A Touch of Magic

A Touch of Magic, a short musical film produced for the 1961 General Motors Motorama show, which toured New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Basel Switzerland  like some kind of fantasy consumer circus. It also featured appliances by Frigidaire, then owned by GM. Directed by producer Victor D. Solow, written by Joseph March and Edward Eliscu, with music by Sol Kaplan. Featuring dancers Thelma “Tad” Tadlock (voiced by singer Anita Ellis) and James Mitchell (voiced by Ed Kenney). Choreography by Thomas Hansen.

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Design for Dreaming

Design for Dreaming, a short musicical film produced for the 1956 General Motors Motorama show, which toured New York City, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Boston like some kind of futuristic consumer circus. It also featured appliances by Frigidaire, then owned by GM. Directed by producer Victor D. Solow (or possibly William Beaudine), written by Joseph March, with music by Sol Kaplan. Featuring dancers Thelma “Tad” Tadlock (voiced by singer Marjorie Gordon) and Marc Breaux (voiced by Joseph Lautner). Narrative by Thurl Ravenscroft. Filmed in Miami. Spoiler: our happy couple drive into the glorious future in a GM Firebird II concept car.

More:

“Motoramas in Pink Pajamas, And Other Illusions From When Life Was Mighty Swell,” Jesse Sublett, Austin Chronicle

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