Addressograph Multigraph Corporation “The Straight Talking Copy People”

Actor James Whitmore simultaneously serves as narrator and pitchman in this Goldsholl & Associates-produced sponsored film. Whitmore speaks directly to the company's sales force and frames his sale pitch for Addressograph-Multigraph volume copying systems through quotes by Marcus Aurelius, Benjamin Franklin, and Henry Ford, among others. Models featured include the 4250 (a "smooth and solid performer") and the faster AM4975, which can print twice as fast as the 4250 because it has the ability to print on both sides of the paper in a single pass. This ability has a significant impact on cost reduction.

Credits

Morton Goldsholl (director); Goldsholl Design & Film Associates (production company); Thomas Freese (contributor); Nick Kolias (contributor); Paul Jessel (contributor); William Langdon (contributor); Renee Calder (contributor); Joe Yario (contributor); DeWitt Beall (writer); Dick Boyell (music); James Whitmore (narrator)

Complete catalog record

Cfa collection: Mort and Millie Goldsholl Collection
Sponsor: Addressograph-Multigraph Corporation
Subjects: Paper; Business; Machinery
Places: North America > United States
Language: English
Cfa elements: Distribution Print, 555 feet; Distribution Print, 500 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/6187; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/6188

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