Tupperware!

Kahn-Leavitt, Laurie. (Added Author). Bates, Kathy, 1948- (Added Author). Clarke, Alison J. Tupperware. (Added Author). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Added Author). Blueberry Hill Productions. (Added Author). WGBH Educational Foundation (Added Author). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Added Author). PBS Home Video. (Added Author).

Summary: In the 1950s, American women discovered they could earn thousands, even millions of dollars, from bowls that burped. "Tupperware ladies" fanned out across the nation's living rooms, selling efficiency and convenience to their friends and neighbors through home parties. The secret behind Tupperware's success: the women of all shapes, sizes, and backgrounds who discovered they could move up in the world without leaving the house. The unlikely partnership of Earl Silas Tupper, a reclusive small-town inventor, and Brownie Wise, a self-taught marketing whiz, and thousands of women unhappy with being pushed back to the kitchen after World War II, built an empire--bowl by bowl--that now spans the globe.

Record details

ISBN: 0780647173
ISBN: 9780780647176
ISBN: 0793697352
ISBN: 9780793697359
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (65 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation ; Alexandria, VA : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based in part on the book: Tupperware : the promise of plastic in 1950's America / Alison Clarke. This disc has been recorded using DVD-R equipment and may not play in all DVD players or drives. Bonus features: American Experience [text feature]; Image gallery [slide show]; Tupperisms: Positive thinking from Brownie & Earl [audio feature]; PBS online [text feature].
Formatted Contents Note:	Shot at success -- Brownie Wise -- Florida headquarters -- Tupperware ladies -- Jubilees -- Distributor couples -- Queen is fired -- Credits.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Not licensed for classroom use.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Editor, William A. Anderson ; director of photography, Peter Stein ; Tupperette singers, Julie Golia, Marisa Consolla, Robin Hessman, Amy Woodbury ; songs arranged by Juie Golia ; board of advisors, Nicole Woolsey Biggart, Regina Blaszczyk, Alison Clarke, Lizabeth Cohen, Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Robert Friedel, Angel Kwolek-Folland, Jeffrey Meikle.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrated by Kathy Bates; commentators, Marge Rogers, Jean Conlogue, Lavon Weber, Charles McBurney, Mary Siriani, Li Walker, Sylvia Boyd, Anna Tate, Montie Thayer, Irene Ellis, Frank Siriani, Jerry Wise, Gary McDonald, Barry Whitcomb, Tom Damigella Sr., Anne Fortier Novak, Jon Boyd, Tom Tate, Pat Tahaney, Claire Brooks, Elsie Mortland, Lorna Boyd, Tom Damigella Jr., Tony Ponticelli; voices, Karen MacDonald, Will LeBow.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally broadcast by PBS as an episode of the television series American experience on February 9, 2004.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA Rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD-R; Region 1; Dolby surround stereo; widescreen presentation.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Licensed for: home, library, classroom, ILL.
Language Note:	In English; closed-captioned.