Mrs. Mortimer Jones Prepares "Dinner for Eight"

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 11 min
  • Premiere: 1934. January 1.

Promotional film for Southern California Edison. We see a housewife in a tastefully colour-coordinated kitchen equipped with the latest electrical appliances as she prepares dinner for her husband and his business associates. While the dishwasher takes care of the dirty dishes, she bakes a cake and puts a roast in the oven. As it cooks, she’s off to the theatre… Mrs. Mortimer Jones promotes not only Edison, but also Natalie Kalmus’ subtle sense of colour and the “home cooking” principle of the Technicolor franchise.

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Alice Robertson

Mrs. Mortimer Jones

Gayne Whitman

Self - Narrator (voice)

Camera

Ray Rennahan

Director of Photography

Directing

Rodney Gilliam

Director

Writing

Jack Natteford

Screenplay

Camera

Ray Rennahan

Director of Photography

Directing

Rodney Gilliam

Director

Writing

Jack Natteford

Screenplay