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Just Imagine

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  • 1h 53m
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5.4/10
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Just Imagine (1930)
ComedyFantasyMusical
New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... ... Read allNew York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechris... Read allNew York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechristened "Single O". He is befriended by J-21, who can't marry the girl of his dreams because... Read all
IMDb RATING
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789
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    • David Butler
    • Buddy G. DeSylva(story & dialogue)
    • Lew Brown(story & dialogue)
    • Ray Henderson(story & dialogue)
  • Stars
    • El Brendel
    • Maureen O'Sullivan
    • John Garrick
    • David Butler
    • Buddy G. DeSylva(story & dialogue)
    • Lew Brown(story & dialogue)
    • Ray Henderson(story & dialogue)
  • Stars
    • El Brendel
    • Maureen O'Sullivan
    • John Garrick
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 46User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Maureen O'Sullivan and John Garrick in Just Imagine (1930)
    John Garrick and Joyzelle Joyner in Just Imagine (1930)
    Frank Albertson and Marjorie White in Just Imagine (1930)
    Frank Albertson, El Brendel, and John Garrick in Just Imagine (1930)
    Just Imagine (1930)
    Frank Albertson, El Brendel, and John Garrick in Just Imagine (1930)
    Joyzelle Joyner in Just Imagine (1930)
    Joyzelle Joyner in Just Imagine (1930)
    Joyzelle Joyner in Just Imagine (1930)
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    El Brendel
    El Brendel
    • Single O
    Maureen O'Sullivan
    Maureen O'Sullivan
    • LN-18
    John Garrick
    John Garrick
    • J-21
    Marjorie White
    Marjorie White
    • D-6
    Frank Albertson
    Frank Albertson
    • RT-42
    Hobart Bosworth
    Hobart Bosworth
    • Z-4
    Kenneth Thomson
    Kenneth Thomson
    • MT-3
    Mischa Auer
    Mischa Auer
    • B-36
    Ivan Linow
    Ivan Linow
    • Loko…
    Joyzelle Joyner
    Joyzelle Joyner
    • Loo Loo
    • (as Joyzelle)
    • …
    Wilfred Lucas
    Wilfred Lucas
    • X-10
    Charles Alexandra
    • Chorus Man
    • (uncredited)
    Kenneth Allen
    • Chorus Man
    • (uncredited)
    Nathan Barragar
    • Chorus Man
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Barrett
    • Chorus Man
    • (uncredited)
    Peggy Beck
    • Ensemble Lady
    • (uncredited)
    Lorraine Bond
    • Ensemble Lady
    • (uncredited)
    William Brandt
    • Chorus Man
    • (uncredited)
      • David Butler
      • Buddy G. DeSylva(story & dialogue)
      • Lew Brown(story & dialogue)
      • Ray Henderson(story & dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      Of the film's credited cast members, only Maureen O'Sullivan (LN-18) and Joyzelle Joyner (Loo Loo / Boo Boo) were still alive during the actual 1980. O'Sullivan died on June 23, 1998 whereas Joyner died on November 30, 1980, coincidentally only one week after the 50th anniversary of the film's release.
    • Quotes

      Single O: [upon meeting Looloo, then Loko] She's not the queen - *he* is!

    • Connections
      Featured in Flash Gordon (1936)
    • Soundtracks
      (There's Something About) An Old-Fashioned Girl
      (1930) (uncredited)
      Music by Ray Henderson
      Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown
      Sung by John Garrick

    User reviews46

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    I want this movie on my shelf
    I want Fox to do what they can to make a good restoration to the print of this film, clean up the sound, and release it on DVD so I can buy it and watch it whenever I want to.

    This movie is incredibly bad, but it is just oh-so entertaining to watch.

    It was shown on TV Ontario as part of a 'guilty pleasures' theme in 1980. It is the kind of movie you're not supposed to like but I liked it anyway. I would like to see it again. I would like to be able to show it to people who haven't seen it yet.

    I mentioned to another person that I would like to see this out on DVD. He said, "If that happens then only you and I will have copies of it." I think how well a DVD of this would sell would depend to a very large extent on how it was promoted.
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    • wfgwilliams
    • Dec 27, 2006

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    • Release date
      • November 23, 1930 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Arcadia, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Fox Film Corporation
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    • 1 hour 53 minutes
      • Black and White

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