1956AUTOMOTIVE
SET AT THE 1956 GENERAL MOTORS MOTORAMA. FUTURISTIC DREAM CARS, FRIGIDARES KITCHEN OF THE FUTURE, FUTURISM, AUTOMOBILES, ADVERTISING, GENDER RULES. THELMA TAD TADLOCK, JAMES MITCHELL. AUTO SHOW CIRCA 1956
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MCU YOUNG WOMAN (TAD TADLOCK) SOUND ASLEEP IN PLUSH BED DREAMING). ZOOM AWAY GIRL IS AWAKENED AS YOUNG MAN (MITCHELL) IN TUXEDO, TOP HAT AND FACE MASK, ENTERS BEDROOM. HE HANDS HER AN INVITATION ON SILVER PLATE HE MAGICALLY DISAPPEARS, AS SHE READS INVITE. MS WOMAN, BACK TO CAMERA, IN BED, READS THE HEART SHAPED INVITE TO GENERAL MOTORS "MOTORAMA". CU HEART SHAPED INVITATION.
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| 01:34:12 40.47 |
MS TAD, IN PINK PAJAMAS, HUMPS OUT OF BED, DANCES TO SEE THROUGH MIRROR AS MALE, FEMALE VOICE OVER VOICE OVER DESCRIBES HER THOUGHTS. "WHAT WILL I WEAR?" MAGICALLY SHE APPEARS IN MIRROR, FULLY DRESSED DRESSED IN DRESSY EVENING GOWN, SHE DANCES AROUND ROOM.
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| 01:34:24 52.47 |
INVITATION GOES FLYING OUT THE WINDOW, GIRL IN GOWN LEAPS OUT AFTER IT, MAGICALLY FLIES THROUGH CITY AT NIGHT, PASSING THOUSANDS OF LIT UP WINDOWS (BACKDROPS). INVITE LANDS IN HAND OF MASKED MAN IN TUXEDO (MITCHELL) AT WALDORF-ASTORIA HOTEL LOBBY. GIRL LAND THERE TOO. MASKED MAN DISAPPEARS, LEAVING INVITATION HANGING IN MID AIR.
GIRL DANCES TO IT, RECOVERS IT. USES IT TO ENTER AUTO SHOW. |
| 01:34:54 82.47 |
DANCER TADLOCK PRESENTS INVITATION TO MASKED MAN IN TUXEDO, HE DIRECTS HER TO BALCONY OVERLOOKING HUGE CROWD PERUSING GENERAL MOTORS NEW CARS ON ROTATING DISPLAY STAGES. TAB USES MAGICALLY APPEARING OPERA GLASSES TO WATCH ACTIVITIES BELOW.
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| 01:35:28 116.47 |
DANCING TADLOCK, BACK TO CAMERA, TRIES TO WATCH DISPLAY THROUGH CROWD IN FRONT OF HER, JUMPS UP, DOWN TO GET GLIMPSE.. MAGICAL MAN IN TUXEDO SUDDENLY APPEARS BEHIND HER, LIFTS HER UP BY WAIST ABOVE HEADS OF CROWD. TAD SEES DAZZLING CHEVROLET "CORVETTE", CIRCA 1956 -57(?) ON TURNTABLE.
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| 01:35:45 133.47 |
TAD IS DANCED OVER TO OTHER DISPLAYS ON TURN TABLES, INCLUDING, PONTIAC, MCU NEW PONTIAC ON TURNTABLE. CONVERTIBLE OLDSMOBILE, CONVERTIBLE BUICK. MS TAD MAGICALLY APPEARS IN DRIVER'S SEAT OF CONVERTIBLE BUICK TURNING ON TURNTABLE.
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| 01:36:26 174.47 |
LS TAD GLIDES THROUGH THE AIR AND LANDS ON TURNTABLE WITH NEW CADDILAC, WITH CROWD LOOKING IT OVER. TAD STEPS OUT OF REAR SEAT OF CADDY, OPENS UMBRELLA, IS POSES FOR PHOTOGRAPHER WITH FLASH CAMERA. AN APRON SUDDENLY APPEARS AROUND HER WAIST SHE SEES IT, PASSES OUT INTO ARMS OF MITCHELL, WHO CARRIES HER OFF. MAGICALLY DEPOSITS TADLOCK IN FUTURISTIC FRIGIDAIRE KITCHEN, THEN HE DISAPPEARS.
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| 01:37:16 224.47 |
MCU TAD PLACES CARD IN KITCHEN CABINET SLOT, AND PHOTO OF CAKE SHE WILL BAKE APPEARS ON SCREEN, THEN THE CAKE IS BAKED AUTOMATICALLY.
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| 01:37:42 250.47 |
TADLOCK, SKIPS BEHIND NARROW WALL IN KITCHEN, APPEARS ON OTHER SIDE OF POST IN TENNIS OUTFIT COMPLETE WITH TENNIS RACKET, SHE DOES A DANCE WITH THE TENNIS RACKET IN HAND THEN WALKS BEHIND WALL AGAIN, COMES OUT WITH GOLF OUTFIT, THEN AGAIN WITH BEACH OUTFIT, SHE RUNS BEHIND WALL AT SOUND OF BELL, TELLING HER THE CAKE IS READY., COMES BACK OUT IN GOWN WITH APRON, SKIPS OVER TO KITCHEN WHERE CAKE, CANDLES AND ALL IS READY.
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| 01:38:26 294.47 |
CU TAD CLOSES EYES, CROSSES FINGERS, MAKES WISH, BLOWS OUT CANDLES, IS COVERED BY SMOKE CLOUD, RE-APPEARS ON STAGE, IS INTRODUCED BY VOICE OVER, MS AUDIENCE CLAPS HANDS TO PROVIDE HER RHYTHM FOR MODERN DANCE (BALLET) WHICH SHE PERFORMS TO THE RHYTHMIC CLAPPING AND DRUM MUSIC.
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| 01:39:18 346.47 |
STAGE DARKENS, TAD THROWS STARDUsT INTO AIR AS VOICE OVER ANNOUNCES, "MOW, THE DREAM CARS OF TOMORROW".
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| 01:39:22 350.47 |
MS ABOVE VIEW AUTO ON TURN TABLE, VOICE OVER ANNOUNCES, "THE MAGNIFICENT EL DORADO TOWN CAR, BY CADDILAC", WOMAN STEPS OUT OF CAR, VOICE OVER SAYS, "ENSEMBLE BY CHRISTIAN DIOR OF PARIS".
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| 01:39:41 369.47 |
FUTURISTIC CAR ON TURNTABLE AND MODEL WITH TINY DOG. VOICE OVER, "BUICK PRESENTS THE SLEEK CENTURION" FEMALE VOICE OVER DRIVING COAT (ON MODEL) BY MONTISANO OF NEW YORK"..
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| 01:39:55 383.47 |
CAR ON TURNTABLE WITH MODEL, VOICE OVER, :
OLDSMOBILE ELEGANT "GOLDEN ROCKET". "SPORTS OUTFIT BY PAT PRIMO OF LOS AMGELES". |
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FIREWORKS BURSTING IN AIR AS VOICE OVER INTRODUCES MS "PONTIAC CLUB DE MER" MODELS OUTFIT BY ELILIO OF CAPRI".
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| 01:40:20 408.47 |
MS CAR AND MODEL ON TURNTABLE. VOICE OVER, "CHEVROLET'S "IMPALA" MODEL'S OUTFIT BY C. T.
MORTON (?) OF LONDON". 1956 woman's fashions. |
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MCU MASKED MAN IN TUXEDO AND TOP HAT PUTS FINGER TO NOSE SAYS, "SHHH". (SOUND FOR SILENCE) MCU AUDIENCE DOES SAME. facial expressions
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| 01:40:38 426.47 |
MS DANCER TADLOCK ON HIGH PLATFORM LOOKS OPEN IN ASTONISHMENT AS NEW "FABULOUS TURBINE POWERED THUNDERBIRD II", IS ANNOUNCED BY VOICE OVER "FOR HIGHWAYS OF THE FUTURE". DANCER MITCHELL HOLDS DOOR OPEN FOR TADLOCK WHO GLIDES DOWN FROM PLATFORM, CLIMBS INTO THUNDERBIRD AS MITCHELL DRAPES FUR STOLE OVER HER SHOULDERS,. MCU AUDIENCE GIVES OUT SIGH, "OOHH".
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| 01:41:34 482.47 |
CAR WITH DANCE COUPLE TAKES OFF INTO CLOUDS, AND "HIGHWAY OF TOMORROW" LS VARIOUS VIEWS MODERNISTIC HIGHWAY WITH FUTURISTIC CARS GOING IN ALL DIRECTION LEVELS, THROUGH FUTURISTIC CITY.
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