Tupperware! / PBS ; a film by Laurie Kahn-Leavitt ; producer, writer, director, Laurie Kahn-Leavitt ; a Blueberry Hill Productions film for the American Experience.

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In the 1950s, American women discovered they could earn thousands, even millions of dollars, from bowls that burped. "Tupperware ladies" fanned out across the nation's living rooms, selling efficiency and convenience to their friends and neighbors through home parties. The secret behind Tupperware's...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Blueberry Hill Productions
WGBH Educational Foundation
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
PBS Home Video
Other Authors: Kahn-Leavitt, Laurie
Bates, Kathy, 1948-
Clarke, Alison J.
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English; closed-captioned.
Published: Boston : Alexandria, VA : WGBH Educational Foundation ; Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2004], ©2004.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Wise, Brownie.
Tupper, Earl Silas.
Tupperware Home Parties.
Women > United States > History.
Women in marketing > United States > History.
Businesswomen > United States > History.
Women consumers > United States > History > 20th century.
Plastic container industry > United States > History.
Tableware industry > United States > History.
Plastic tableware > United States > History.
Social change > United States > History.
United States > History > 20th century.
Biographical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Biographical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (65 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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