Mrs Mortimer Jones Prepares Dinner for Eight (1934)

Promotional film for Southern California Edison We see a housewife in a tastefully colourcoordinated 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 shes 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