- Title: F-9002.1
- Summary: DUPONT THEATRE-DECISION FOR A HERO: DUPONT COMMERCIAL. BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING. THROUGH CHEMISTRY. COLLEGE EXTERIOR. TO GYM. YOUNG MAN PUNCHING PUNCHING BAG. PUTS ON GLASSES. NERD. FALLS DOWN AND PASSES OUT. PACKED STADIUM. FANS STAND. FOOTBALL GAME. TOUCHDOWN. FANS OUTSIDE LOCKER ROOM. GIRLS ASK FOR AUTOGRAPH OF FOOTBALL PLAYER. SHAKES HANDS. DROPS DEAD FROM TOO MUCH EXERCISE. CONFUSED LOOK. STUDENT WALKS RELUCTANTLY UP TO DORM BUILDING. THINKING TO HIMSELF. INTERNAL DILEMMA, HESITANT. KNOCKS ON DOOR. WOMAN ANSWERS. LOOKS AT PHOTOGRAPH. PRETTY YOUNG GIRL. WOMAN SHOWS MAN LETTERS. LOOKS OUT WINDOW. JOCKS. JOCK TALKS WITH NERD. DAUGHTER SKEPTICAL. OLD WOMAN UPSET. DUPONT THEATRE. WOMAN WITH 2 TV SETS WITH RABBIT EARS. MAN POURS OUT WHITE POWDER. SHOWS OF TV TUBES WORK. PHOSPHORUS. HOME APPLIANCES. WASHING MACHINE. REFRIGERATOR. MIXER, TOASTER. FLAT SCREEN TV. LOOKS LIKE PICTURE FROM TINY TRANSISTORS. SILICON. SOLAR BATTERY POWERS PORTABLE RADIOS. NATIONAL ELECTRICAL WEEK. CHEMISTRY. VACUUM TUBE. A HUNK OF SILICON.
- Description:01:06:51 - LARGE CORPORATE CAMPUS, BUILDING OR INSTITUTE, PALM TREES 01:06:58 - ARROW SIGN "TO GYM" 01:07:01 - YOUNG MAN WORKING OUT HITTING PUNCHING BAG IN GYM 01:07:11 - YOUNG MEN ENTER GYM AND WATCH SKINNY FIGHTER PUNCHING BAG, MAKE JOKE ABOUT HIM 01:07:26 - SKINNY FIGHTER PUTS ON THICK GLASSES, NERDY AND SMILES, STAGGERS OVER TO PUNCHING BAG AND HITS IT REPEATEDLY, EXHAUSTED,FALLS TO FLOOR SICK, LOOKS LIKE HEART ATTACK 01:08:16 - STANDS AT PACKED STADIUM 01:08:21 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF FOOTBALL GAME 1950S, TOUCHDOWN PASS AND RUN, CROWDS ON THEIR FEET 01:08:34 - WHITE FOOTBALL PLAYERS CONGRATULATE EACH OTHER ON FIELD 01:08:41 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF SPECTATORS IN STANDS 01:08:46 - FOOTBALL STAR EXITS FIELD, STOPPED BY FANS ASKING FOR AUTOGRAPH, HAPPY FANS 01:09:09 - WHITE FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN LOCKER ROOM, STAR PLAYER IS APPROACHED BY TWO MEN WITH BAD NEWS, SMILES AND SHAKES HANDS, FOOTBALL PLAYER TAKES OFF SHOES 01:09:43 - MS OF COLLEGIATE TYPES, 1950S, CUTS TO FOOTBALL PLAYER SITTING ON BENCH IN LOCKER ROOM 01:10:06 - LOCKER ROOM SCENE, BAD NEWS ABOUT KID WHO DIED IN THE GYM, CUTS BETWEEN CONFUSED FOOTBALL PLAYER AND TWO MEN SUGGESTING HE MEET THE KID'S MOTHER AND SISTER 01:11:52 - TWO MEN IN LOCKERROOM NOD AND TURN TO LEAVE, 1950S 01:11:55 - MS OF CONFUSED FOOTBALL PLAYER 01:12:00 - MAN IN SUIT STOPS AT DOORWAY AND THINKS, NERVOUS, RELUCTANT, TALKS TO HIMSELF, HESITANT 01:12:42 - MAN ON COLLEGE CAMPUS APPROACHES MAN WAITING IN DOORWAY, MAN ENTERS LEADED GLASS DOORS 01:12:56 - DORM HALLWAY, LOOKS LIKE HOTEL, MAN KNOCKS ON DOOR AND WOMAN ANSWERS 01:13:22 - YOUNG MAN ENTERS ROOM WITH WOMAN AND DAUGHTER OF DECEASED COLLEGE STUDENT 01:13:41 - MS OF OLDER WOMAN AND YOUNG MAN, 1950S, HAVE CONVERSATION, CUT TO YOUNGER WOMAN, THEY SIT ON COUCH AND TALK ABOUT HER SON 01:15:26 - MOTHER READS LETTERS TO YOUNG MAN, CUT TO SKEPTICAL DAUGHTER, MOTHER WALKS UP TO WINDOW AND RECITES, DREAM SEQUENCE BLURRY FADE 01:16:41 - RE-ENACTMENT OF SCENE, FOOTBALL STAR, JOCK, EMBRACES NERD ON CAMPUS, PUSHES PRETTY GIRLS ASIDE, LAUGHING TOGETHER 01:17:03 - MOTHER READS LETTER AT WINDOW, LAST LETTER FROM DEAD SON, SAD, WALKS OVER TO MAN 01:17:28 - MS OF WAITING PRETTY YOUNG BRUNETTE 01:17:33 - YOUNG MAN AT BOOKCASE LIES TO OLDER WOMAN, LOOKS AT MUSIC ALBUMS 01:17:52 - MS OF NERVOUS YOUNG MAN, LIES TO MOTHER, CUTS TO PRETTY BRUNETTE, SKEPTICAL DAUGHTER, MOTHER IS UPSET, RUBS FOREHEAD 01:18:59 - MAN IS YELLED AT BY PRETTY BRUNETTE WEARING CARDIGAN, SHE THROWS HIM OUT 01:19:45 - MOTHER TALKS TO ADULT DAUGHTER ABOUT MAN, DAUGHTER GIVES IN TO GRIEVING MOTHER 01:20:33 - TITLE CARD: "DUPONT THEATER" 01:20:43 - TV COMMERCIAL, PRETTY BLONDE WITH TWO TVS, ADJUSTS RABBIT EAR ANTENNAS 01:20:54 - SPOKESMAN FOR DUPONT HOLDS BOTTLE 01:20:56 - MAN POURS WHITE POWDER, TELEVISION PHOSPHORUS, ONTO TABLE, TV COMMERCIAL FOR DUPONT, MAN HOLDS UP DIAGRAM OF TV PICTURE TUBE 01:21:08 - DUPONT AD FOR LIVE BETTER ELECTRICALLY. GIRL REMOVES PICTURES FROM WALL. PACKING UP STUFF. REMOVES PICTURE FROM FRAME. MAN YELLS AT WOMAN. AN ANGRY FACE. MAN ON A PEDESTAL. SHE TRIES TO LEAVE. HE GRABS HER. WOMAN LEAVES A MAN STANDING THERE. EXTERIOR OF CHAPEL. CHURCH. MALE CHORUS SINGS AS IT GOES INTO CHURCH. SUIT IN AN EMPTY GYM. PUNCHES PUNCHING BAG. ANGRY GUY AND GIRL WALK AND TALK IN PARK. YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT ME. PREVIEW FOR NEXTS WEEK'S SHOW. THE FRIGHTENED WITNESS WITH DAN DURYEA. CAST JOHN ERICKSON, JOAN EVANS, LURENE TUTTLE, WILLIAM SWAN, DONALD FREED, WADE CAGLE, PATRICK CLEMENT, HOOPER DUNBAR, GUY WILLIAMS, LARRY BRACKEN, RON FOSTER. 01:21:34 - DISPLAY OF HOME APPLIANCES "TO LIVE BETTER", 1950S KITCHEN APPLIANCES 01:21:58 - MODEL HANGS UP FLAT SCREEN TELEVISION, SOMETHING FROM THE FUTURE, 1950S 01:22:10 - MAN DEMONSTRATES SOLAR CELLS, SOLAR BATTERIES, MS OF SPOKESMAN DUPONT COMMERCIAL, SMALL TRANSISTOR VERSUS VACUUM TUBE 01:23:10 - CU OF SILICON ROCK 01:23:22 - DUPONT TV COMMERCIAL SPOKESMAN 01:23:33 - DUPONT LOGO, "BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING...THROUGH CHEMISTRY" 01:23:41 - RETURN TO SHOW: FADE TO COUPLE WALKING ON COLLEGE CAMPUS 01:23:48 - YOUNG WOMAN TAKES DOWN PICTURES IN DORM ROOM, 1950S, LOOKS AT PORTRAIT OF FOOTBALL PLAYER 01:24:03 - CU OF PHOTO BACK: "RELEASE BY ATHLETICS PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT..." 01:24:09 - WOMAN LOOKS AT PICTURE, KNOCK ON THE DOOR DISTURBS HER, SHE ANSWERS THE DOOR, YOUNG MAN GETS ANGRY, THEY ARGUE, 01:25:50 - SHE TRIES TO GIVE HIM MUSIC RECORDS, ANTI JOCK, SHE HATES HIM, RIDICULES HIM 01:26:49 - PRETTY BRUNETTE TRIES TO STORM OUT OF ROOM, MAN GRABS HER ARM AND YELLS AT HER, CAMERA ZOOMS IN TO MS 01:27:01 - ALTERNATING MS OF MAN AND WOMAN TALKING, MAN ARGUING, WOMAN LISTENING AND LOOKING UP, 1950S 01:28:22 - PRETTY BRUNETTE STORMS OUT OF ROOM 01:28:26 - MS OF DISAPPOINTED WHITE MALE, 1950S, WALKS OUT OF DOOR 01:28:34 - EXT OF LARGE CALIFORNIA STYLE CHURCH, PEOPLE ENTER CHAPEL FOR THE FUNERAL, SINGING 01:28:58 - MS MAN AND WOMAN TALKING OUTSIDE CHAPEL, WATCHING, INCREDULOUS, SERIOUS CONVERSATION, 1950S, DRESSED IN BLACK, FUNERAL 01:30:14 - MAN IN SUIT ENTERS QUIET GYM, SERIOUS, WALKS OVER TO PUNCHING BAG AND HITS IT, SADNESS, LOOKS DOWN, UPSET, STARTLED 01:30:48 - PRETTY BRUNETTE ENTERS GYM AND SPEAKS TO UPSET MAN AT PUNCHING BAG, THEY LEAVE TOGETHER 01:31:22 - 1950S MAN AND WOMAN STROLL ON CAMPUS SETTING, THEY STOP AND TALK 01:31:50 - ALTERNATING MS OF MAN AND WOMAN, CONVERSATION, DIALOGUE, WOMAN TALKS ABOUT HATING HEROES, THE NEED FOR HEROES, THEY SIT ON BENCH, DREAMY LOOKS, 1950S 01:33:37 - COUPLE RISES FROM PARK BENCH, CUTS TO MS OF COUPLE TALKING 01:34:04 - MS OF COUPLE WALKING OFF TOGETHER, PARK 01:34:13 - ROLLING CREDITS, DESILU PRODUCTIONS 01:34:51 - OLDER MAN WALKS UP ON BAR ROOM FLOOR, RUBS NECK, NEXT WEEK'S PREVIEW
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1957
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-9002.1