Just Imagine (1930) |
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| Director(s) | David Butler |
| Producer(s) | Lew Brown |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Science Fiction |
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El Brendel(as Single O)
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El Brendel
(as Single O)
Maureen O'Sullivan(as LN)
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Maureen O'Sullivan
(as LN)
Frank Albertson(as RT)
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Frank Albertson
(as RT)
Hobart Bosworth(as Z)
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Hobart Bosworth
(as Z)
Mischa Auer(as B)
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Mischa Auer
(as B)
Wilfred Lucas(as X)
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Wilfred Lucas
(as X)
George Irving(as Marriage Tribunal Member)
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George Irving
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Robert Keith(as Chorus Man)
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Robert Keith
(as Chorus Man)
Just Imagine Overview:
Just Imagine (1930) was a Musical - Science Fiction Film directed by David Butler and produced by Lew Brown.
Academy Awards 1930/31 --- Ceremony Number 4 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Stephen Goosson, Ralph Hammeras | Nominated |
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Accidentally Hilarious: Just Imagine (1930)
Imagine a world where you commute to work by hoverplane, consume all your food and drink via a digestible tablet, and use a sequence of letters and numbers as a name. That’s the speculative setting of Just Imagine, the 1930 sci-fi musical that takes place in the far-off future of… 19... Read full article
Fantasias de 1980 (1930) / Just Imagine (1930)
Fantasias de 1980 (1930) / Just Imagine (1930) Imagine como o mundo vai ser daqui a 50 anos. Veículos voadores são obrigatórios em todas as previsões futurísticas, mas queremos mais: como as pessoas vão se vestir? Que tipo de música estará na moda? As pessoas serão conhecidas pelo n... Read full article
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Just Imagine Quotes:
Single O:
Boys, I vouldn't know de old town! Vere is all de automobiles?
RT-42: [pointing skyward] Oh, they're in the upper level.
J-21: Hardly anyone drives a car now. They all use planes.
Single O: Is dat so?
RT-42: Yeah, I drive a Rosenblatt. J flies a Pinkus for his personal use, but all the airliners are Goldfarbs.
Single O: Goldfarb!
[laughs uproariously]
Single O: It looks like someone got even with Henry Ford!
RT-42: [pointing skyward] Oh, they're in the upper level.
J-21: Hardly anyone drives a car now. They all use planes.
Single O: Is dat so?
RT-42: Yeah, I drive a Rosenblatt. J flies a Pinkus for his personal use, but all the airliners are Goldfarbs.
Single O: Goldfarb!
[laughs uproariously]
Single O: It looks like someone got even with Henry Ford!
Single O:
[upon meeting Looloo, then Loko] She's not the queen - *he* is!
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The spaceship became Dr. Zarkov's rocket in the Flash Gordon serial. Footage of the dance number featuring and idol was used in the serial as entertainment for Ming.
Hearing that people fly "Rosenbergs" and "Goldbaums" instead of driving cars, Single-O comments that someone got revenge on 'Henry Ford' - a jab at the famed auto maker's well-known rabid anti-Semitism (now all but forgotten).
First science fiction film made as a talkie, also as a musical.
"Dance of Victory" by Ray Henderson,Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown was written for this movie, but not heard in the Fox Library print. Also, an elaborate background score was composed by the Fox music staff, but only Hugo Friedhofer's contribution remains on the release print.
The name of the character "Single-O" is a joke on his out-of-place status in the future world: "single-o" is an outdated term for a circus sideshow featuring a single person or object (as distinguished from the "ten-in-one" revolving show).