Flubber (film) Flubber (film) Flubber is a 1997 American science fiction comedy film directed by Les Mayfield (who had previously directed another John Hughes scripted remake, "Miracle on 34th Street") and written by Hughes, based on an earlier screenplay by Bill Walsh. A remake of "The Absent-Minded Professor" (1961), the film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and stars Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald, Ted Levine, Raymond J. Barry, and Clancy Brown. The film grossed $178 million worldwide. In selected theatres, the "Pepper Ann" episode "Old Best Friend" was featured before the film. Professor Philip Brainard (Robin Williams), of Medfield
George Philip (cartographer) George Philip & Son Ltd. In 1949, British Pathé produced "Globe Making", a short newsreel that shows the art of making a globe. The black and white film is shot in a globe-making factory in Willesden, North West London, thought to belong to George Philip & Son Ltd. In 1955, British Pathé revisited the same Willesden, North West London factory to shoot "Globe Making: How the World is Made", a colour newsreel also showing the art of globe making. The films give a fascinating insight into the art of making a globe by hand. George Philip & Son Ltd. continued