It’s enjoyable to watch this movie about Professor Brainard, a role I've always pictured Robin Williams in, since I first saw the 1997 remake years ago. Fred MacMurray takes on that part here, in the original version. He’s good in it, delivering a performance that is more than adequate—even if it does resemble his work in *‘The Shaggy Dog’* from 1959. Keenan Wynn as Alonzo Hawk also fits the role perfectly. Nancy …

This movie, which I’m calling Substance X or Flubber, was directed by Robert Stevenson, with Bill Walsh adapting Samuel W. Taylor’s story into the screenplay. Fred MacMurray leads the cast alongside Nancy Olsen, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Leon Ames, and Elliott Reid; George Bruns handled the music and Edward Colman did the cinematography. It's a silly, family-oriented comedy from Disney that feels really good when y…