Last Word In Automatic Dishwashing (1950)

★★★★ · Dishwashing the modern way! · ShariD57 · 2016-04-23

Basically, these guys were picking up where the Great Depression and WWII had so unceremoniously dropped them! The dishwasher in its earliest configurations for home use came out in the Twenties! I have copies of contemporary advertising of those units for that time, AND they were sold in conjunction with the garbage disposal unit installed in its usual place underneath the single sink drain. The dishwasher was a top loader, and was located as part of the "GE Electric Sink" like a second sink bowl, with a lift off top, and an exposed motor visible underneath. Where they got a low or…

★★★ · Dish pan Hands · Umass_Kid · 2004-04-17

Why do your dished the old fashion way? When you do all your other housework the modern way! This little gem was clearly produced for the sellers of the dishwashing unit. Give instruction on what to say and what info will impress the ladies. The value is in the imagery of that housewife. Lots of good images of the kitchen, domestic life, and every day kitchen chores. The film does run a little long and can get boring at times. Thats why I can only give 3 ***

★★ · Who Bought These? · JayKay49 · 2014-01-30

Except for Judy's mother in Young Man's Fancy (Jam Handy, 1952) I never saw one of these in anybody's kitchen. Judy's mother had the front loader version. Why didn't they put a butcher block top on the top loader? Would have made that part of the countertop useful, no? Honestly, though, crabbing about washing dishes when in 1950 not too many people had a double kitchen sink, and when you think about it, as a kid, this woman probably watched her mother wash clothes on a washboard. I wonder how many times the narrator says "you" with that characteristic operatic back of the throat tone.

★★ · Too Long · ERD. · 2007-07-28

This production could have been much more effective by not repeating itself so much. This film was made for the dishwasher saleman.