The Electric grandmother

An adaptation of the Ray Bradbury story “I Sing the Body Electric”. A young family who lose their mother through death are subsequently delivered an electric ‘grandmother’ who seeks to provide for all their needs, both emotional and physical. This film provides an insight inside into child versus adult perceptions of growth, ageing, human relationships and man’s motivation for creating machines

Credits

Directed by
Noel Black
Written by
Ray Bradbury
Cast
Madeleine Sherwood, Maureen Stapleton, Paul Benedict, Edward Herrmann, Robert MacNaughton
Music
John Morris

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q7731714 ↗ — year, creator, color, country, credits