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I recently saw this movie and wondered too, what kind of DW was that lady loading?
I recently saw this movie and wondered too, what kind of DW was that lady loading?
The moment you've all been waiting for...1975 Whirlpool Imperial 540 Automatic Dishwasher!!!
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Seacrest69
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Towards the end of The Birds, Rod is walking into the kitchen before Tippi is attacked upstairs. When he walks into the kitchen, you can see the front of the dishwasher.....might be a Whirlpool.
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Jessica Tandy
did play the Mother
did play the Mother
I've wondered the same thing about the DW since I first saw the movie when I was a teen. I THINK it is a WP, but not 100% positive, was always too bizzy looking at Rod!!!
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Anybody have it on DVD? The pause mode on a DVD may be clear enough to make out what it is.
Dishwashers in the Movies
The "Birds" was the first movie in which I ever saw someone accually USE a dishwasher. In other movies you might occasionally see one, but no one was shown ever using it.
Some early movies I can remember are:
1960 "Parent Trap"--Looks like a Tappan, there is also a Tappan
"Fabulous 400" range in the kitchen also.
Similar to Frigidaire "Flair".
1963 "Bye Bye Byrdie" --can't tell the brand, anyone know?
On TV;
Donna Reed Show, 1964, Kenmore with Roto Rack. In one episode Donna was actually loading it and gave the rack a whirl and she was talking to Carl Betz (who played her husband).
Ozzie and Harriet (late 50's)--unknown brand
The "Birds" was the first movie in which I ever saw someone accually USE a dishwasher. In other movies you might occasionally see one, but no one was shown ever using it.
Some early movies I can remember are:
1960 "Parent Trap"--Looks like a Tappan, there is also a Tappan
"Fabulous 400" range in the kitchen also.
Similar to Frigidaire "Flair".
1963 "Bye Bye Byrdie" --can't tell the brand, anyone know?
On TV;
Donna Reed Show, 1964, Kenmore with Roto Rack. In one episode Donna was actually loading it and gave the rack a whirl and she was talking to Carl Betz (who played her husband).
Ozzie and Harriet (late 50's)--unknown brand
Ozzie & Harriet's d/w had to be a Hotpoint!!!! They sponsored the show, I think, for quite a while!
Wasn't there an early episode of Bewitched, where Samantha was loading/unloading some sort of roto-rack dishwasher? This was when Sam and Darrin just go married and were living in their first apartment, which I *think* was Darrin's apartment.
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Bewitched
The dishwasher is shown, but never in use. Top load Kenmore Roto-rack with a window in the front
The dishwasher is shown, but never in use. Top load Kenmore Roto-rack with a window in the front
video on youtube
I wish I could see a video of it running on youtube. I can't seem to find it. After all, we appliance fanatics are truly a breed apart as a fellow poster on another thread said. True words were never spoken. I am no exception when it comes down to appliances.
I wish I could see a video of it running on youtube. I can't seem to find it. After all, we appliance fanatics are truly a breed apart as a fellow poster on another thread said. True words were never spoken. I am no exception when it comes down to appliances.
