecraft is a Vehicle or machine designed for Spaceflight. Zarkov's spaceship. Also seen in the first Flash Gordon serial are the strange hand-weapons carried by J21 and RT42 on Mars, which are held under rather than over the fist, and re-used footage of dancing girls cavorting about and on a Martian idol with moving arms.

Special effects

The sequence in which the El Brendel character is revived from the dead features the first screen appearance of the spectacular electrical equipment assembled by Kenneth Strickfaden, seen again and more famously in James Whale's Frankenstein (1931). Ken Strickfaden, short for Kenneth Strickfaden (1896 - 1984 was an electrician film set designer and electrical special effects creator James Whale ( July 22, 1889 – May 29, 1957) was a British born Film director, best known for his work in the Frankenstein is a Horror film from Universal Pictures directed by James Whale and very loosely based on the novel of the same name In the history of screen special effects, the film is also important for its use of the first practical, very-large-scale rear-screen projection. Indeed, almost all shots of the large futuristic city model seen in the film are rear-screen-projections behind live action.

Box office response

Contrary to some accounts, this expensive film was not a box-office flop. However, it was clearly a one-time-only novelty stunt, bolstered by the short-lived popularity of El Brendel. By the time it was released, movie musicals had greatly declined in popularity; nor was there a perceived audience for science fiction, especially at the onset of the Great Depression. As a result major American studios would not back another big budget science fiction film until 1951. Science fiction Film is a Film genre that uses speculative, Science -based depictions of imaginary phenomena such as extra-terrestrial The year 1951 in film involved some significant events Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian There was to be only one other science-fiction musical, It's Great to Be Alive (1933), which also failed at the box-office. It's Great to Be Alive ( 1933) is a low-budget Science-fiction musical comedy produced by Fox Film Corporation and a Remake of Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Film serials were an exception to this general trend, however. The first Flash Gordon serial from 1936 had an unusually large budget for a serial of the time, and Gene Autry's The Phantom Empire from 1935 can loosely be considered a science fiction musical serial. Flash Gordon is a 1936 film serial which tells the story of three people from Earth who travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil Emperor The Phantom Empire, starring Gene Autry the Singing Cowboy was a 12-chapter 1935 Mascot serial that combined the western Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

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