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Designing Women (1948)

Designing Women poster
Directed by
Roger MacDougall
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
23 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short film from the 1940s was made to encourage good taste in home decor. It follows a woman who learns to choose well-designed furniture and fabrics for her living space.

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What happens

Designing Women is a 1947 British short film produced by the Central Office of Information for the Council for Industrial Design. It was written and directed by Roger MacDougall from a story by Stephen Potter and Joyce Grenfell, and starring Grenfell, Audrey Fildes, Harry Geldard and Joy Shelton. The film was part of a project in which the Council for Industrial Design hoped to reach and influence consumers through film and television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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