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The Film & More
Film Description
Transcript
Primary Sources
Further Reading
Acknowledgements

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More about the film Tupperware!

Brownie and gang Using interviews with Tupperware executives and dealers from the early days and wonderful, little-seen footage of Tupperware Jubilees, this funny, probing program re-examines assumptions about American culture in the 1950s.

Film Description
A synopsis of the film, plus film credits.

Transcript
The program transcript.

Primary Sources
Self-help, Fifties-style, from Brownie Wise, Earl Tupper, and Norman Vincent Peale.

Further Reading
A list of books, articles, and Web sites relating to the program topic.

Acknowledgements
Program interviewees and consultants.

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