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Film, Video Ellis in Freedomland

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Title

  • Ellis in Freedomland

Summary

  • In the first part of this film, a store manager has a dream in which talking appliances, speaking with the well-known voices of major film and television stars, offer tips on increasing sales. The second introduces "Freedom Fair," Westinghouse's spring sales event, and celebrates through a song-and-dance number how the company's appliances free women from the drudgery of housework.

Names

  • Berlin, Abby, 1907-1965, film director
  • Hoerl, Arthur, 1892-1968, contributor
  • Rockwell, Robert, 1920-2003, actor
  • Carson, Robert, 1910-1979, actor
  • Foulger, Byron, 1899-1970, actor
  • Hale, Alan, 1918-1990, actor
  • Mulhall, Jack, 1887-1979, actor
  • Crane, Richard, 1918-1969, actor
  • Best, Willie, 1916-1962, actor
  • Simpson, Mickey, 1913-1985, actor
  • Coles, Mildred, 1920-1995, actor
  • Hadley, Nancy, 1931- actor
  • Arnold, Edward, 1890-1956, voice actor
  • Mason, James, 1909-1984, voice actor
  • Kilbride, Percy, 1888-1964, voice actor
  • Colonna, Jerry, 1904-1986, voice actor
  • Devine, Andy, 1905-1977, voice actor
  • Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989, voice actor
  • Wilson, Marie, 1916-1972, voice actor
  • O'Sullivan, Maureen, 1911-1998, voice actor
  • Thayer, Guy V., film producer
  • Colombo, Alberto, 1888-1954, composer
  • Romero, Alex, choreographer
  • Strenge, Walter, cinematographer
  • Luby, S. Roy, film editor
  • Maguire, Fred, film editor
  • Althouse, Charles, sound engineer
  • Capps, McClure, art director
  • Starlighters (Musical group), performer
  • Roland Reed Productions, production company
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation, sponsor

Created / Published

  • 1952.

Headings

  • -  Westinghouse Electric Corporation
  • -  Salesmen and salesmanship
  • -  Household appliances, Electric

Genre

  • Musical films
  • Fantasy films
  • Sponsored films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  Robert Rockwell, Robert Carson, Byron Foulger, Ann O'Neal.
  • -  Models: Alan Hale, Jr., Jack Mulhall, Richard Crane, Chief Iron Eyes, Willie Best, Mickey Simpson, Anthony Sydes, Lisa Abbott, Mildred Coles, Nancy Hadley, Noreen Michaels, Crystal Reeves, Darla Lee Ridgeway, Anne Rubin, Karen Sharpe, Carol Lowe, Frances Zucco.
  • -  Voices: Edward Arnold, James Mason, Percy Kilbride, Jerry Colonna, Andy Devine, Lucille Ball, Marie Wilson, Maureen O'Sullivan.
  • -  Associate producer, Guy V. Thayer, Jr. ; composer, Alberto Colombo ; choreography, Alex Romero ; vocals, The Starlighters ; director of photography, Walter Strenge ; production manager, Dick L'Estrange ; supervising editor, Roy Luby ; editor, Fred Maguire ; orchestrations, Joseph Nussbawn ; sound engineer, Charles Althouse ; art director, McClure Capps ; make up artist, Ernest Young ; script supervisor, Hazel Hall.
  • -  Summary adapted from the National Film Preservation Foundation.
  • -  Sources used: Prelinger, R. The field guide to sponsored films, 2006, p. 29; National Film Preservation Foundation WWW site, viewed March 29, 2024.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (approximately 83 min.) : sd., col.

Source Collection

  • MacDonald (J. Fred and Leslie W.) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024601074

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Berlin, Abby, Film Director, Arthur Hoerl, Robert Rockwell, Robert Carson, Byron Foulger, Alan Hale, Jack Mulhall, et al. Ellis in Freedomland. composeds by Colombo, Alberto, performeds by Starlighters, produceds by Roland Reed Productionsuction Company 1952. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024601074/.

APA citation style:

Berlin, A., Hoerl, A., Rockwell, R., Carson, R., Foulger, B., Hale, A. [...] Westinghouse Electric Corporation, S. (1952) Ellis in Freedomland. Colombo, A., comp, Starlighters, performer, Roland Reed Productionsuction Company, prod [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024601074/.

MLA citation style:

Berlin, Abby, Film Director, et al. Ellis in Freedomland. comp by Colombo, Alberto, performer by Starlighters, prod by Roland Reed Productionsuction Company 1952. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024601074/>.