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Faces For Teens
A Step-by-Step Guide to Healthy Skin and Great Make-Up
This 45-minute video teaches a variety of girls how to take care of your skin in the first half and various make-up applications in the second half. The instruction is given by the host Kristin and the skin care and make-up suggestions are from Lasch Media's own Amy Lasch, an expert in her field.
Video Rating Guide For Libraries
Beauty & Fashion
4 stars
re#: 3:1032
FACES FOR TEENS
Live action. Producers: Callie Lasch and Judith Lasch.
Host: Kristin Barber
Lasch Media Copyright 1991 45 min.
Color. $19.95, public perf. Guide.
646.72 Teenage girls-Health and Hygiene –
Beauty, Personal – Face – Care and hygiene
Audience: Jr. High to College
Faces for Teens addresses a topic of real concern for teenage girls. All areas of skin care and makeup are addressed in this excellent video with the special needs of beginners in mind.
Several topics are covered, from general skin care to specific problem control. Each section is clearly presented by host Kristin Barber with the help of eight attractive teenage models, whose diverse skin types and ethnic backgrounds make this video particularly useful. The skin care section, for example, discusses basic nutrition, sleep and skin types and offers step-by-step
instructions on keeping skin healthy for a life-time. Each section ends with a Quick Quiz in which Barber asks questions and the models answer them. This is followed by a short Sum-it-Up restatement of important points. Tips for eyeglass wearers are offered. The video ends with Judith Lasch, author of The Teen Model Book and co-producer of this video, offering viewers a free newsletter.
Technically, the presentation is excellent. The music is timely without being overly trendy. The girls, while models, are easy to identify with. The pace moves smoothly without any pauses or breaks. The girls wear colorful outfits that lend to the overall look and feel of high energy. This video is professional in every way.
This is a lively, informative, and fun program appropriate for all ages. The reasonable price and public performance rights makes this video both accessible and extremely useful for all libraries. Highly recommended for both public and school libraries.
-- Eileen R. Koutrovitz
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Breaking Barriers
The Status of Women & the Role of the United Nations
A 30-minute documentary with rare footage of the UN early years and a speech by Eleanor Roosevelt. Used as an educational tool in preparation for the Women’s World Congress in Beijing, China. Combined with a Discussion Guide. Distributed to schools and libraries worldwide.
Library Journal
Video Librarian
History & Current Events
BREAKING BARRIERS: A HISTORY OF THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS – 3 STARS
(1994) 30 min. $49.95 (discussion guide included). Lasch Media. PPR. Color cover.
In 1946, speaking before the United Nations, Eleanor Roosevelt observed that “women throughout the world are in different stages of participation” in human affairs. Yet, as Breaking Barriers makes clear, there has also been some real progress made. Using archival footage from the creation of the United Nations in 1945, clips of women in various cultures throughout the world, and interviews with women from many countries who are actively working to advance women’s rights, the video examines historical and cultural barriers which have hampered women along the uneven road toward equality. Religion (Orthodox Jews still give thanks to God for not making them women), marriage traditions (J.S. Mill called marriage “a school of despotism”), and rituals (such as the mutilation of female genitals practiced in some areas in Africa) have all contributed to the predominantly patriarchal paradigm that has held sway for most of written history. But as long as the injustices continue, so too will the battle be enjoined. That is the inspiring message that the women interviewed in the program bring to viewers. Recommended.
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Cruisin’ with the Good Times
Video on classic Cars of the 1950’s
Enjoy a rock ‘n roll return to life in the good old days…
When a guy could cash in soda bottles for a tank of gas, pick up his best chick, and cruise all night. Recapture the innocence and the fun with classic cars, dancers, music and interviews.
Cruisin’ with the Good Times takes you to car shows, the Be-Bop Café, and the Classic Car Museum. Listen as vintage fans tell how they found their cars and the parts to restore them, and even how they built them from scratch.
Cruisin’ with the Good Times is for everyone. Moms, Dads, even the kids. It’s all there. So, kick back, rev up the VCR, and take a cruise back to life in the good times.
•Romance and Red Bank Event review – 5 starsThe Buccaneer
Wednesday, December 8, 1993
Entertainment, Page 8
Movie ReviewROMANCE AND RED BANK SCORES NOSTALGIC KNOCKOUT
Late night television claims ownership of the infomercial, but they have nothing on Dan Dorn’s ringing endorsement of Red Bank in Romance in Red Bank. Originally made in 1933 with a cast of locals, Judy Lasch painstakingly converted the old film to video for the modern showing.
The film loosely tells the story of Jimmy Stokes taking his place as a productive worker in this family oriented town. It shows off Wickoff Fuel Oil Company, still producing today, and how honest labor can get you up the industrial ladder. It doesn’t hurt that Jimmy’s aunt knows the mayor either. But once he gets the in, Jimmy makes good in business even if he flunks out in romance with Flossie MacDonald Layton who works in the mayor’s office.
Showing off the 1933 graduates from Red Bank HS and the opportunities they had for success then, the film presented a nostalgic moment when the class sang the alma mater at its sixtieth reunion. Views of the members of the town now were interspersed with the film. They pointed to what the town was and looked to see how much remained the same. And much remained for the current politicians.
Even the parking problems that the council grapples with today were present in 1933. The film was more than a moment of nostalgia and had the audience mourning the two lost reels which were not restored.
Live music was provided by both the high school band and the Bill Starr Ragtime Rhythm Rascals of musicians who provided music from 1933. Creating quite a spectacle as they filled the aisle and stage, the band’s performance was one of the evening’s highlights.
In the old vaudeville style, Ron MacCloskey, as Groucho Marx, emceed the affair with a mock You Bet Your Life and hosted several other acts. The best of these was blues singer Dolores Holmes. Marx’s sarcastic edge found an appreciative modern audience.
Also marring the performance were two long delays. Over 30 minutes late starting the evening, the show order was revamped because of a projector problem. Then the intermission ran nearly 45 minutes.
For those who stayed, they were rewarded with a slice of Red Bank’s history and a film worth five stars. Keep the historical movies coming.
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