Movie Appliance I.D.?

[danemodsandy]

I'm wondering if anyone can I.D. the refrigerator and grill seen in this photo from The Graduate.

The movie was shot in '67 and released in '68, if that helps. I believe the grill is a Charmglow, but I could be mistaken.

Any help appreciated!

 

[maytagbear]

Refrigerator is Frigidaire

because our '66 Frigidaire had the same exterior trim, and badge in the same position.

As for the grill, Waste-King or Charmglo, and wasn't there a Char-Broil built in grill?

Sorry I can't be more helpful. Dwyer times call for dwyer solutions, I guess.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[philr]

The Frigidaire is a Gemini 19

 

[norgeway]

The Grill

Is a Thermador, There was one just like it at the Habitat Restore here in Mocksville for 45.00

 

[dnastrau]

'66 era Gemini 19

PhilR is correct - open the link and scroll down to the ad. That definitely looks like the same model. I'll bet that was a very expensive fridge in '66 too.

The 1960s

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[hydralique]

 A Gemini for the Age of Aquarius . . .

 

[twintubdexter]

as I recall...

The Gemini side by sides were not the most expensive refrigerators on the sales floor. Amana and some Kelvinators were more pricey. Admiral Duplex's were the least expensive and there were always a few "sick" ones in the shop, the largest of which was no picnic to pick up at a customer's home. The Gemini had the "Power Capsule" which I suspect was just a Meter Miser with new clothing.

 

[philr]

Frigidaire didn't make their 1960's side-by-side models in their TOL Imperial and Custom Imperial series. 

 

From the model number (FPD-19VK), the 1966 Gemini 19 refrigerators were Deluxe models, the 19 cu-ft 1967 S x S models were Custom Deluxe (FPCD-19VL) and Custom Deluxe "economy" models (FPCD-19VAL) with the new smaller capacity 16 cu-ft S x S model remaining Deluxe for that year (FPD-16VL). So, S x S Frigidaire refrigerators of the 1960s probably lacked features of the fancier Imperial and also new-for-1966 Custom Imperial bottom-freezer models. 

 

With the elimination of the bottom-freezer models for the 1971 "S" series, the SxS models were now available as Imperial and Custom Imperial models.

LIFE

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[danemodsandy]

How Strange!

Not to have the S X S available in the upper series at first.

Side-by-sides were just coming into their own in the mid-1960s, when The Graduate was made. Foodaramas had been around a long time without ever becoming a mainstream "must-have," for instance.

But by the mid-'60s, they were starting to become much more available, and much more desired. By 1968 or so, Sears was offering not just a side-by-side, but a selection of them, at different price points.

I would not have guessed Frigidaire for the Braddock's refrigerator - that badge looks more like a GE badge from the '70s to me. Thanks for the info.

 

[goatfarmer]

I scrapped one of those last summer. It worked, was complete, but had a rough life, the outside was a coating of rust. Heavy as H*LL too!

 

I still see the occasional one.

 

[retromania]

Looks like.....

....a Frigidaire to me!