SCREEN MAGAZINE

Year Published: 1951

Format: 16mm

Description: This is a 1951 black and white film called Movie Wonderland. 6116 Glen Tower, Hollywood California. The film opens with the title "Screen Magazine: featuring the amazing people and things of our Wonderful World…" With Betty Gray, released through United Artists. The purpose of the movie is to highlight the many ways that women are making strides in different industries, fashion and sports. The movie is fashioned as a news piece, is hosted by Betty Gray and is narrated by a man and a woman throughout. The movie begins with Betty Gray speaking to the camera. Here and There. Women model armed service uniforms, 1:05. Charm Hint. Women models strapless bathing suit, 1:45. Fashions. Women puts on stickum to hold jewelry in place on her body, 2:15. Women models stick on jewelry, 2:50. Woman models jewelry in black bathing suit, 3:20. Career Girl. Woman packing books, 3:39. Woman shows her mother a globe, 4:00. Sports Flashes. Girls playing tennis, 4:15. Line judge looks on, 4:38. Girls get trophies, 5:20. Unusual occupation. Woman carries a pony, 5:38. Girl brushes pony, 5:50. Baby pony sits atop her mom, 6:00. Girl carries pony, 6:23. Personalities in the news. Girl scout director points to globe, 6:40. Woman point to globe, 6:50. Girl Scout emblem is held by women, 7:12. Girl Scout speaks, 7:23. Ladies pose for picture, 7:38. Movie Wonderland.

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[Music] this week the outstanding news stories of the nation's women are unusual indeed I'm Betty gray and I'm going to bring you on the spot pictures of the activities of the so called weaker sex but before we bring you these new and different stories I want to urge you to listen to this exclusive news Uncle Sam has seen to it that his daughters in the armed services at the smartest uniforms that genius can design and money can buy in fair weather or foul the gala wears the khaki blue or grey is as smartly turned out as a Park Avenue debutante from the top of her head to the tip of her dainty toes Miss USA is a model of smartness and poise rain holds no terrors when your kid includes a cape is sleek inefficient as this one and summer will be doubly welcome when you know that you can look like this on the very hottest day [Music] last-minute news on what's to be seen at the seashore in 1951 turns the spotlight on something extra-special in uniforms for mermaids a special showing reveals the latest in beach adornment to be a strapless swimsuit finished in pure gold that's what I'd call gilding the waterlily as if mankind didn't have enough to worry about but with strapless gowns bikini bathing suits and the like now they've invented a special sort of stickum that makes costume jewelry stay in place without any visible means of support Delores Sheldon finds this three-dimensional rhinestone scatter pin quite the thing to make masculine eyeballs pop Lou Roberts demonstrates how this miraculous self-sticking jewelry can be applied to practically any part of the anatomy with results that are striking to say the least when Taylor chooses important star jewelry to t know her Grecian chiffon gown as when shows you pins can even be worn on the face to point up your best feature hope you like this triple tiered arrangement an Amber and rhinestone studded star jewelry with matching earrings a black and white lace swimsuit should be enough to create a sensation but the addition of a few appropriate K stones guarantees that any nearby males will perform nip-ups somebody must have told when not to wear her heart on her sleeve [Applause] it's the story of Anna and the King of Siam all over again with a new cast and an even more colorful setting joy Ali a former WAC and until recently a student of Business Administration at George Washington University has been selected as tutor for the four year old son of an Arabian Prince joy shows her mother the location of a new home in the Sheikh Tim of quite on the Persian Gulf in a few days she'll be on her way to a thrilling assignment in the romantic near East the fifth annual friend school into scholastic and girls Invitational tennis tournament in the nation's capital brings some lively action on the courts Belmar Gunderson the Falls Church seeded number three shows some fancy footwork her opponent Margaret Farley of Georgetown visitation comes back with a nice variety of forehand and backhand returns while mrs. HC McCord keeps her eye peeled as line judge [Music] referee betty zimmerman scores the first set six love for Miss Gunderson the second for six for Miss farily Margot fairly puts up a good fight in the third set but the competition is too much for her and Bill Maher Gunderson takes the match with a final set six for Belmar Gunderson the Falls Church receives her trophy for first place and market finally of Georgetown visitation takes the runner-up prize in the under 15 years classpath Hobart of Lafayette takes the premier award in the friend school tournament with second honours going to Carol McCord of Alice teal school eight-year-old Sharon Lee Smith of Independence is without any doubt the youngest horse woman in Missouri her hobby is raising thoroughbred Shetland ponies silver Moss seen here receiving her daily beauty treatment is a three year old mayor and just about the nicest prayer you could imagine the little guy's name is highpockets aids one week height 21 inches pretty soon he'll be as big as his mom Sharon Lee Smith is probably the most envied child and independence when she's grown up a bit maybe when she's ten years old instead of eight Sharon expects to have a sixth Pony team in her own private stable bound for an international training conference in Paris miss Isabel crow girl scout director points out the route she will take is one of the representatives of a nationwide Girl Scout organization senior Scout Margot Walker president of the Planning Board of Greater Kansas City is one of the group on-hand to speed the representatives on their way to Paris the insignia of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is explained to the group by the second representative to the International training conference miss Ruby Simpson who is also a Girl Scout executive Mary Pat Conway Intermediate Scout first class exhibits an array of decorations which include the curve bar highest honor available in International Girl Scouting with Isabelle crow and Ruby Simpson offering the hand clasp of world friendship Girl Scouting and USA will be able represented at the Paris conference [Music]


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