Just Imagine

A 1930 American pre-Code science fiction musical comedy directed by David Butler, notable for its imaginative portrayal of New York City in 1980. The film follows a man from 1930 (El Brendel) who is struck by lightning and revived by scientists 50 years later in a world where airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, and babies come from vending machines. He befriends J-21 (John Garrick), who can't marry the girl of his dreams (Maureen O'Sullivan) until he proves himself on a rocketship expedition to Mars. The film was a lavish production for Fox, budgeted at over $1 million, and was one of the first science fiction musicals. The film entered the public domain via non-renewal of its copyright.