| “ | Girls don't go to motoramas dressed in a pair of pink pajamas! | ” |
| - The Masked Man |
Design for Dreaming is a 1956 short film produced to accompany the General Motors Motorama show at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. It also features Frigidaire's "Kitchen of the Future".
In the late 20th century the film emerged as a cult classic, appreciated as an epitome of mid-century corporate futurism.
Synopsis[]
A tuxedo-clad masked man appears in a sleeping woman's bedroom. After offering her a gown to wear, he takes her to the Motorama. They look at several cars including Buick, Chevrolet Corvette, Oldsmobile, and Cadillacs.
The woman is transported to the "kitchen of the future", where she bakes a cake and considers the various leisure activities that the modern appliances will give her time to enjoy. She then goes back to the Motorama and dances the Dance of Tomorrow. After looking at more cars, she and the masked man (who unmasks himself) travel on the Road of Tomorrow in the Firebird II.
Known Cast[]
- Tad Tadlock as the Woman
- Marc Breaux as the Masked Man
- Marjorie Gordon as the Woman's Voice
- Joseph Lautner as the Masked Man's Voice
Notes[]
- Shot in 16mm Anscocolor.
- Produced in conjunction with General Motors.
- Some sources list William Beaudine as the director of this short, but Victor D. Solow is listed as director in the short's credits.
- Similarly, the singer and voice actor Thurl Ravenscroft is mentioned by some sources as having been involved with this production, but he is not included in the short's credits. Some viewers may have mistaken Joseph Lautner's deep singing voice for Ravenscroft's.
MST3K Connections[]
- Art director Gabriel Scognamillo was also art director for Tormented.
- Special effects technician Byron Baer was also special effects technician for The Brain That Wouldn't Die.
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