The TWONKY

The TWONKY
   Film (1953). Arch Oboler Productions/United Artists. Dir Arch Oboler, starring Hans Conreid, Billy Lynn, Gloria Blondell, Janet Warren and Ed Max. Screenplay Oboler, based on "The Twonky" (1942) by Lewis Padgett(Henry KUTTNER). 72 mins. B/w.
   After his sanctimonious FIVE (1951), about survivors of nuclear war, Oboler chose another sf subject for his next film. A creature from the future invades a tv set, bringing it alive. The set is soon running its owner's life, scuttling about doing household jobs by means of an electronic beam, but later becoming censorious and dictatorial, hypnotizing those who attempt to stop it. Kuttner's witty story collapses under the weight of Oboler's laborious script and the inadequate special effects. Tv was a much-hated medium in Hollywood at that time, and it was only appropriate that Oboler, an old-time radio producer, should have launched this symbolic attack. The film was unreleased for 17 months, then flopped.
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