Jack Warner Movies
- 1959
This 60-minute installment of TV's Bell Science Series was originally telecast in color on January 26, 1959. Dr. Frank Baxter plays Dr. Linguistics, who finds himself in a Wonderland of voluntary ignorance. The Mad Hatter (Hans Conried) and his conspirators have hatched a scheme to blow up the alphabet and get rid of all languages. Little Judy (Cheryl Callaway), who dreamed up this scenario while doing her homework, turns to Dr. Linguistics for help. In immensely entertaining fashion, the films combines live action (directed by Richard Salkin) and animation (courtesy Friz Freleng) to show how languages developed and to point on their importance to the overall scheme of things. Guest stars include linguist Dr. Hans Karath, Indian lore specialist Reginald Laubin, and jazz musician Shorty Rogers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Bell Telephone produced a series of children's educational films for television. These tapes are as entertaining and informative today as they were then. Dr. Frank Baxter, often called Dr. Science, hosts Gateway to the Mind. This animated film takes a look at the amazing mind and the five senses. Viewers discover that grasshoppers can hear with their stomachs, fish can taste with their bodies and learn that things aren't always as they appear to be. Gateway to the Mind features the distinctive animation of Chuck Jones, animator for Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, and was produced by Jack Warner.
~ Sally Barber, All Movie Guide
