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- TriviaA short film put out by the Hotpoint Company to demonstrate their Electric Ranges. The 10/21/1940 issue of "Life" magazine notes that it is "now ready for club bookings. Ask your Hotpoint retailer".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Festivity Highlights: A Garden's Wonderful Life (2019)
- SoundtracksBlame It All On Love
Composed by Marvin Hatley
Lyrics by Portia Lanning (uncredited)
Performed by Joan Marsh (uncredited)
Featured review
A short film that turns out to be an ad for electric ovens!!
"Blame It on Love" is a strange sort of movie. This is because it clocks in at 46 minutes...way too short to be a B-movie. So why was the film so short? Why didn't they pad it another 5-10 minutes to make it a standard B? I had no idea...until it became a commercial for electric ovens! I kid you not!! However, the reason I saw the film is because it offers a look at a young pre-fame Alan Ladd, who appears unbilled as a director.
When the story begins, Terry (Joan Marsh) is a popular singer with a hit song. But as was the custom back in the day, when she fell in love, she was just expected to give up her career and be a housewife. As for her hubby, Jeff (John 'Dusty' King, of B-western fame), he comes from a rich family but wants nothing to do with the family fortune and business and he becomes a struggling aircraft engineer. Unfortunately, their life isn't as great as they anticipated....his job takes up all his time and she is a terrible cook. As a result, their happy marriage is on the skids. Do the pair have any hope of making a go of it?
So, despite a lengthy commercial being tossed into the picture towards the end, is it worth seeing? Yes. It's not exactly brilliant but you do get to see Ladd and the story has an interesting idea...that a woman CAN have it all if she just gets the right appliances! I am a house husband and must say electric appliances saved my marriage....well, except for all the gas ones I prefer.
By the way, it was interesting that Joan Marsh played a big band singer. This is because in reality, John King had actually traveled as the singer with a big band himself. It was also interesting to see Marsh's character singing on TV...a relatively new invention and which wasn't available to at least 90% of America...and only in a couple selected markets for a few hours a week at most. Also, Ladd also appeared in another ad for Hotpoint appliances, "Sauce for the Gander" and both films are available on YouTube.
When the story begins, Terry (Joan Marsh) is a popular singer with a hit song. But as was the custom back in the day, when she fell in love, she was just expected to give up her career and be a housewife. As for her hubby, Jeff (John 'Dusty' King, of B-western fame), he comes from a rich family but wants nothing to do with the family fortune and business and he becomes a struggling aircraft engineer. Unfortunately, their life isn't as great as they anticipated....his job takes up all his time and she is a terrible cook. As a result, their happy marriage is on the skids. Do the pair have any hope of making a go of it?
So, despite a lengthy commercial being tossed into the picture towards the end, is it worth seeing? Yes. It's not exactly brilliant but you do get to see Ladd and the story has an interesting idea...that a woman CAN have it all if she just gets the right appliances! I am a house husband and must say electric appliances saved my marriage....well, except for all the gas ones I prefer.
By the way, it was interesting that Joan Marsh played a big band singer. This is because in reality, John King had actually traveled as the singer with a big band himself. It was also interesting to see Marsh's character singing on TV...a relatively new invention and which wasn't available to at least 90% of America...and only in a couple selected markets for a few hours a week at most. Also, Ladd also appeared in another ad for Hotpoint appliances, "Sauce for the Gander" and both films are available on YouTube.
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- planktonrules
- Nov 28, 2020
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