Cyber Film Festival Pages at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store

Automatons - self-operating machines - existed or were merely dreamt of as far back as the Ancient Greeks (VIIIth Century BCE) and Ancient China (IIId Century BCE). There are many accounts of mechanical humans and animals from Medieval Arabia, Italy, and China. Leonardo da Vinci [1452-1519] sketched a 'mechanical knight' automaton around 1495 that was not rediscovered until the 1950s. Clockwork automatons were popular among the nobility of Europe and Japan during the XVIIIth & XIXth Century. The Golden Age of Automata produced many singing birds; collectors especially desire those made in Paris, France. Many automatons were exhibited as part of travelling shows, and simpler mechanical toys were marketed to the public. (Oddly, neither French author Jules Verne [1828-1905] nor American author Edgar Rice Burroughs [1875-1950] seem to have written about automatons.)

          More recently, scientific visionary Nikola Tesla [1856-1943] demonstrated the first radio-controlled toy-sized mechanical boat in 1898, which he called a 'teleautomaton'. The 1921 stageplay "R.U.R." coined the term 'robot' (R.U.R. stands for manufacturer Rossum's Universal Robots, based on the Czech word for slave). Westinghouse Electric exhibited the Elektro robot at the 1939 World Fair, and added his robot dog Sparko at the 1940 fair.
          The first general-purpose electronic computer 'Whirlwind' was designed and built by M.I.T. in 1946 for the U.S. Navy. Walt Disney designed and built the 'animatronic' Abraham Lincoln for the 1964 World Fair; it sits and speaks and gestures and stands, and is a popular exhibit at Disneyland in California.
          Hundreds of variations on the robot concept are in use today, from industrial machines that weld cars or fill orders at Amazon's warehouses to cute toy pets from Japan that wag their tails and annoy the owner until 'fed'.

Certain mechanical or android characters of the movies are well known — many of you will recognize their names: Gort, Robbie the Robot, HAL, C-3PO and R2-D2, RoboCop, Wall-E, Chappie. Recent motion pictures have been using C.G.I. - computer-generated imagery - since at least "TRON" in 1982. The combination of backlit photography, blue- and green-screen stages, 'droid' editing machines (with terabytes of data storage), and armies of technicians has allowed animation of everything from flying dragons to artificially intelligent actors to entire planets — the robots that you see on screen may not exist in reality, but they are probably brought into existence with the help of robots controlled by humans.

"The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do."
— American psychologist B.F. Skinner [1904-90]

Famous Robots & Computers on Film & Television
The Robot Hall of Fame [est. 2003] at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
official website • entry at Wikipedia

80s Robot [new 2011]

click here for photograph (in a new window)

created for the 2011 Muppets movie and used in the 2014 sequel; both voiced by Matt Vogel

generic robot stock photo, used on many weblogs and also available as computer screen wallpaper

H.E.R.B.I.E. (Humanoid Experimental Robot, B-type, Integrated Electronics) from cartoon TV show 'Fantastic 4'

click here for image of H.E.R.B.I.E. robot from cartoon TV show 'Fantastic 4' (in a new window)

H.U.B.E.R.T. (Hyper-Ultronic Brain Employing Randomized Tracings) from cartoon TV show 'Fantastic 4'
S.H.E.R.B.I.E. (S.H.I.E.L.D. Heuristic Experimental Robot, B-Type, Integrated Electronics) from cartoon TV show 'Fantastic 4'

Nestlé/Nescafé began using an interactive robot named Pepper to sell coffee machines in Japan in December 2014.

The Republic Robot

B-studio Republic Pictures built at least four robot costumes for use in the 1936 serial "Undersea Kingdom"", where they were called Volkites; the robot was reused in "Mysterious Doctor Satan" [1940 serial], in "Radar Men From The Moon" [Jan 1952 serial], and in "Zombies of The Stratosphere" [July 1952 serial]. The robot was parodied in the in-story video-game "The Adventures of Captain Proton", which was often played by cast members of "Star Trek: Voyager" [1995-2001 TV show].

Robbie the Robot, star of "Forbidden Planet" [1956] and "The Invisible Boy" [1957]
Robbie also acted as robot Smiley constructed by Gomez & Pugsley on the Addams Family" TV series [s2, ep27 March 1964]

Books & Other Media
The few books & games coded here were cut in late 2015 and merged into the Robots & Cyborgs Pages
at the Spirit of America Bookstore where they really belong.

	"Modern Marvels: Thinking Machines - The Creation of The Computer" [History Channel Nov 1996] Begins with Charles Babbage's mechanical Difference Engine in the 1820s; Herman Hollerith's punch-card tabulating machines of the 1890s; through the first vacuum-tube machines in World War II (Colossus and ENIAC); miniaturization enabled by the transistor, integrated circuit & microprocessor; to the beginnings of the personal computer revolution led by Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates. Season 4, Episode 5 aired November 1996; written by Donald Sellers; narrated by Earl Boen A&E Home Video b&w/color DVD [12/2005] out of prodn/scarce credits at IMDb
	"Modern Marvels : The Internet : Behind The Web" [History Channel © 2000] First broadcast May 2001; also broadcast October 2002 (Season 9, Episode 48); narrated by Paul Horn; featuring Dr. Paul Baran, Tim Berners-Lee (of CERN), Dr. Vinton Cerf, Dr. Stephen Crocker, Frank Heart (of BB&N), Dr. Robert Kahn, Dr. Leonard Kleinrock, Dr. Robert M. Metcalfe, Dr. Lawrence Roberts, Peter Salvus, and Raymond Tomlinson • episode not listed at IMDb A&E Home Video color VHS [2000?] out of prodn/scarce watch full program [47:16] online at YouTube
	"Modern Marvels: Computers" [History Channel April 2001] Season 8, Episode 11 aired April 2001 • bare credits at IMDb A&E Home Video b&w/color DVD [12/2005] out of prodn/used A&E Home Video b&w/color VHS [6/2001] out of prodn/used "Modern Marvels: The Computer" [History Channel Dec 2004] Season 11, Episode 76 aired Dec 2004 • not listed on IMDb • VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available
	"The History of The Internet and Its Flexible Future" [I.E.E.E. Feb 2008] The 90-minute commemorative keynote speech delivered by internet pioneer Leonard Kleinrock at the 2007 I.E.E.E. GlobeCom convention was recorded on video and an abstract was published in I.E.E.E.'s journal in February 2008. abstract text at the I.E.E.E. website (requires signin or payment) DVD available at the I.E.E.E. Commmunications Society website 90-minute color DVD for $35 to members and for $50 to non-members

"The History Channel Presents: Robots" [1998]
http://www.amazon.com/History-Channel-Presents-Robots/dp/B007HP5CGS/

"Androids and BOTS" [Jan 1998] episode /tt0126169/ of "Popular Mechanics for Kids"

"Transhumanism: Robots, Cyborgs and Artificial Intelligence" [2009]
http://www.amazon.com/Transhumanism-Robots-Cyborgs-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/B002KAO7GG/

"The Works: Robots" [History Channel 2010]
http://www.amazon.com/Works-Robots-History-Channel/dp/B003Z88IKS/

'Essential Robots Collection' DVD box set from Discovery Channel

"Essential Robots Collection" on DVD from Discovery Channel [2012]
226-minute Discovery Channel color DVD [7/2012] for $8.50
contains 4 hour-long TV shows, broadcast dates unknown, not listed at IMDb : "The Body, The City, The World"; "Next World: Future Intelligence"; "Extreme Machines: Incredible Robots"; and "Junkyard Mega Wars: At The Movies"

'The Sex Robots Are Coming' TV documentary

"The Sex Robots Are Coming" [Raw TV/Channel 4 U.K. - aired Nov 2017]
IMDb says length is 65 minutes, the YouTube version is shortened to 47 minutes; footage of a com-pany's attempt to create a fully functioning sex robot, over two years, then focuses on a man who can't wait to own one • Co-produced & directed by Nick Sweeney; developed by Avigail Cenci Di Bello; featuring Lucy Briers (narrator), Matt McMullen, Susan Pirzchalski, Dr. Kathleen Richardson
DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb
watch age-restricted & shortened movie [3/2018 upload; 47:20] online at YouTube

"Sex Robots and Us" [BBC3-TV April 2018]
'cyborg' host visits sex robot expert and a robot sex brothel in Spain, another expert in Liverpool, UK, and two human-like robots in Japan • hosted by James Young; featuring Dr. Sergi Santos, Maritsa Santos • DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits not found at IMDb
watch full episode [36 mins] online for limited time at BBC3 - requires sign-in

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_about_computing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_about_computers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Documentary_films_about_the_Internet
http://www.imdb.com/search/keyword?keywords=robot
http://www.imdb.com/search/keyword?keywords=computer
http://www.filmsite.org/robotsinfilm.html

"Deadly Dimensions 4 Movie Pack" DVD Box Set [2002]
B.C.I. / Eclipse color DVD set [12/2002] 2 disks - out of prodn/used
contains four feature films: "First Spaceship On Venus" [Germany Oct 1962] based on Stani-
slaw Lem's novel "The Astronauts", starring Guenther Simon & Yoko Tani; "They Came From
Beyond Space" [Embassy Pictures May 1967]; "War of The Robots" [Italy April 1978];
and "Star Odyssey" [Italy Oct 1979] Earth is attacked by robot androids

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"The Automatic Motorist" silent comedy short
[Kineto Films March 1911]

The Automatic Motorist 1911 silent comedy short film

Newlyweds hire a robot to drive them on their honeymoon and are taken on a wild ride; IMDb says the film ran ten minutes, but the longest version on YouTube is under 6½ minutes • Directed by Walter R. Booth {a remake of his 1906 film, with more impressive SFX) • bare credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia
watch silent short [B.F.I. 11/2014 upload; 6:23] online at YouTube

"A Clever Dummy" [Keystone/Triangle July 1917]

An inventor creates a life-sized mechanical dummy (before the term 'robot' existed) that is modelled after the janitor; both the janitor and the inventor's assistant are in love with the inventor's daughter . . . • Written & produced by Mack Sennett; directed by Herman C. Raymaker, Ferris Hartman & Robert Kerr; starring Ben Turpin, Chester Conklin, Wallace Beery, James Donnelly, Juanita Hansen, Claire Anderson, James Delano
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia
watch full movie [11/2008 upload; 22:40] online at Internet Archive
available on "The Turpinator" DVD with two other silent comedy short films
Alpha Home Ent. b&w silent DVD [8/2011] for $4.99

"The Master Mystery" 15-chapter silent serial
[Octagon Films 1919-1920]

poster for Chapter 11 of 'The Master Mystery' 15-chapter silent serial starring Harry Houdini

poster for Chapter 13 of 'The Master Mystery' 15-chapter silent serial starring Harry Houdini

15-chapter color-tinted silent serial; federal agent Quentin Locke investigates a criminal cartel using an automaton and poison gas; Chapter Titles: 1) Living Death; 2) The Iron Terror; 3) The Water Peril; 4) The Test; 5) The Chemist's Shop; 6) The Mad Genius; 7) Barbed Wire; 8) The Challenge; 9) The Madagascan Madness; 10) The Binding Ring; 11) The Net; 12) The Death Noose; 13) The Flash of Death; 14) The Tangled Web; 15) Bound At Last or The Unmasking of The Automaton; at present, 13 chapters exist at the U.C.L.A. Archive, chapters 4 & 10 are considered lost • Produced by B.A. Rolfe; directed by Harry Grossman & Burton L. King; written by Arthur B. Reeve & Charles Logue; starring Harry Houdini, Marguerite Marsh, Ruth Stonehouse, Edna Britton, William Pike, Charles Graham, Jack Burns & Floyd Buckley {as Q the Automaton} • credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia

Houdini: The Movie Star 3-disc Collection from Kino

"Houdini: The Movie Star - Three-Disc Collection" DVD Box Set [2008]
Kino Intl. DVD set [4/2008] 3 disks for $19.48
Contains one movie serial and three feature films: "The Master Mystery" color-tinted silent movie serial [1919]; "Terror Island" b&w silent feature [1920]; "The Man From Beyond" color-tinted silent feature [1922]; "Haldane of The Secret Service" color-tinted silent feature [1923]; special features include fragment from "The Grim Game" [1919]; 1914 audio recording of Houdini; film of escape performances by Harry Houdini, Hardeen, and others [circa 1907-23]; records from the New York Censor Board; and the 1910 short French spoof "Slippery Jim"

"Aesop's Sound Fables: The Iron Man" cartoon short
[Van Beuren Studios/Pathé April 1931]

Farmer Al Falfa dances with the Iron Man

A cat plays a street organ and clicks his teeth like a piano; Farmer Al Falfa chases two chickens up a tree; then a metal robot is delivered in a box and dances most elegantly; the usual non sequitur punchline at the end is: 2600 years ago Aesop said 'An oyster is a fish dressed up like a nut.' • Directed by Harry Bailey & John Foster
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • bare credits at IMDb • watch full cartoon [4/2016 upload; 7:20] online at YouTube

Bimbo in "The Robot" sound cartoon short
[Fleischer TalkarToons Feb 1932]

Bimbo in The Robot 1932 sound cartoon with Betty Boop & Bimbo

Probably made earlier, like 1930-31; Bimbo the Dog takes his girlfriend for a drive; she won't marry him unless he takes the prize money for beating boxer 'One Round Mike'; so he transforms his car into a robot (and the girl's face becomes more like Betty Boop) and he wins the boxing bout • Produced by Max Fleischer; directed by Dave Fleischer
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • bare credits at IMDb
watch full movie [10/2013 upload; 6:37] online at YouTube

"Mickey's Mechanical Man" sound cartoon short
[Walt Disney/United Artists June 1933]

title card for 'Mickey's Mechanical Man' 1933 Disney cartoon short

Mickey trains his robot Sam for the big fight against the gorilla Kongo Killer, but the robot keeps going berserk . . . • Produced by Walt Disney; directed by Wilfred Jackson
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb
watch full b&w cartoon [10/2010 upload; 6:51] online at YouTube

"Bosko's Mechanical Man" sound cartoon short
[Warner Bros. Sept 1933]

Honey compels Bosko to wash the dishes, and he breaks stacks of them; seeing a newspaper head-line about a household helper robot, he builds one of his own, which does not go as planned
Co-produced & directed by Hugh Harman; voices of Johnny Murray & Rochelle Hudson
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb
watch full cartoon [10/2014 upload; 6:58] online at Internet Archive

"Der Herr der Welt (Master of The World)" [N.D.L.S. Germany Aug 1934, USA Dec 1935]

Der Herr der Welt (Master of The World) 1934 movie

A German scientist designs and builds a machine that will do dangerous work instead of placing humans in jeopardy, but the machine itself turns out to have disastrous effects on the people involved • Produced, co-written & directed by Harry Piel; co-written by Georg Mühlen-Schulte; music by Fritz Wenneis; starring Walter Janssen, Sybille Schmitz, Walter Franck, Aribert Wäscher, Siegfried Schürenberg, Willi Schur, Gustav Püttjer, Klaus Pohl, Oskar Höcker, Max Gülstorff, Otto Wernicke, Hans Hermann Schaufuß, Erich Bartels, Ernst Behmer, Egon Brosig, Wally Filatoff, Eric Harden, Liselotte Hessler, Otto Kronburger, Max Mothes, Karl Platen, Dolly Raphael, Arthur Reinhardt, Franz Weber, Erika Wehrle
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb •
watch full b&w movie with English subtitles [4/2020 upload; 1:29:47] online at YouTube

"Gibel Sensatsii (Loss of Feeling)" [Soviet Union April 1935]

poster for Gibelh Sensatsii 1935 Russian sci-fi movie

In an unnamed English-speaking capitalist country, a young engineer invents inexhaustible giant robots to replace the fragile human workers on high-volume factory assembly lines, and soon finds his invention co-opted by the military-industrial complex • Directed by Aleksandr Andriyevsky; written by Georgiy Grebner; starring Sergei Vecheslov, Vladimir Gardin, M. Volgina, Anna Chekulaeva, Nikolai Rybnikov & Vasiliy Orlov
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb
watch full movie - Russian-language, no subtitles [1:26:01] online at YouTube

"Undersea Kingdom" 12-episode serial [Republic Pictures May 1936]
Heroic naval officer and star athlete Crash Corrigan and his fellow explorers voyage to lost Atlantis aboard Professor Norton’s rocket powered submarine and get caught up in the middle of a war between ruthless conqueror Unga Khan and Neptune’s high priest Sharad - a battle for the fate of the Undersea Kingdom; Chapter Titles: 1. Beneath The Ocean Floor; 2. Undersea Kingdom; 3. Arena of Death; 4. Revenge of The Volkites {robots}; 5. Prisoners of Atlantis; 6. Juggernaut Strikes; 7. Submarine Strikes; 8. Into The Metal Tower; 9. Death In The Air; 10. Atlantis Destroyed; 11. Flaming Death; and 12. Ascent To The Upperworld
Directed by B. Reeves Eason & Joseph Kane; written by Tracy Knight, John Rathmell, Maurice Geraghty & Oliver Drake; starring Ray 'Crash' Corrigan, Lois Wilde, Monte Blue, William Farnum, Boothe Howard, Raymond Hatton, C. Montague Shaw, Lee Van Atta, Smiley Burnette, Frankie Marvin, Lon Chaney Jr., Lane Chandler, Jack Mulhall, John Bradford, Malcolm McGregor, Ralph Holmes, John Merton, Ernie Smith, Lloyd Whitlock
Echo Bridge Home Ent, b&w DVD [2/2003] for $3.78
Grapevine Video b&w DVD [10/2016] 2 disks for $12.95
R.O.A.N. Group b&w DVD [1/2001] for $13.99
full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia
watch Chapter 1 [4/2011 upload; 30:49] online at YouTube {the other chapters follow}

"Mysterious Doctor Satan" 15-chapter serial [Republic Pictures Dec 1940]

Mysterious Doctor Satan 1940 15-chapter serial

Spanish-language poster for 'El Misterioso Doctor Satán' 1940 15-chapter serial

A mad scientist needs key technologies to replicate his protoype robot and conquer the world; originally written for Superman, but rights issues intervened, so enigmatic hero Copperhead got the job . . . Chapter titles: 1) Return of The Copperhead; 2) Thirteen Steps; 3) Undersea Tomb; 4) The Human Bomb; 5) Dr. Satan's Man of Steel; 6) Double Cross; 7) The Monster Strikes; 8) Highway of Death; 9) Double Jeopardy; 10) Bridge of Peril; 11) Death Closes In; 12) Crack-Up; 13) Disguised; 14) The Flaming Coffin; and 15) Dr. Satan Strikes; the Spanish-language release was called "El Misterioso Doctor Satán, o El Tanque Humano" (The Human Tank) • Directed by John English & William Witney; starring Eduardo Cianelli, Robert Wilcox, William Newell, C. Montague Shaw, Ella Neal, Dorothy Herbert, Charles Trowbridge, Jack Mulhall, Edwin Stanley, Walter McGrail, Joe McGuinn, Bud Geary, Paul Marion, Archie Twitchell, Lynton Brent, Ken Terrell, Al Taylor, Yakima Canutt; one of 26 Republic serials re-released as a feature film for television in 1966: title changed to "Doctor Satan's Robot" and cut down to 100-minutes in length
Republic Pictures Home Video b&w DVD-R [2/2015] for $11.99
full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia

Cartoon Craze / Superman / Mechanical Monsters on DVD

"Cartoon Craze Presents: Superman - The Mechanical Monsters" [1941-42]
includes nine "Superman" cartoons of good quality from 1941-42, four "Bosko" cartoons, two others; the color Superman short cartoons from Fleischer Studios and Paramount/Famous are: "Superman (Mad Scientist)" [9/1941], "The Mechanical Monsters" [11/1941], "Billion Dollar Limited" [1/1942], "The Bulleteers" [3/1942], "Electric Earthquake" [5/1942], "The Volcano" [7/1942], "Japoteurs" [9/1942], "Showdown" [10/1942], and "Destruction, Inc." [12/1942]
Digiview Ent. color DVD [2006] out of prodn/used

"The Monster and The Ape" 15-chapter serial [Columbia Pictures April 1945]

15-chapter serial 'The Monster and The Ape'

After a scientist unveils his new Metalogen Man, his assistants are killed by a gorilla named Thor and the robot stolen; Chapter Titles: 1. The Mechanical Terror; 2. The Edge of Doom; 3. Flames of Fate; 4. The Fatal Search; 5. Rocks of Doom; 6. A Friend In Disguise; 7. A Scream In The Night; 8. Death In The Dark; 9. The Secret Tunnel; 10. Forty Thousand Volts; 11. The Mad Pro-fessor; 12. Shadows of Destiny; 13. The Gorilla At Large; 14. His Last Flight; and 15. Justice Triumphs • Directed by Howard Bretherton; written by Royal K. Cole & Sherman L. Lowe; starring Robert Lowery, George Macready, Ralph Morgan, Carole Mathews, Willie Best, Jack Ingram, Anthony Warde, Ted Mapes, Eddie Parker, Stanley Price, Charles King, Bud Osborne, Kenneth MacDonald, Ray Corrigan {as Thor}, John Elliott, Kit Guard
Cheezy Media b&w DVD [7/2010] for $12.90
Cheezy Media b&w DVD [9/2013] for $4.00 + s/h from distributor
full credits at IMDb • serial entry at Wikipedia

"The Perfect Woman" [G.F.D. UK May 1949]

'The Perfect Woman' 1949 British comedy film

A scientist creates 'the perfect woman', the beautiful robot Olga, in his laboratory; he hires a rogue and his valet to escort the machine for a night on the town; the scientist's niece decides to imitate the robot, and confusion ensues. • Co-written & directed by Bernard Knowles, co-written by George Black Jr. & Basil Boothroyd, based on the stageplay by Wallace Geoffrey & Basil Mitchell; starring Patricia Roc, Stanley Holloway, Nigel Patrick, Miles Malleson, Pamela Devis {as Olga the Robot}, Irene Handl, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Fred Berger, David Hurst, Jerry Verno, Johnnie Schofield, Philippa Gill, Jerry Desmonde, Dora Bryan, Noel Howlett
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb

1 9 5 0 s & 1 9 6 0 s

listed #31 on Timeout London's Best 100 Science Fiction Movies in 2015

"The Day The Earth Stood Still" [Fox Sept 1951]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still
http://www.amazon.com/Day-Earth-Stood-Still/dp/B00005JKFR/

"The Day The Earth Stood Still" remake [2008]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_(2008_film)

"Gog" in 3-D [United Artists June 1954]

Filmed in EastmanColor and NaturalVision 3-D in California (at George Air Force Base in Victorville, at U.S.C in Los Angeles, and at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City). A security agent arrives at a secret underground space research base to investigate possible sabotage. Scientists working on induced hibernation for space travel have been killed, apparently by two experimental robots acting independently, but then he discovers that the whole base is coordinated by a super-computer and there is a strange aircraft circling high overhead . . . Produced & co-written by Ivan Tors; directed by Herbert L. Strock; co-written by Tom Taggart & Richard G. Taylor; starring Richard Egan, Constance Dowling, Herbert Marshall, Billy Curtis {as Gog & Magog}, John Wengraf, Philip Van Zandt, Valerie Vernon, Stephen Roberts, Byron Kane, David Alpert, Michael Fox, William Schallert, Marian Richman, Jean Dean, Tom Daly
Kino Lorber 3-D color Blu-ray [3/2016] for $21.98
M.G.M. Home Video 2-D color DVD [11/2011] for $18.12
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Tobor The Great" [Republic Pictures Sept 1954]
'Tobor' is of course 'robot' spelled backward; the story is about a young boy who uses his E.S.P. skills to control a robot that was created by his wheel chair-bound uncle
and stolen by foreign agents – "and together they combat the forces of evil". The story was not developed further for the TV pilot and the pilot was not picked up.

"A Man-Mad Monster With Every Human Emotion" • location filming at Griffith Park Observatory and at Iverson Movie Ranch; co-written & co-produced by Carl Dudley; directed by Lee Sholem; co-written by Philip MacDonald; starring Charles Drake, Karin Booth, Billy Chapin, Taylor Holmes, Steven Geray, J. Lewis Smith {as Tobor}, Henry Kulky, Franz Roehn, Hal Baylor, Peter Brocco, Jack Daly, Franklyn Farnum, Norman Field, Art Gilmore, Maurice Hill, Alan Reynolds, William Schallert, Robert Shayne, Charles Sherlock, Lyle Talbot, Emmett Vogan, Helen Winston
b&w DVD [8/00] for $0.00
LionsGate b&w DVD [5/2008] for $61.98 {sic}
LionsGate b&w VHS [11/89] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Here Comes Tobor and Other Lost Action Shows of The 1950s" on DVD [2008]
Alpha Home Ent. b&w DVD [2/2008] for $5.98
NOTE: data on Amazon page is for a different DVD product: this single disk includes four
unsold ½-hour live-action TV pilots: "Captain Fathom" [1955], "Here Comes Tobor" [1957],
"Sea Divers" [1958], and "Counterspy" [1958]

"Roger The Robot" episode [1956] of the "Captain Z-Ro" TV series [1951-56]

'Roger The Robot' episode of the 'Captain Z-Ro' TV series

Captain Z-Ro and sidekick Jet complete building a man-sized metal & electronic robot, then send it to explore the planet Venus; but a lightning storm outside the lab diverts the robot to San Francisco . . . {An amazing job, given their next-to-nothing budget.} • Written by and starring Roy Steffens; directed by David Butler; also starring Bruce Haynes, and voices of Jack Cahill & H.A. Chamberlin
episode credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia
watch full episode [8/2015 upload; 26:56] online at YouTube

Seven-foot-tall Robby the Robot was built by Robert Kinoshita; Robby starred in only two feature films (in 1956 & 1957), but was a popular
guest star on many television shows thru the 1980s; recent appearances have been on commercials broadcast on TV & internet.
credits listing at IMDb • Wikipedia

"The Invisible Boy" sequel [M.G.M. Oct 1957] /tt0050546/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Boy

"Desk Set" [May 1957]
starring Tracy and Hepburn fighting over the company's new EMERAC computer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desk_Set

"Tetsujin Nijûhachi-go" TV series [Japan Oct 1963–66 ] /tt0142908/
96-episode Japanese-language version aired Oct 1963 to May 1966
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsujin_28-go
based on "Tetsujin 28-go" [1956], a manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama [1934-2004]

"Gigantor" TV series [1964-66] /tt0058807/
52-episode English-language version aired 1964-66
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantor
http://www.gigantor.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZnV9REm-Eo b&w pilot [11:58]
http://www.amazon.com/Gigantor-Boxed-Set-Episodes-1-26/dp/B00006L93A/
http://www.amazon.com/Gigantor-Boxed-Set-Episodes-27-52/dp/B00007GZWK/
http://www.amazon.com/Gigantor-Collection-Vol-Mitsuteru-Yokoyama/dp/B002CLKOZQ/

"New Iron Man #28 (Shin Tetsujin-Nijuhachi-go)" TV series [Japan 1980–81]
51 color episodes

"The New Adventures of Gigantor" TV series [Sci Fi Channel 1993-97] /tt0458218/

In July 1994, Fox Family Films, a division of 20th Century Fox, acquired the rights to "Gigantor"
as a live-action motion picture that is still not produced.

"Tetsujin Nijûhachi-gô (Tetsujin 28)" feature film [2006]
http://www.amazon.com/Tetsujin-28-Movie-Hiroshi-Abe/dp/B000FJGR6M/

"Drawn In SuperMarionation" docufilm [June 2009]
partial credits at IMDb • Produced by Tim Beddows; co-written & directed by Thomas Cock; co-written by Martin Cater;
narrated by David Graham; interviewees include Bill Mevin, Mike Noble, Keith Shackleton

Gold Key Comics printed a single-issue color comic book in the United States in 1963. Little Golden Books published a color illustrated
hard-cover story book in 1964, later released as "Fireball XL5: A Big Television Book" in Britain.

"The Jetsons" animated TV sitcom [1962-63 and 1985 and 1987]
Animated TV series of 75 episodes that is essentially a sitcom about a family living in a distant future, featuring George & Jane Jetson, teen Judy Jetson, son Elroy
Jetson, Rosie the Robot Maid, and Astro the Dog; 24 episodes in the first season (Sept 1962 thru March 1963), 41 episodes in the second season (Sept-Dec 1985),
and ten episodes in the third season (Oct-Nov 1987), plus several feature-length releases • no official website (2016) • 'The Jetsons' entry at Wikipedia

	"The Jetsons Meet The Flintstones" video release [Hanna-Barbera Prodns Nov 1987] Elroy invents a time machine that malfunctions, sending the Jetsons to the prehistoric past and bringing the Flint-stones to the future. Directed by Don Lusk & Ray Patterson; written by Don Nelson & Arthur Alsberg; featuring voices of Jon 'Bowzer' Bauman, Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Hamilton Camp, Henry Corden, Julie (Dees) McWhirter, Don Messick, George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, John Stephenson, Brenda Vaccaro, Jean Vander Pyl, Janet Waldo, Frank Welker & Patric Zimmerman Hanna-Barbera Home Video color DVD [10/2011] for $14.56 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia
	"Rockin' With Judy Jetson" TV movie [Hanna-Barbera Prodns Jan 1988] Lyrics that Judy Jetson writes for teen heartthrob Sky Rocker are switched with a secret message from a music-hating witch, causing an intergalactic crisis. Directed by Paul Sommer & Ray Patterson; written by Charles M. Howell IV & Kevin Hopps; featuring voices of Janet Waldo, George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Daws Butler, Don Messick, Rob Paulsen, Jean Vander Pyl, Charles Adler, Mel Blanc, P.L. Brown, Steve Bulen, Ruth Buzzi, Hamilton Camp, Selette Cole, Peter Cullen, Pat Fraley, Cindy McGee, Pat Musick, Eric Suter, B.J. Ward, Beau Weaver Warner Archive color DVD-R [9/2011] for $14.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia
	"Jetsons: The Movie" [Hanna-Barbera/Universal Pictures July 1990] George gets a work promotion that requires moving the family to a distant planet. Produced & directed by Joseph Barbera & William Hanna; written by Dennis Marks; featuring the voices of George O'Hanlon, Mel Blanc, Penny Singleton, singer Tiffany, Patric Zimmerman, Don Messick, Janet Waldo, Jean Vander Pyl, Ronnie Schell, Patti Deutsch, Dana Hill, Russi Taylor, Paul Kreppel, Rick Dees, Jeff Bergman, Brian Cummings, Brad Garrett, Rob Paulsen, Susan Silo, B.J. Ward, Jim Ward Universal Studios Home Ent. color DVD [9/2015] for $5.15 Universal Studios Home Ent. color DVD [4/2009] for $9.04 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia

untitled Jetsons & W.W.E. video release [Warner Bros. 2017?] 2017?

Announced 1/2015: a new animated Jetsons feature film, with Matt Lieberman of SourceFed to provide the screenplay • latest info at IMDb

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	British b&w TV series filmed in Gerry Anderson's SuperMarionation; follows the missions of spaceship Fireball XL5, commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac of the World Space Patrol; other regular characters include Doctor Venus, Commander Wilbur Zero, Lieutenant Ninety, copilot Robert the Robot, Prof. Matthew 'Matt' Matic, pet Zoonie the Lazoon; extras on the 2015 DVD include optional commentary, documentary "The Noble Art of Fireball XL5", photo gallery • Series created by Sylvia & Gerry Anderson; produced by Gerry Anderson & Reg Hill; featuring voices of Paul Maxwell, Sylvia Anderson, David Graham, John Bluthal, Gerry Anderson Shout! Factory / Timeless Media b&w DVD set [3/2015] 5 disks for $19.99 A&E Home Video b&w DVD set [1/2003] 5 disks - out of prodn/used series credits at IMDb • official series website • series entry at Wikipedia watch playlist of 20+ episodes [2012-2017 uploads] online at YouTube
	"Fireball XL5 Annual, 1963-1966" from Collins U.K. article & story authors include Eric Eden, Gerry Embleton, Alan Fennel, Dennis Hynam, Eddie Paul, and John Spooner; illustrations by Gerry Wood Collins U.K. hardcover [1963] out of print import/scarce Collins U.K. hardcover [1964] out of print import/scarce Collins U.K. hardcover [1965] out of print import/scarce Collins U.K. hardcover [1966] out of print import/scarce
	"Filmed In SuperMarionation: A History of The Future" [2010] by Stephen La Riviere full-color art book packed with hundreds of never-before-seen production photos, artwork, and illustrations Hermes Press 11x8½ pb [1/2010] out of print/used Network Distributing 8½x10¼ hardcover [1/2010] for $77.90
	"SuperMarionation" double feature on Blu-ray [Network Releasing Oct 2014] Network Releasing widescreen color Blu-ray [undated] 2 disks for $32.69 NOTE: "Filmed In ..." is Regions 1 & 2, "This Is ..." is Region B only contains: "Filmed In SuperMarionation" docufilm [2014] Directed & co-produced by Stephen La Riviere and hosted by "Thunderbirds" characters Lady Penelope and Parker full credits at IMDb • official movie website also contains: "This Is SuperMarionation" docufilm [] compilation movie directed by Stephen La Riviere • not listed at IMDb

	"Replications: A Robotic History of The Science Fiction Film" [1995] by J.P. Telotte Univ Illinois Press 9x6 pb [9/95] for $20.00 Univ Illinois Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/95] out of print/used
	"Robots In Fiction and Films" [ages 9 & up; 2010] by Steve Parker Amicus Books 11¾x8¾ library hardcover [7/2010] for $28.50

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