Synopsis
Actress Kay Gordon visits various Oakland, California businesses.
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Details
- Running time
- 16 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- SeeAmeri1931
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- San Francisco Bay Area: Oakland
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Riding the REO Royale. Kay who? Broken and busted · tribtower · 2013-06-02
American Trust Bank. 1931 Christmas Club Account a buck a week. Bank holiday in 1933 hope Kay got her check. There was no FDIC under the HOOVER A ministration a lot of the hoi polloi lost their whole accounts.Dont't know about American Trust I know it merged with WELLS FARGO BANK in the 40's. Oakland was a busy prosperous city until the storm of de-industrialization hit in the 70's and CRACK hit town in the 80's. The place turned fom being Brooklyn into a ruin like CAMDEN or GARY or so many in this country. The city was fairly well integrated after WW 2 a mostly White, Black and Mexican…
★★★ · For Sale: One (uncredited) celebrity. · Spuzz · 2004-10-16
This film is very similar to the "It Happened In Mayfair" types of films where local businesses are showcased. This film attempts to one up it by having "Celebrity" (check out her credits!) Kay Gordon come down and marvel at all that Oakland has to offer. She goes to the furrier, gets a free coat, gets free shoes from the shoe store, heck, she evens opens up a bank account! (why? Who knows). She also finds seeks out the "historic cutter "bear" and stops by to see the "world famous" ducks in Lake Merritt. I should say that this film is horrendously in pieces. I do believe all the film is…
