Furniture Exhibition Aka Models (1958)

Earls Court, London. M/S of the 'Flat with Flair' exhibit at 'The Furniture Exhibition' designed by 'House Beautiful' magazine to look like a contemporary living room. Three glamorous women are demonstrating different gadgets in the room. C/U of Cynthia Parker as she enters carrying a portable cocktail cabinet. She opens up the mahogany box with a carrying handle to reveal various concealed drawers and shelves to keep bottles and glasses in. The narrator suggests this cabinet might make good bedside furniture. Top shot of the cocktail cabinet as Cynthia pours some drinks. C/U of Cynthia's smiling face as she pours. M/S of two other women - one is sitting on a very modern purple couch reading a magazine while the other, Shirley Warren, is seated on the carpet listening to a record player. Shirley gets up from the record player and saunters over to the telephone. C/U of Shirley sitting on “a telephone cabinet and seat in one“ decorated in hideous lim