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The Electric grandmother
- Title
- The Electric grandmother [videorecording] / Doro Bachrach.
- Publication
- New York : Learning Corporation of America, 1981.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | J VTH 443 E | Offsite |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (48 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- A recently widowed father hires an electric grandmother to care for his three children. When the grandmotherly robot arrives from Mr. Fantoccini's workshop, she amazes the family with her unusual skills, which include pouring beverages with her finger and hanging wash from a kite. The young daughter alone remains unimpressed until the grandmother acts on her promise that, "I'll always be here when you need me."
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Science fiction films.
- Note
- Based on the story "I Sing the Body Electric," by Ray Bradbury.
- Credits (note)
- Director, Noel Black.
- Performer (note)
- Maureen Stapleton, Edward Hermann, Tara Kennedy, Robert MacNaughton, Charles Fields, Paul Benedict.
- Title
- The Electric grandmother [videorecording] / Doro Bachrach.
- Imprint
- New York : Learning Corporation of America, 1981.
- Credits
- Director, Noel Black.
- Cast
- Maureen Stapleton, Edward Hermann, Tara Kennedy, Robert MacNaughton, Charles Fields, Paul Benedict.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012. I sing the body electric.Black, Noel.
- Branch Call Number
- J VTH 443 E