movies_creation
American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- Leave It to Roll-Oh
- Year
- 1940
- Abstract
- Tongue-in-cheek film showing a domestic robot freeing housewives of their chores (and intimating that their work is hardly necessary); actually a promo showing how relays and switches function in the modern automobile. Shown at the New York World's Fair in 1940.
- Notes
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Produced: Handy (Jam) Organization
Sponsor: Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation
Run Time: 8:42
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W - Keyword
- Robotics;Gender roles;Futurism;Gender roles;Futurism
- Theme
- Oh! Roll-Oh!
- Review
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Somewhat overpraised look at "the future" featuring one heck of a clunky robot, a woman who sits around and reads magazines all day, and the usual shill about how great Chevrolet is. I did like the inventions of "today", the unplugging kettle and the timed dog dish, but the rest was all just okay.
(Reviewer: Spuzz) - Location
- A/V room, 2/F