Most underrated: “Just Imagine”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021016/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1
Very enjoyable 1930 Sci-Fi flick
Though, as one reviewer says “Think Fritz Lang’s Metropolis as a musical comedy” it fascinates as an example of (ironically) HOW people of a time imagine a future. Great remedy for “futurists” predictions.
Oh, a young Maureen O’Sullivan too.
My late grandmother was mentioning to me a few years back about seeing “Just Imagine” at the theater when she was a teen back in 1930, and how fascinating she found it. I actually had the film on tape, which I recorded when it was shown on a local station in the early-1990s. So, I showed her the film, but this time, nearly 70 years later, she found it pretty bad. I always thought it was an interesting curiosity, but I would have prefered someone besides El Brendel in the lead. He’s a comedian I never particularly cared for.
But it was fun to see the young and fetching Maureen O’Sullivan. I actually once opened a car-door for her, in her later years, after she attended an event.
When seen, Dark City, released in 1998 had somewhat the same story line as remembered in Metropolis. Could and would sit thru that movie a second time.