Rayon Synthetic Nylons Fabric Fashion Films 1930s to 1950s DVD

Description: Please read & note:This is a Rights holding DVD created & produced by me and is not factory made or sealed.I strive to produce the best DVD's possible from the sometimes VERY old Public Domain material. Films that are public domain are unpreserved and not professionally re-mastered. I re-master all of my films myself to the best possible quality achievable.My DVDs are not the quality of todays Modern DVDs or Bluray discs. If you are looking for this kind of quality then these discs are not for you. All pictures are actual screen captures from the DVDs.Please note this when purchasing, but also know that all of the films are very watchable.To keep my prices as low as possible all my DVDs are delivered in plain paper DVD sleeves and the DVDs title will be labeled on the back of the DVD envelope. This way you can write the contents of the DVD on the DVD yourself if you want to. (See picture).All of my DVD's come with a menu for easy film selection. Total runtime of this DVD is 70 minutes. Item specifics are: Film 1: "Tomorrow Always Comes" (1941) COLOR Runtime 30 minutesOddly charming, yet surreal film promoting Burlington Mills ("Bur-Mil") rayon garments. The film opens in 1912 with a young Molly dreaming of the perfect husband. Move forward 3 years, and we see Molly and Bob get married and then come back from their honeymoon. Finally, we move to 1920. Molly is now happily married and she has a little girl. The girl is reading Cinderella, and Molly is wearing a dress to go out to a dance. Molly is disappointed because her plain cotton dress is not as rich as the silks and satin's some of the other ladies are wearing, but she is unable to afford. Bob tries to comfort her, but she is resigned to not being able to buy the best looking clothes. When Molly tells her little girl a bedtime story about her hopes she had for her marriage, she falls asleep. It is at this point, things become weird. The "Spirit Of The Future" visits Molly and promises to show her the future of fabrics that she dreamed of on the condition that she does not reveal that she is from 1920. Molly is then transported to a department store of the future (that is c. 1941), and is shown all of the marvels of rayon. The sales people run through all of the marketing speak about the durability, quality and care of "Bur-Mil" rayon, while the disembodied spirit occasionally admonishing Molly for to revealing she's from 1920. After a salesperson at the the blouses counter gives a rather detailed explanation of the care and the differences in cost between various rayon garments, the Spirit has Molly go to a televised fashion show "in the Stratsosphere Room." The dream-like logic of the department store sequence is turned up another notch, by having Molly watch herself as a bride in the fashion show for slips (!). Her husband Bob is the MC. While the narrator for the fashion show goes on and on about the quality of the slips and their "faggoted seams", in the end the Molly on stage reveals to MC-Bob that she's from 1920 and is sent back, doomed by the Spirit to remember fashions of the things to come. A rather strange way to promote fabrics, but well done and still rather beautiful footage of 1940s fashions and early TV equipment. Film 2: "The Wonderful World of Wash 'n' Wear" (1958) COLOR Runtime 22 minutesSynthetic fabrics plus electric laundry equipment make wash day a pleasure. Host: Jeffrey Lynn. Excellent color, great clothes, and liberal use of the word "miracle". I laughed out loud at the list of "modern" fabrics: "Acrilan...Verel...Creslan...Dynel...Zefram..." Things slow down a bit when he finally gets to the washing machine pitch, but this is still highly recommended. Film 3: "The Story of a Star" (1956) COLOR Runtime 8 minutesChemistry gives birth to new synthetics benefiting women, in this case sheer stockings. A fun filled salute to Nylon stockings, I mean Agilon stockings is shown here in this most beautiful film to show off their latest breakthrough. It stretches this way and that way! People will be able to see your Look Zone better, while you bask in your comfort zone! Plenty of shots of models zombily smiling and fondling the fabric is shown. We also get to see an TV spot! This is all fun fun fun and is highly recommended! Film 4: "Aristocrats of Fashion" (late 1930s - early 1940s) COLOR Runtime 10 minutesIn this gonzo short, the fashions of 1930's-1940's are showcased.. But not just any old clothes. These are Benberg rayon! These are HIDEOUS fashions folks, ugly stripes. dresses that look like table cloths, weird looking hats and that narration makes this short a very strange viewing experience. I claim ownership and rights to this media.All the films on this DVD have been researched and are copyright free or the copyrights have expired due to non renewal.

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