Practical Dreamer (1957)

★★★★ · A Sign of The Times · ShariD57 · 2016-02-16

#1- It was a commercial. Long, yes, but a commercial nonetheless. For a major US corporation, USS, better known as US STEEL. #2 - It was 1957, and gender roles and expectations were indeed etched in stone. Women were in charge of the home and the children, and pampering the man of the house, AKA The King of the Castle. Men were in charge of bringing home the money/paycheck/bacon, and mowing the grass, maybe taking out the trash, washing the car, and all the other outside "manly" chores. Not housework, which was still very clearly the Woman's domain. His job ended at 5PM, when the office was…

★★★★ · I dreamed of home improvement! · K.P. Lee · 2003-08-14

A very strange film. Poor Edie. Instead of exciting dreams about flying through the air or having passionate sex, Edie dreams about redoing her kitchen. Most of the advice she receives from the disembodied voice in her dream ("it's not really important"?) is sound advice that would be applicable to designing a kitchen today, though many of the steel cabinets and counters would be considered dated. (Of course the counters and cabinets are steel. U.S. Steel is the sponsor.) The fifties-style illustrations are interesting. The most fascinating aspect of this movie is parade of gender-role…

★★★★ · "eeeeeeek!" · Spuzz · 2004-03-07

This film is quite similar to 'Once Upon A honeymoon' where the woman literally dreams of her fantasy kitchen, but it's somewhat less fun (anything would be with the loss of Grover Champion). In this, a insomniac woman goes into her kitchen to find out that it's GONE! Then a disemodied voice goads her into designing her own fantasy kitchen. "But how? I wouldnt know where to begin?" the narrator then tirelessly gives us kitchen options she can choose from (double sinks??? Who woulda thought!) After laying out all these options, ditzy housewife still can't make up her mind about what kind of…