The Absent-Minded Professor - Live-action feature film, released in 1961. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson and produced in black & white to facilitate a number of unique special effects. This promotional shot shows Walt jauntily walking in the shadow of an impossibly-flying vehicle, occupied by the movie�s stars Fred MacMurray and Nancy Olson. Walt was delighted at the success of this film, for it helped Walt get out of debt by April, 1961.