Last Word In Automatic Dishwashing (1950)

Описание: Great film about an odd appliance, the Youngstown Dishwasher, which was novel in its day, but, because of the design, was replaced by the more familiar design we have today.

It's easy to see why this home appliance failed. The dishes still have to be scraped, it's too deep, it's laborious to load, and it takes up precious kitchen counter space. And it's one more thing the housewife has to take care of. The jet tower has to be removed and cleaned regularly as well as the filter. The men who designed the dishwasher were completely fixated on the hydro-brush spray action of the jet tower (I wonder why). Like the Iron-Rite ironer, the Youngstown Dishwasher probably created more work than it saved, and was likely noisy, expensive to run, and prone to break down. The film makes a big point about how the machine gets the dishes hygienically clean, showing the concern about the spread of infectious diseases that people had in those days. We see a comical display of three men brushing a mixture of mustard and eggs on dishes to prove the dishwashers superiority. It would never occur to these men to help their wives with the dishes--the truly modern solution to this "everyday task."

Production Company: Handy (Jam) Organization
Sponsor: Mullins Manufacturing Corp.