File:Production conference on the movie set of a 1949 filmed for television infomercial for a Vita-Mix blender.jpg

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English: Ray Culley, the director, has his back to camera. Papa Bernard, President of the Natural Foods Institute (Vita-Mix Corporation) is sitting to his right. In 1949 and 1950, Papa Bernard, head of the Natural Foods Institute (i.e. the Vita-Mix Corporation) worked with Ray Culley of Cinécraft Productions, a Cleveland, Ohio motion picture studio, to produce a series of filmed infomercials for the Vita-Mix blender and a handful of other products. These are thought to be the very first TV infomercials. Contact Hagley Museum and Library (Hagley.org) for additional information about the materials in the collection.
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Source This studio production photo was taken by a photographer working for Ray and Betty Culley, owners of Cinécraft Productions, a Cleveland, Ohio motion picture studio, in 1949. Ray and Betty Culley were my father and mother. They left this photo and a number of other production photos and early studio films and records to my brothers and I. In 2019 we donated the materials to Hagley Museum and Library to preserve as as collection of early sponsored films and TV programs under a non exclusive usage agreement. Contact Hagley Museum and Library (Hagley.org) for additional information about the materials in the collection.
Author This studio production photo was taken by a photographer working for Ray and Betty Culley, owners of Cinécraft Productions, a Cleveland, Ohio motion picture studio, in 1949.

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Filming a1949 TV infomercial for a Vita-Mix blender at Cinécraft Productions, a Cleveland, Ohio motion picture studio. Image courtesy of the Hagley Museum and Library.

1 January 1949

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