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Mystery in the Kitchen
195923 min 20 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Don Haldane
Production: Guy Glover
Script: Herb Hosie
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of National Health and Welfare.
Why does a housewife concerned for her family's welfare feed them so inadequately that she endangers their very lives? The film is a humorous and satirical attempt to remind the average housewife that it is not enough to be aware of modern food facts; they must also be applied in daily food purchasing and preparation.
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Subject categories
- Food and Food Industries > Cooking and PreparationDiet and Nutrition
- Health and Medicine > Food Issues and Nutrition
- Families > Health and Illness
Credits
- director
- Don Haldane
- producer
- Guy Glover
- script
- Herb Hosie
- camera
- Reginald Morris
- editing
- David Mayerovitch
- sound editing
- Michael McKennirey
- music
- Eldon Rathburn
- cast
- Robert Berger
- Norman Ettlinger
- Mireille Goulet
- Frank Heron