Leave It to Roll-Oh the ROBOT 1940 by Handy (Jam) Organization

Leave It to Roll-Oh

by
Handy (Jam) Organization


Publication date
1940

Usage
Public Domain

Topics
Robotics, Gender roles, Futurism

Digitizing sponsor
Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation

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.
Shotlist

ROLL-OH, THE DOMESTIC ROBOT, IS CONSTRUCTED TO TAKE CARE OF MANY DISAGREEABLE HOUSEHOLD CHORES. SCARES THE MAILMAN. GOOD HUMOROUS GAG FILM.

Ken Smith sez: Roll-Oh is a big, clunky, slow-moving robot -- a "chromium-plated butler" of the future -- and Jam Handy uses him as a metaphor to show how "robots" (such as thermostats and automatic choke controls) make modern driving a breeze. Roll-Oh can light candles with his breath and water plants with his fingertips, even though you know he's only a bunch of cardboard boxes painted silver. Watch for the the demostration of the "Petomat," and the scene where Roll-Oh uses his vacuum feet. More robots in films, please!

CHEVROLET ADVERTISING AUTOMOBILES FANTASY HOUSES DOMESTIC WORKERS HOMES INTERIORS LIVING ROOMS WOMEN MEN APPLIANCES GAGS GADGETS DOORS POSTAL CHAIRS BUTTONS CONTROL PANELS MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY Robots Chevrolet Motor Co. (sponsor) Futurism Humor Surrealism Home economics Housework Women Laziness Double-takes Mailmen Letter carriers Workers (postal) Pets Food (pet) Inventions Gizmos Oddities Doubletalk Buttons Hands (pushing buttons) Vacuum cleaners Candles (lighting) Flowers Fountains (water) Water fountains Children (African American) African Americans (children)



Addeddate
2002-07-16 00:00:00

Closed captioning
no

Collectionid
07898

Color
B&W

Country
United States

Identifier
LeaveItt1940

Numeric_id
622

Proddate
1940

Run time
8:42

Sound
Sd

Type
MovingImage

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