The Absent Minded Professor

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The Absent Minded Professor (16-Mar-1961)

Director: Robert Stevenson

Writer: Bill Walsh

From short story: A Situation of Gravity by Samuel W. Taylor

Keywords: Sci-Fi/Comedy, Flubber

College professor Ned Brainard invents a rubber variant that seemingly violates both Newton's Laws of Motion and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. His old Model T can magically fly, the basketball team can jump higher. Corrupt businessman Alonzo Hawk covets this new substance; Brainard's wife feels justifiably neglected. Received Oscar nominations for Best Cinematography, Best Set Decoration, and Best Special Effects. Dreadfully remade as Flubber (1997).

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Leon Ames Actor 20-Jan-1902 12-Oct-1993 Character actor, a SAG founder

Edward Andrews Actor 9-Oct-1914 8-Mar-1985 Sixteen Candles

Raymond Bailey Actor 6-May-1904 15-Apr-1980 Milburn on Beverly Hillbillies

Wally Brown Actor 9-Oct-1904 13-Nov-1961 Zombies on Broadway

Alan Carney Actor 22-Dec-1909 2-May-1973 Comedy duo, Brown & Carney

Tommy Kirk Actor 10-Dec-1941 The Mickey Mouse Club

Forrest Lewis Actor 5-Nov-1899 2-Jun-1977 Character actor

Fred MacMurray Actor 30-Aug-1908 6-Nov-1991 The Absent-Minded Professor

Jack Mullaney Actor 18-Sep-1929 27-Jun-1982 The Ann Sothern Show

Nancy Olson Actor 14-Jul-1928 Sunset Blvd.

Elliott Reid Actor 16-Jan-1920 21-Jun-2013 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

James Westerfield Actor 22-Mar-1913 20-Sep-1971 On the Waterfront

Ed Wynn Actor 9-Nov-1886 19-Jun-1966 Requiem for a Heavyweight

Keenan Wynn Actor 27-Jul-1916 14-Oct-1986 Col. Bat Guano in Dr. Strangelove

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