Word to the Wives, A
Word to the Wives, A is a short film from ca. 1955 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
A comical film where one housewife devises a plan for another to get a new kitchen. It is a happy age of shopping, but Jane's husband George doesn't understand the urgency in their need for a new house with a new kitchen. Much of the film is a voice-over by the housewife with the ideal kitchen -- who shows off her counters, clothes washer and dryer and invites Jane for a shopping spree, experiencing the "freedom to go shopping when the urge hits you" instead of being stuck in the kitchen. She devises a plot for Jane to leave George to take care of himself for two days and therefore win Jane a new house and kitchen.
The husband George goes through a sequence of kitchen adventures: Mixing and overcooking on the stove, manly lemon squeezing for lemonade, wrestling with an overcrowded refrigerator, garbage bag breaking as he struggles to take it out, yelling a tirade at the son for using the hot water while he was doing dishes, and struggling to open the kitchen cabinets which need to be tapped underneath with a hammer. The other housewife invites them over for dinner and the husbands discuss the garbage incinerator and the hot water heater and sell George on the idea of a new house. Good ideal kitchen shots Shots of cars driving up to homes
Ends with George's narration about being tricked or not and encouraging the viewer to have "Happy Homebuilding!"| Word to the Wives, A | |
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| Produced by | Telamerica, Inc. |
Production companies | Telamerica, Inc. |
| Distributed by | Telamerica, Inc. |
Release date | ca. 1955 |
Running time | 12:41 |
| Language | English |
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