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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Subscribe and consider becoming a channel member This vintage Vogue Dolls Inc. film shows the popular Ginny and Ginnette Dolls. Vogue Dolls was best known for their Ginny doll named for Mrs. Graves’s daughter Virginia Graves. Vogue was created by Jennie H. Graves in 1922 and became one of the largest doll only manufacturer in the world. The company was active until 1972. It is presented by Vogue Dolls Inc. (:11). The film stars Faye Emerson (:23); an American film, stage and television actress in the 1940’s and 50’s. Faye is pictured flipping through a book for young children (:32) as the film notes it was reviewed by the editors of Parent’s Magazine. Faye begins to tell the story of a little girl who met two dolls named Ginny and Ginnette (1:14). The child of the story; Pam is seen entering her room (1:36) tossing her jacket lazily onto the ground. Pam is pictured in class not paying attention to the teacher (1:57). Pam’s mother sets to picking up after her daughter in her room (2:50). Pam and her mother make a game in order to help with Pam’s chores (3:28). Her mother looks at a window shop display of dolls (3:43). The Ginny and Ginnette dolls are pictured at the front of the display (3:49). She chooses the dolls to help her educate her daughter to take better care of herself and her things (4:08). Pam is shown changing Ginny’s clothes to display how the dolls were to help the child learn to take care of her own clothing (4:40). A montage follows of the doll in various outfits (4:55). Pam takes the dolls outside to play (5:44). The girl and the doll take a nap together after lunch (5:52). The girl is pictured with her dog and the doll as they play ‘tea party’ (6:13). Pam cleans up and organizes the dolls clothes (6:44) as she begins to understand their value. She sets to clean her own room and take care of her own clothes (7:26). Pam takes her doll to school with her (8:02). Upon entering class, she gives her doll to the teacher (8:15). The teacher notes various pieces of the doll’s clothing which hail from various countries to peak the young student’s interest (8:49). The girl readies her doll for bed (9:34). She smears cake onto the Ginnette doll (9:55) and washes the baby doll in a small bowl (10:27). Pam feeds the doll with a small bottle (11:13). Washing the doll also teaches the young girl healthy bathing habits (11:50). Mother and daughter and the two dolls are pictured taking a walk together (12:45). An image follows of Parent’s Magazine (12:54) which commended the dolls. The main marketing technique of the company was that a girl would be happier learning while she was playing (13:14). This film was produced by Fiore Film (13:31). Vogue was founded by Jennie H. Graves and grew from modest beginnings to be the largest doll manufacturer in the world. Ginny was officially born in 1951, and was named after Jennie Grave's daughter Virginia. The dolls had beautiful wardrobes and lots of accessories, and inspired an entire group of competitive 8“ dolls in the 1950s and beyond. Today, the Ginny dolls of the 50's are considered highly collectible and desirable. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
