Talk:The Absent-Minded Professor

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Hyphen

The unhphenated title was apparently taken from IMDb. The movie poster (and proper grammar) spells it with a hyphen, as does TVGuide.com/movies/. Since IMDb is only partly reliable, and TVGuide.com is generally more credible since it's done by professional journalists and editors rather than hobbyist volunteers, I've added the hyphen. Does anyone have a video of the film itself for final confirmation? -- Tenebrae 17:42, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I have a video, complete with hyphen.MarianKroy (talk) 20:19, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

At least one version of the movie has the title: The AbsentMinded Professor with the M capitalized and no space between the t and the M. Black and white version at https://archive.org/details/TheAbsentMindedProfessor1961Xvid agb — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.233.167.63 (talk) 19:54, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Walter Tevis short story

Should it be said to be an original film? It seems to bear a striking resemblance to the Walter Tevis story The Big Bounce. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/23153/23153-h/23153-h.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nickpheas (talk • contribs) 16:23, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Big Bounce was published in Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1958. This was three years before the movie. The source for the bouncing energy was different. This story is readily available. agb — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.233.167.63 (talk) 20:06, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Samuel W. Taylor short story

According to the Wikipedia article Absent-minded professor, the film is based on the short story A Situation of Gravity by Samuel W. Taylor. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 14:08, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The movie version at archive.org has as the last of the opening credits: Screenplay by Bill Walsh based on a story by Samuel W. Taylor. agb — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.233.167.63 (talk) 20:31, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]