- Title: PA-46
- Summary: PRACTICAL DREAMER: A FANTASY OF KITCHEN PLANNING AND MODERNIZATION. With Augusta Roeland, Rege Cordic LONELY HOUSEWIFE, CARRIES ON NIGHTTIME CONVERSATION WITH DISEMBODIED MALE VOICE ABOUT HER DREAM KITCHEN.
- Description:01:32:52 - CU HAND OF WOMAN INSOMNIAC HANGING OVER SIDE OF BED WITH SLIPPER IN HER HAND, SHAKING IT UP AND DOWN AS SHE TRIES TO SLEEP. SOUND CLOCK TICKING AND HER HUSBAND SNORING IN ADJACENT BED. HAND RAISES AND LOWERS SLIPPER TO THE RHYTHM OF HIS SNORING. HAND DROPS SLIPPER. TILT UP TO ALARM CLOCK ON END TABLE, 1:35 AM. PAN TO MAN ASLEEP, SNORING 01 3 27 CU LITTLE GIRL FAST ASLEEP IN BED. SAME OLDER BOY. CU WIDE AWAKE WOMAN IN BED, CAN'T SLEEP. VOICE OVER OF SAME WOMAN TELLING WHY SHE CAN'T SLEEP. PAN TO ALARM CLOCK TWO HOURS EARLIER (1:25 PM). SAME WOMAN TWISTING AND TURNING IN BED. CLIMBS OUT OF BED, PUTS ON ROBE, WALKS DOWN STAIRS TO KITCHEN. CU WOMAN'S FEET WALKING DOWN STEPS. 01:34:28 - WOMAN ENTERING DARK KITCHEN SWITCHES ON LIGHT, LOOKS AROUND IN HORROR, TURNS OFF LIGHTS, SWITCHES THEM BACK ON, LOOKS AROUND IN ASTONISHMENT, NO KITCHEN!. ONLY A DARK ROOM WITH SPOTLIGHT BEAMING IN CENTER LIKE SOUND STAGE. SHE WALKS FORWARD UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT. PLACES HAND ON SIDE OF HEAD AND SCREAM IN HORROR AT THEKITCHENLESS KITCHEN. 01:35:09 - CU WOMAN'S FACIAL EXPRESSION TURNS TO LOOK OF AMAZEMENT, AS A MAN'S VOICE LAUGHS, TELLS HER TO RELAX, "EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT". MS EVERYTHING IS NOT ALRIGHT", SHE YELLS. ANOTHER SPOTLIGHT LIGHTS UP A CHAIR AND TABLE, WITH MILK AND COOKIES ON TABLE. AS VOICE TELLS HER TO SIT DOWN AS HE EXPLAINS. VOICE EXPLAINS ABOUT THE MISSING KITCHEN. SHE DEMANDS IT BACK (KITCHEN) 01:35:56 - VOICE AND WOMAN SPEAK ABOUT A "DREAM KITCHEN". SHE ASKS VOICE TO "AMAZE HER ' (WITH DREAM KITCHEN). PLACES HER HAND OVER HER EYES, OPENS HER FINGERS SO SHE CAN SEE THROUGH ONE EYE. WHEN SHE LOOKS AROUND FOR KITCHEN HE TELLS HER SHE MUST PLAN IT. CU GLASS OF MILK AND DISH OF COOKIES ON TABLE. CU NOTE PAD AND PENCIL APPEARS IN PLACE OF MILK AND COOKIES. VOICE TELLS HER TO START PLANNING (DREAM KITCHEN). 01:36:48 - HOUSEWIFE PREPARING DINNER IN COMPACT MODERN KITCHEN. CU HAND SETTING DIALS ON STOVE. MS HOUSEWIFE SEATED AT ELECTRIC SEWING MACHINE WHICH LIES ON SPECIAL KITCHEN COUNTER. COUNTER WITH SEWING MACHINE, WITHOUT HOUSEWIFE. PAN TO HOUSEWIFE AT DESK ANSWERING PHONE, JOTTING DOWN MESSAGE. 01:37:36 - PAN FROM KITCHEN DESK DESK TO SIDE NY SIDE WASHER AND DRYING MACHINES. HOUSEWIFE APPROACHES, SETS DIAL ON DRYER, WALKS AWAY. 01:37:51 - MCU (BACK TO) HOUSEWIFE SEATED AT TABLE, UNDER SPOTLIGHT, TAKING NOTES, LEANING ON HAND TO FOREHEAD, SPEAKING TO IMAGINARY MAN 01:38:00 - MS HOUSEWIFE STRETCHES TO PLACE GLASS ON UPPER SHELF OF KITCHEN CABINET, THEN STOOPS DOWN TO OPEN DOOR OF UNDER SINK CABINET. 01:38:12 - HOUSEWIFE IN KITCHEN OPENS GROCERY BROWN BAG REMOVES ITEMS, PLACES THEM ON SINK COUNTER.. HOUSEWIFE STACKING SHELVES AROUND WITH CANNED GOODS. ABOVE VIEW ANIMATED DIAGRAM OF BASIC KITCHEN WORK WITH ARROWS SHOWING STEPS HOUSEWIFE TAKES BETWEEN APP;APPLIANCES AND COUNTER TOPS. 01:38:33 - ABOVE VIEW DIAGRAMS SHOWING DIFFERENT KITCHEN ARRANGEMENTS OUTLINING PATHS HOUSEWIFE TAKES WHEN IN THERE. 01:39:00 - HOUSEWIFE IN KITCHEN STEPS AROUND TWO CHILDREN, (BOY, GIRL) PLAYING WITH TOYS ON KITCHEN FLOOR, AS SHE SERVES COFFEE TO HUSBAND AT TABLE READING NEWSPAPERS. CU SAME HOUSEWIFE IN KITCHEN, PAN TO CHILDREN PLAYING ON FLOOR AND DAD READING NEWSPAPERS IN WELL LAID OUT FAMILY LIVING ROOM ADJACENT TO KITCHEN, 01:39:40 - MS MAN COOKING ON BARBECUE ON OUTDOOR PATIO (SOUND STAGE). ZOOM IN ON WINDOW OPENING TO INSIDE KITCHEN COUNTER. WIFE REACHES THROUGH TO GET TRAY OF FOOD, TAKE IT TO HUSBAND TO COOK. 01:39:56 - WOMAN OPENS LARGE PASS THROUGH SHUTTERS SEPARATING KITCHEN AND LIVING ROOM. TAKES TRAY OF SNACKS OFF KITCHEN COUNTER TO SERVE GUESTS IN LIVING ROOM. HUSBAND GETS THE DRINKS. (STAGE SETTING) 01:40:16 - MS HOUSEWIFE STANDING AT COUNTER STIRRING BATTER AS THREE CHILDREN EAT AT SNACK BAR. HOUSEWIFE CLEANS HEAD OF LETTUCE UNDER SINK, STEPS ASIDE TO ALLOW HUSBAND TO RUN WATER OVER ICE TRAY. SAME SCENE SHOWS HOUSEWIFE AND HUSBAND DOING SAME CHORES SIMULTANEOUSLY IN NEW DOUBLE SINK. 01:40:56 - CU WOMAN AT TABLE TALKING TO VOICE OVER WHO EXPLAINS ABOUT PROPER KITCHEN PLANNING. MS KITCHEN CENTER IS BUILT UP SECTION AT A TIME FORMING "U" SHAPED KITCHEN WITH UPPER AND LOWER CABINETS AND ALL APPLIANCES. VOICE OVER CALLS IT THE BASIC KITCHEN. CU REFRIGERATOR CENTER, SINK CENTER, RANGE CENTER. 01:41:57 - VARIOUS DIAGRAMS OF VARIETY OF CABINETS, COUNTERS, SINKS APPLIANCES. 01:42:27 - MCU WOMAN SEATED AT TABLE (UNDER SPOTLIGHT) TAKING NOTES ON PAD. STOPS, HOLDS HAND TO FOREHEAD, CONFUSED, SHAKES HEAD, LEANS HEAD ON HAND. SPEAKS TO DISEMBODIED MAN. HE EXPLAINS, DEMONSTRATES DO'S AND DON'TS OF NEW KITCHEN. INCLUDING MS SINK UNDER WINDOW, KITCHEN ISLAND UNDER WINDOW, WALL LINED WITH CABINETS, POTS AND PANS HANGING ON RACK,UNDER COUNTER DISHWASHER, KITCHEN "L" SHAPED COUNTER WITH REFRIGERATOR AT FAR END. 01:43:40 - WOMAN AT TABLE WRITING NOTES UN PAD AS VOICE OVER SPEAKS. SHE STOPS, PUTS DOWN PENCIL, SIGHS, GETS UP FROM CHAIR SHOWING DISAPPOINTMENT. 01:44:00 - MS TABLE AND CHAIR ON STAGE UNDER SPOTLIGHT SUDDENLY DISAPPEARS, NOTE PAD AND ALL. 01:44:12 - MCU "KITCHEN PLANNING BOOK" SUDDENLY APPEARS IN WOMAN'S HAND. WOMAN FLIPS PAGES AS VOICE OVER EXPLAINS. WOMAN SUDDENLY CLOSES EYES, HOLDS HAND TO HEAD AS THOUGH PASSING OUT, SHAKES HEAD. 01:44:33 - CU WOMAN LYING IN BED (AWAKEN FROM DREAM, SLIPPER IN HAND. CU ALARM LOCK (1:38 AM) TICKING. OPENS DRAWER OF NIGHT TABLE, TAKES OUT KITCHEN BOOK HE RECEIVED DURING DREAM. SHAKES HER HEAD, SMILES, LAYS HEAD ON PILLOW, FALLS ASLEEP. 01:45:04 - LS TWO STORY RESIDENTIAL HOME AT NIGHT. LIGHTS OUT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1957
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: PA-46