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1930 film by David Butler

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5.8

New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechristened "Single O". He is befriended by J-21, who can't marry the girl of his dreams because he isn't "distinguished" enough -- until he is chosen for a 4-month expedition to Mars by a renegade scientist. The Mars J-21, his friend, and stowaway Single O visit is full of scantily clad women doing Busby Berkeley-style dance numbers and worshiping a fat middle-aged man.

Released: 1930-11-23113 minDir: David ButlerComedy, Music, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Cast

  • El Brendel as Single O
  • Maureen O'Sullivan as LN-18
  • John Garrick as J-21
  • Marjorie White as D-6
  • Frank Albertson as RT-42
  • Hobart Bosworth as Z-4

Themes

  • future
  • pre-code
  • speculative

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Ratings

IMDb

5.3/10

990 votes

Year
1930
Runtime
113 min
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Main subject
aviation
Director
David Butler
Screenwriter
David Butler
Cast member
Mary Carr
Production company
20th Century Studios
Cinematographer
Ernest Palmer
Narrative location
Mars
Duration
109
FilmAffinity ID
607803
Image
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publication date
1930-01-01
title
Just Imagine
production designer
Stephen Goosson
Commons category
Just Imagine
distributed by
Fox Film Corporation
set in period
1980
copyright status
public domain
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