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The Dirty Look (1954)
Training film on keeping your filling station clean
The Dirty Look is an entertaining, (if you like William Frawley) training film put out by GULF Oil. This is a no frills story telling short that tries to get all GULF Oil station owners to do their best at keeping a clean image. They were behind the push to change the image of dirty, not so friendly filling stations can make a lot more money if they keep their stations neat, clean, and friendly.
William Frawley tells a customer in his barber shop about the entire transformation of the station and it has changed for the better. The customer is full of the same question, Frawley keeps telling him he is getting to it...and at the end there is a slight Hollywood type twist.
The OLD owner did not make his money with a clean station. Instead a robber slipped in an oil puddle and hit his head. The station owner got a reward, & sold the station. The NEW owner made good money after cleaning the dirty place up.
Passion and Gasoline (1986)
WELL done indie film not available on DVD
PASSION AND GASOLINE tells the story of a demented pyromaniac living and hiding in an abandoned big city warehouse. One day he decides to get a job to supplement his unemployment benefits so he can travel to Paris to set more fires. He gets a job in a grocery store where he meets an attractive girl who he reluctantly falls in love with.(...her father is a fireman!) His obsession with fire leads to murder and other nasty crimes. The twisted ending will not leave the viewer feeling burnt I can assure you. Good quality indie film-making that is very well shot by cinematographer Paul Sarossy.
I was told that the 16mm print I have is the only one in existence. The filmmaker Mark Forler could only afford to have one print made and he does not know where the negative ended up. I urge the filmmaker to contact us to confirm or deny this statement.