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The Absent-Minded Professor

Poster for the movie "The Absent-Minded Professor"
Poster for the movie "The Absent-Minded Professor"

The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)

G 96 min - Comedy, Family, Science Fiction - 16 March 1961
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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. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.

Director:  Robert Stevenson
Writers:  Bill Walsh
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Blackbeard’s Ghost

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Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)

G 106 min - Fantasy, Comedy, Family - 8 February 1968
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Peter Ustinov stars as the eponymous wraith, who returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Elsa Lanchester (Stowecroft). The villains want to kick Lanchester and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker (Jones) gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.

Director:  Robert Stevenson
Writers:  Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi
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