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Film, Video So this is Eden

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About this Item

Title

  • So this is Eden

Summary

  • Begins with an animated prologue about Adam and Eve, then segues to the story of the Wendells, a young couple who are having trouble in their marriage. Eve is frustrated by housework and wants Jim to ask for a raise. She dreams of living a more luxurious lifestyle, like her neighbor, Mrs. Allen. While out shopping with the little bit of money Jim has given her, Eve runs into Don, a wealthy former suitor. When Jim starts working late, Eve turns to Don for company and understanding. On the day she intends to run away with Don, the unsuspecting Jim tells her to expect a surprise delivery, which turns out to be a Hoover vacuum cleaner. The sales representative demonstrates the miraculous appliance, and delays Eve so that she misses her assignation with Don. Jim comes home and announces that he has received a promotion. Eve decides to stay. The vacuum cleaner has saved their marriage.

Names

  • Rothman, Joseph, film director
  • Pincus, David I., 1894-1972, film producer
  • Comandini, Adele, writer of film story
  • Krafft, John, 1888-1958, writer of intertitles
  • Lane, George, 1879-1935, cinematographer
  • Sarg, Tony, 1882-1942, animator
  • Murphy, Edna, 1899-1974, actor
  • Nugent, Elliott, 1896-1980, actor
  • Bloomer, Raymond, 1886-1948, actor
  • Marston, John, 1890-1962, actor
  • Billings, Florence, 1895-1949, actor
  • Hall, Donald, 1868-1948, actor
  • Caravel Films, production company
  • Hoover Company, sponsor

Created / Published

  • United States : [distributor not identified], 1925.

Headings

  • -  Hoover vacuum cleaners
  • -  Husband and wife
  • -  Discontent

Genre

  • Industrial films
  • Sponsored films
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Silhouette animation films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  Photographed by George Lane ; prologue [animator], Tony Sarg.
  • -  Edna Murphy, Elliott Nugent, Raymond Bloomer, John Marston, Florence Billings, Donald Hall.
  • -  According to Business screen magazine, 1950, So this is Eden, advertising the Hoover vacuum cleaner, was one of the first commercial motion pictures to be show in theaters and was distributed independently through Hoover's district managers.
  • -  Part of summary from the Internet movie database.
  • -  Sources used: Motion picture news, December 25, 1925, p. 3182?, viewed September 4, 2024 via the Internet Archive; Business screen magazine, 1950, p. 28 and 1957, p. 22 viewed September 4, 2024 via the Internet Archive; Variety, October 28, 1925, p. 18 viewed September 4, 2024 via Variety Archives; Internet movie database, September 4, 2024.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (33 min.) : si., b&w.

Source Collection

  • Dicrescenzo (Lou) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024600524

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Rothman, Joseph, Film Director, David I Pincus, Adele Comandini, John Krafft, George Lane, Tony Sarg, Edna Murphy, et al. So this is Eden. produceds by Caravel Filmsuction Company [United States: distributor not identified, 1925] Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024600524/.

APA citation style:

Rothman, J., Pincus, D. I., Comandini, A., Krafft, J., Lane, G., Sarg, T. [...] Hoover Company, S. (1925) So this is Eden. Caravel Filmsuction Company, prod [United States: distributor not identified] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024600524/.

MLA citation style:

Rothman, Joseph, Film Director, et al. So this is Eden. prod by Caravel Filmsuction Company [United States: distributor not identified, 1925] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024600524/>.