- Title: VM-1194
- Summary: SEARS - DEAR ARLENE DAHL: Celebrity Arlene Dahl for Sears fashion, solving fashion and wardrobe problems such as hiding overweight body. 1970s fashions
- Description:00:35:10 - MS ACTRESS ARLENE DAHL, NATIONAL BEAUTY ADVISOR FOR SEARS, AT DESK FACING CAMERA, OPENING UP MAIL. SUB-TITLE: "DEAR ARLENE DAHL". VOICE OVER WOMAN WRITING LETTER ASKING ARLENE A VARIETY QUESTIONS CONCERNING DIET, MAKE-UP, WARDROBE ETC. ARLENE LOWERS LETTER, SPEAKS TO CAMERA, "PROBLEMS, EVERYBODY'S GOT PROBLEMS..........". "I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO TURN YOUR PROBLEMS INTO OPPORTUNITY" hollywood, movies, actress, 1970 woman fashions 00:35:30 - MS ARLENE DAHL SEATED AT TABLE WITH GROUP MEN AND WOMEN (SEARS EMPLOYEES ?) WITH PENCIL AND PAPER IN HAND SHOWS THEM "HOW TO MAKE MAKE-UP WORK FOR YOU". 00:35:53 - MODEL IN DRESSING ROOM SEATED AT MAKE-UP MIRROR WITH MAJOR MAKE-UP ARTIST STAN PAPER, DOING A LAST MINUTE BEAUTY CHECK BEFORE PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION. ARLEN DAHL ENTERS SAYS HELLO TO STAN, COMMENTS ON MODELS "LOVELY PALE COMPLEXION". CU FACE SHOT MODEL. ARLENE GIVES STAN A FEW POINTERS. PICKS OUT SHADES OF EYE MAKE-UP AND SHADE OF LIPSTICK. 00:36:36 - CU MAKE-UP ARTIST APPLYING FACE MAKE-UP TO MODELS FACE. CU MODEL'S FACE AFTER ,MAKEUP IS APPLIED. MODEL LEAVES AND BLACK FEMALE MODEL TAKES THE SEAT. CU MODEL'S FACE. ARLENE MAKES SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS MODEL'S COMPLEXION. SUGGESTS WIG FOR HER. CU FACE SHOTS BOTH WHITE AND BLACK MODELS POSE TOGETHER AFTER MAKE-UP OS APPLIED BOTH. 00:37:41 - BOTH MODELS POSE WITH DIFFERENT DEARS OUTFITS AS DAHL VOICE OVER DESCRIBES THE OUTFITS. 00:38:02 - WELL DRESSED MODEL, TENNIS RACKET IN HAND, EXITING FLAT IN UPSCALE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD AND CLIMBING INTO WAITING AUTO DRIVEN BY HER BEAU, AS VOICE OVER ARLENE DAHL DESCRIBES HER CHIC SPORTY OUTFIT. 1970s sports fashions. 00:38:20 - VARIOUS SHOTS YOUNG COUPLE, HE WITH ARM AROUND HER HER SHOULDER AS SHE WHEELS BABY CARRIAGE WALK DOWN UPSCALE RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT NEIGHBORHOOD, ARLENE DAHL DESCRIBES HER LOOSE-CUT PENNACCHIO PANTS. (TO COVER HER POST PREGNANCY WEIGHT WHILE DIETING). 00:38:26 - CU SMALL DOG ON LEASH HELD BY MODEL, TURN CITY STREET CORNER, CITY BUS IN B/G, WALKS TOWARDS CAMERA AND RED PARKING METER IN F/G AS VOICE OVER ARLENE DAHL TELLS HOW THIN MODEL PLAYS HER "PROPORTION GAME" BY WEARING HER RED PANTS SET AND "OVERSIZED SUN GLASSES AND GIANT SHOULDER BAG" 00:39:00 - TWO MODELS, ONE WITH CAMERA HANGING FROM SHOULDER, MEET IN COURTYARD UPSCALE CITY APARTMENT COMPLEX. DAHL VOICE OVER DESCRIBES OUTFITS. "THE SHORT WAIST IS BACK....." DESCRIBES TURBAN TYPE HEADWEAR ON MODEL. 00:39:16 - TWO MODELS HAVING TEA IN LIVING ROOM OF APARTMENT WITH LARGE PICTURE WINDOW OVERLOOKING CITY. ONE POURS TEA AS VOICE OVER ARLENE DAHL DESCRIBES THEIR SEARS OUTFITS IN PROPORTION TO THEIR HAIR AND SIZE. CU MODEL THUMBING THROUGH PAGERS OF MAGAZINE 00:39:44 - ZOOM IN ARLENE DAHL THUMBING THROUGH MAGAZINE, MAKES HER CLOSING STATEMENT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1973
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-1194