History of Sci-Fi Film- 1931 Robots and Ray Guns Episode 11

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If you’re a fellow enthusiast of the fantastical, the imaginative, and the futuristic, you’ve come to the right place:

overing the films of 1931, it’s the year Universal Monsters shifted from science fiction, embracing horror and introducing iconic characters while reshaping cinematic storytelling. And the year sci-fi films showed fish out water characters, the end of the world and humanity messing with science (as usual).

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:50 The Rise of Universal Monsters
08:36 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
14:11 The End of the World/ La Fin du Monde
19:17 A Connecticut Yankee
23:30 The History, Culture and Science of 1931
29:13 Hollywood and Beyond

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