The Obedient Flame

1939

Short Film

18m

Advertising cartoon showing advantages of using gas supply and gas cookers. (imdb)

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Norman McLaren

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Norman McLaren

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The Obedient Flame

1939

Short Film

18m

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Rated 03 Nov 2010

Norman McLaren does an infomercial. I normally like documentaries, but this one has an unfortunate tendency to beat its points blunt. Presumably housewives were the target audience; did people just assume, given the attitudes of the time, that women are less smart?

Rated 03 Nov 2010

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