- Title: F-4045
- Summary: SPLITS, SPARES AND STRIKES: BOWLING IN THE 1940s. SEXIST AND RACIST
- Description:00:46:53 - SEXIST REMARK ABOUT WOMEN BEING THE WEAKER SEX. "REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN WOMEN USED TO COOK, BAKE AND SEW?" WOMEN BOWLING. "SUPPOSED MALE PASTIME FEELS THE BRUNT OF THIS FEMININE INVASION" 00:47:11 - 1940s WOMEN BOWLING. CU STRIKE. KNOCKING DOWN ALL THE PINS. SPARE WITH ONE PIN LEFT STANDING . 00:47:29 - OLD LADY BOWLS. TEN PINS STRIKE. KNOCKING DOWN ALL THE PINS. 00:47:53 - SEXIST NARRATION "NOTED FOR HER BEAUTY OF FORM HEE HEE.." TILLIE TAYLOR BOWLS STRIKES 00:48:29 - 1940s BOWLING ALLEY AUDIENCE 00:48:33 - TILLIE TAYLOR SHOWS WOMEN PROPER METHOD OF BOWLING. 00:48:50 - HUGE FAT WOMAN, YOUNG GIRL BOTHERS HER. FAT WOMAN KEEPS GOING SSSHHH. WITH FINGER TO MOUTH NARRATOR SAYS IT'S A SLIMMING SPORT. 00:48:56 - SLOW MOTION WOMAN BOWLING TILLIE TAYLOR BOWLS A STRIKE 00:49:11 - HEAVY WOMAN TAPS TAYLOR ON THE SHOULDER 00:49:21 - FAT WOMAN GETS HER FINGERS STUCK IN BOWLING BALL. COMEDIC. ALL THE WOMEN LAUGH. 00:49:39 - WOMAN SELECTS BOWLING BALL. TESTING THUMB AND FINGER HOLES FOR PROPER FIT 00:50:05 - FAT WOMEN BOWLING IN HIGH HEELS SLIPS AND FALLS DOWN. PRATFALL. DELIBERATE FOR COMIC EFFECT. BOWLING BALL HITS HER ON THE HEAD, KNOCKS HER OUT 00:50:20 - CU LITTLE GIRL COVERS HER EYES, AFRAID TO LOOK. 00:50:22 - SLOW MOTION WOMAN BOWLING. CU PROPER BOWLING SHOES. 00:50:57 - USES FAT WOMAN TO SHOW WHAT IS WRONG. BOWLING BALL BOUNCES DOWN LANE. 00:51:09 - BLACK PIN BOY SWINGS HIS HEAD AROUND IN SURPRISE. JUMPS OUT OF THE WAY 00:51:12 - SLOW MOTION BOUNCING BOWLING BALL DOWN ALLEY 00:51:25 - TILLIE TAYLOR SHOWS PROPER BOWLING TECHNIQUE IN SLOW MOTION. BALL ROLLS ONTO ALLEY, KNOCKS A STRIKE. SLOW MOTION. FREEZE FRAME BEFORE BALL STRIKES PINS. 00:52:30 - LITTLE GIRL SNEAKS OVER TO BOWLING BALLS. LITTLE GIRL BOWLS WELL. 00:53:16 - TILLIE TAYLOR SHOWS COMMON SECOND SHOTS. HOW TO KNOCK DOWN WITH THE SECOND BALL TO GET A SPARE. SINGLE PIN LEFT. 3-10 SPLIT. WOMEN IN SPORTS. 5-7 SPLIT. PINS SPREAD ALL OVER THE ALLEY. 00:55:02 - OBESE WOMAN BOWLING. 7 PIN SPARE. COMIC BOWLING HOOK SHOT 00:55:27 - BILLIARD BOWLING. 3 PINS, 2 ALLEYS. TRICK BOWLING. 00:55:47 - CROOKED PIN TUNNEL. PINS LINED UP ALL DOWN ALLEY. BALL GOES THROUGH PINS, HITS LAST ONE 00:56:20 - CU WOMAN WINKS. 00:56:23 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-4045