- Title: V-5310
- Summary: BETTER THAN KINGS: With Hildy Parks
- Description:01:09:52 - CROWN IN BLACK LIMBO. 01:09:57 - KING'S COURT. RULER SITS ON THRONE. BELLY DANCER. THUGS WITH FANS FAN RULER. SULTAN. HAREM. ARAB. MIDDLE EAST KING. 01:10:42 - ROMANS. ANCIENT ROME. ROMAN EMPEROR, CAESAR, GREEK KING WITH WOMEN AND FOOD. BACCHANALIAN LUXURY. BANQUET. ORGY. LYING ON PILLOWS. FEEDING KING GRAPES 01:11:15 - ROYAL COURT. MEN AND WOMAN IN WHITE WIGS DANCE WALTZ. UPPER CRUST. POWDERED WIGS. EDWARDIAN ENGLAND. 01:11:52 - WIFE FIXES HUSBANDS TIE IN TYPICAL SUBURBAN HOME. 01:12:02 - CLOSE UP TURN ON LIGHT SWITCH. OPEN DOOR AND GUESTS COME IN. GREETING GUESTS. 01:12:12 - MAN OPENS TV CABINET. TURNS ON TELEVISION. CLOSE UP OF TV. 01:12:25 - ADULT BIRTHDAY PARTY. COCKTAIL PARTY. 1950s COUPLES DANCING IN LIVING ROOM. 01:12:37 - BIRTHDAY CAKE. 01:12:44 - NEW FANGLED APPLIANCES. GRILLED CHEESE WAFFLE IRON, TOASTER. ELECTRIC ROASTER COOKING HAM. 01:12:56 - MS POURING CUPS OF COFFEE ELECTRIC COFFEE POT 01:13:01 - TABLE SPREAD WITH FOOD. PUTTING OUT FOOD. BOWL OF STRAWBERRIES. BLOWING OUT CANDLES ON BIRTHDAY CAKE. WIFE AS HAPPY AS COULD BE 01:13:29 - HUSBAND TAKES OFF SHOES. TIRED AFTER PARTY. WIFE MASSAGES TIRED HUSBAND'S SHOULDERS. 01:14:04 - COUPLE GO INTO BASEMENT. PAINTING OF GRANDMOTHER FALLS OUT OF FRAME. 01:14:30 - WIFE LOOKS AT INSTRUCTION BOOK. MAN MOVING AROUND MAJOR APPLIANCES. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT PLUGS. MAN GOES OFF ON DIATRIBE 01:15:50 - MAN BLOWS A FUSE, LIGHTS GO OUT, TRIPS AND FALLS. SEE STARS, SWIRLING. GOES BACK IN TIME. 01:16:07 - PAINTING COMES ALIVE. OLD FASHIONED GADGETS. ANTIQUES. 01:16:49 - OLD LADY IN KITCHEN COOKING. HISTORICAL RECREATION. PUTS FOOD IN OLD STOVE. SWEEPS WITH BROOM. DUST. MAN COUGHS. FIRE FROM STOVE. TOO MUCH SMOKE. WOMAN HAND WASHES CLOTHES IN WASH TUB. HARD WORK. TOIL. 01:19:04 - OLD LADY FALLS ASLEEP IN ROCKING CHAIR DISAPPEARS. 01:19:25 - MAN CLIMBS OUT OF PICTURE FRAME. 01:19:30 - 1800'S OLD LADY IN MODERN DAY HOUSE. CLASSIC LATE 1950s LIVING ROOM AND FURNITURE. OLD LADY CAUTIOUS ABOUT LIGHT SWITCH TURNS ON RECESSED LIGHTING. HANGING LAMP ON PULLY. 01:21:08 - 19TH CENTURY WOMAN CURIOUS ABOUT TV. TURNS ON TV. SCARED. TELEVISION TURNS IT BACK OFF 01:21:45 - IN BEDROOM. "MY OH MY" 01:22:15 - 19TH CENTURY WOMAN IN MODERN KITCHEN EXCITED ABOUT STOVE. OPENS OVEN AND SEES TURKEY. OPENS REFRIGERATOR. PACKED FULL WITH FOOD. TAKES OUT MILK BOTTLE. EXHAUST FAN. CANISTERS OF FLOUR, SUGAR ETC. TAKES OUT BOWLS. ROLLING PIN. 01:24:50 - HEATING UNITS. ELECTRONIC FILTER. ANIMATION OF GREMLINS, DEVILS MAKING DIRTY AIR WITH PIPE SMOKE, POLLEN. CARTOON ON HOW AIR CLEANER WORKS. AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. 01:26:07 - NICE CLEAN BASEMENT. HUSBANDS TOOL SHOP. WALL SOCKET PLATES. HOW THE ELECTRICITY IS ORGANIZED IN THE HOUSE. CIRCUITS AND WATTS. PLUGS. 01:26:28 - ANIMATED HAPPY APPLIANCES. CIRCUIT BREAKERS. 01:28:58 - 19TH CENTURY WOMAN PUTS PIE INTO OVEN. OLD WOMAN DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH FOOD SCRAPS. PUTS IT INTO GARBAGE COMPACTOR. DOWN DRAIN. TURNS ON FAUCET. WIPES COUNTER CLEAN. OPENS UP EARLY DISHWASHER. PULLS OUT WASHING MACHINE AND DRYER. DEEP FREEZER. STORAGE FREEZER. UNWRAPS TIN FOILED FOOD. HAPPY ABOUT SOFT DRY TOWELS. FOLDS TOWEL. TIRED WOMAN FALLS ASLEEP 01:33:17 - 19TH CENTURY WOMAN ASLEEP IN ROCKING CHAIR. WAKES UP FROM DREAM DISCOMBOBULATED. MAN IN BOWLER CIRCA 1870'S IN PICTURE FRAME 01:34:03 - THE ULTRA MODERN HOUSE. CIRCA 1956. ROOMS OF A HOUSE. HOW TO MAKE YOUR HOUSE MORE MODERN. BATHROOM. KITCHEN. ROUND FLORESCENT KITCHEN FIXTURE. PINK KITCHEN. WORKSHOP., LONG TERM FINANCING MAKES IT EASY TO MODERNIZE YOUR HOUSE. 01:35:47 - 19TH CENTURY MAN CLIMBING OUT OF PICTURE FRAME THROWS OFF BOWLER HAT 01:36:02 - PSYCHEDELIC SWIRL. HYPNOTIZE. 01:36:06 - CONCERNED WIFE LEANING OVER MAN STUCK IN PICTURE FRAME. COUPLE HUGS, CUDDLE...AND SO THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER. PRINTED OVER DRAWING OF EXTERIOR OF MODERN HOUSE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1956
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-5310