The Middleton Family at the New York Worlds Fair DVD (1939)
1939's Middleton Family at the NY World's Fair. Originally designed as a 50-minute, full-color "informercial" for Westinghouse, the film follows a "typical" American family as they take in the wonders of the World's Fair at Flushing Meadows, Long Island. Naturally, the Middleton Family is most impressed by the collection of futuristic time- and labor-saving appliances at the Westinghouse exhibit. The film's most fascinating sequence finds the Middletons in awe at that miracle of modern technology—Television. Instead of the usual collection of unknowns, the cast of The Middleton Family etc. is comprised of quite a few familiar faces, including Harry Shannon (Kane's dad in Citizen Kane) as dad, Ruth Lee (costar of the Robert Benchley one-reelers) as mom, Marjorie Lord (future "Mrs. Danny Williams" on The Danny Thomas Show) as daughter Babs, and Jimmy Lydon (two years away from his "Henry Aldrich" series) as son Bud.
Marjorie Lord ... Babs
Jimmy Lydon ... Bud
Ruth Lee ... Mother
Harry Shannon ... Father
Adora Andrews ... Grandma
Douglas Stark ... Jim Treadway
George J. Lewis ... Nicholas Makaroff
Georgette Harvey ... Maid
Shipping: $3.24
Total Price $12.24 (includes shipping and handling)
Some other products that may interest you.
New York Worlds Fair DVD Flushing Meadows Park (1964)$9.00 |
Golden Gate Expo San Fransisco Worlds Fair DVD (1939)$9.00 |
The New York Worlds Fair DVD (1939) (1940)$9.00 |