Fred MacMurray
Prof. Ned Brainard
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The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 American science fiction comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney Productions. It is based on the 1943 short story "A Situation of Gravity" by Samuel W. Taylor.
The Absent Minded Professor: Directed by Robert Stevenson. With Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk. A college professor invents an anti-gravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself.
Oct 24, 2020 · The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 American comic science fiction family film produced by Walt Disney Productions based on the short story "A Situation of Gravity" by Samuel W. Taylor originally published in the May 22, 1943 issue of Liberty magazine.
Professor Brainard (Fred MacMurray) is an absent-minded professor of physical chemistry at Medfield College who invents a green substance that gains energy when it strikes a hard surface. This discovery follows some blackboard scribbling in which he reverses a sign in the equation for enthalpy to energy plus pressure times volume.
March 16, 1961. Genre: Classics, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction. Visit Medfield College and delight in the fun when Professor Brainard uses Flubber to put more bounce in the basketball team, fly a Model "T" Jalopy over Washington, D.C., and save Medfield College from financial ruin!
Not only does the professor's Model T Ford fly through the air with the greatest of ease, but his secret weapon helps the college basketball team to victory, thanks to flubber-enhanced boots,...
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The absent-minded professor is a stock character of popular fiction, usually portrayed as a talented academic whose academic brilliance is accompanied by below-par functioning in other areas, leading to forgetfulness and mistakes.
The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) - Turner Classic Movies. 1h 37m 1961. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A college professor fights off corrupt businessmen to market his new anti-gravity invention. Cast & Crew. Read More. Robert Stevenson. Director.
The Absent-Minded Professor. THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR contains two essential elements for laughter -- Fred MacMurray and Flubber, his gravity-defying formula for flying rubber!
Overview. Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly.
