Arabian Nights Jubilee
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Boyd, Sylvia
label: Collection Creator
content: Boyd, Jon
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content: Jon and Sylvia Boyd Tupperware Films
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content: 1 Film reel (color, composite optical soundtrack, print, 16mm; 1200 feet)
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content: 1961
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content: Reel OF 870.3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Moving Images [31983000002048]
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content: Film reels
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content: Announcer Robert Arel (1932-2003) narrates the happenings at the 1961 Tupperware Home Parties annual homecoming Jubilee convention. The multi-day Jubilee is titled and themed "Arabian Nights" and features multiple costumed activities with participants dressed in thobes, jalabiya and veils. The event is centered around Tupperware home sellers and corporate executives, with multiple awards and gifts presented to the former and a number of speeches and presentations delivered from the latter. Bess Myerson (1924-2014) from the TV program "I've Got a Secret" and onetime Miss America winner appears. A significant portion of the program is devoted to the rehearsal, performance, and recording of a song written for the Jubilee – "Jubilee" by Sammy Spear.