Big Chemist’s Retort Built for Movie (Feb, 1940)
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1940
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1940
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Big Chemist’s Retort Built for Movie
Four feet in diameter and more than five feet high, what is believed to be the largest chemist’s retort ever made was fashioned from a new plastic material for use in a current motion-picture scene. In the film, a magician “creates” a full-grown woman inside of what appears to be an empty glass retort. The scene is shown above.
“Eternally Yours” with Loretta Young and David Niven.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0031282/
The 1939 Worlds’ Fair had a cameo in the stunt at the end.
Comment by jayessell — June 7, 2007 @ 4:57 am
A new plastic in 1940? guess what? Polymethyl Metacrylate, aka Lucite, Plexiglas or just Acrylic.
Comment by galessa — June 7, 2007 @ 12:22 pm