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Dinner for Eight, color, 1934. [Mrs. Mortimer Jones prepares "Dinner for Eight"]

Description

Southern California Edison promotional film features a housewife preparing dinner for eight persons at short notice. She uses her modern electrical appliances in her kitchen to prepare the meal easily and still make her afternoon theater reservations.

"Dinner for Eight" was the second experimental film of any kind made using the Technicolor process, done in 1934 as a test and shown in theatres by Edison as an advertisement for electric appliances.

Format of original: Reel (see DVD copy)

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
approximately 1914-1996.
Call number
SCE MP 608
Creator
Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Edison International, December 2005.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
NOT AVAILABLE. Audiovisual materials are not available for paging until reformatted. Boxes 21-51 and oversize reels housed in cold storage. Please contact Reader Services for more information.
Rights
Authorization for commercial uses must be obtained from Southern California Edison through the EIX (Edison International) Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications. The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
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