Name: Meat and Romance
Genre: Short
Duration: 37 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Alan Ladd, Carol Hughes, Evalyn Knapp

A young housewife gets advice on the variety of meat dishes that she can prepare for her husband's dinner.

This short (about 20 minutes) was a promotional film for the American meat industry. The then-unknown Alan Ladd (whose appearance, if I recall correctly, was uncredited--like the rest of the cast) was one of the supporting players. I don't know who starred as the housewife, but I remember her as an attractive feminine blonde, typical of that era. The script isn't exactly subtle, but that's to be expected from a promotional film. I don't remember the recipes being very fancy--just a wide variety of meals that a middle-class housewife would be able to prepare.

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