Synopsis
A Montgomery Ward Fashion Presentation.” Idealized “typical” family piles out of convertible and starts playing furiously (good) Janis Paige addresses camera: “this is a typical California day” Stylish California mother poses before camera Stylish woman at backyard barbecue; yields it to husband Closeup of woman’s chest and gingham dress
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- Running time
- 14 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
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★★★★★ · It was true in 62 WARDS at the American high! · tribtower · 2013-05-13
Can read the 1962 date on the catalog cover. The wigs and the generous use of hairspray certainly place this in the early 60's. Filmic technique includes 3 ZOOM shots made in the camera. French Zoom Lenses hit the market at this time and advertising pics like this and Hollywood stuff was filled with zooms for a lot of the decade. All the clothes were likely made in our own country and provided many jobs for a predominately female workforce. Many of these jobs were unionized and while the pay was'nt fantastic decent hours and benefits were enjoyed by many. The clothing was of good quality at…
★★★ · "Psst! It's Janis Page!" "Who?" · Spuzz · 2014-06-09
This exploration of Monty Ward's latest styles is thankfully not all THAT bad. The clothes here look comfortable and look presentable to what people would wear around this time. Except the Mom with her gloves. Also, the kids are all so transfixed by Janis Page. I'm sorry, I will need to look this person up. Oh, she WAS quite a famous tv actress in the 60's, wasnt she? My bad.