The Face Of Things - To Come! Alpha The Robot (1934)

A robot that wants to be married from 1934. Alpha the robot is completely controlled by voice activation. Titles read: ’The face of things - TO COME!’ Location of events unknown - United States of America? Alpha the Robot answers various questions from a man standing beside him. Voiceover tells us that Alpha is constructed “entirely of metal, but controlled only by the voice“. Alpha is instructed to raise his right arm and fire the pistol he is holding. He does so. He then answers various questions - i.e. he is six foot tall and weighs one ton. He is asked if he likes little boys or girls. He doesn’t, but he does like the ladies. A young lady enters and she too asks questions. She discovers Alpha is not married, would like to be, and prefers blondes. She is disappointed as she is dark-haired. On being asked if he would like to marry the lady with him, he replies “She’ll do!“. (Intro music is ’Over the Downs’ Pub