Year

1958

Video Details

27:00; color; sound; P97-002

Description

Ricky has recently returned to Tampa from New York after being away for eight years. His uncle Manuel, a cigar manufacturer, tells Ricky about the early days of cigar production while they watch a film titled "From Leaf to Lip." Manuel encourages Ricky to visit the cigar factory for a tour. Before he takes the tour, Ricky's aunt Lisa shows him how Tampa has developed in the years since he's been gone during a car trip to the harbor and Tampa Industrial Park. They enjoy lunch together at the Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City, where Ricky becomes distracted by a beautiful woman. Lisa drops him off at the factory and the foreman, Luis, shows Ricky the different areas of production where cigars are made by hand, including the casing, blending, stripping and packing areas. At the end of the tour, Ricky meets Maria, Luiz's daughter and the beautiful woman he saw at the restaurant. The next day is the Gasparilla Festival and there is footage of the invasion of the bay by the Jose Gasparilla ship, a parade and the crowning of the festival queen. The following day Maria gives Ricky a tour of the factory where machines manufacture the cigars. He invites her to dinner, and during dinner he decides that he'll stay in Tampa to work for his uncle.

Contributors

Mickler, Joseph R.
Crooks, LeRoy
Florida Film Studios
Carey-Swain, Incorporated (Sarasota, Fla.)

Corporate Creator

Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce
Cigar Manufacturers Association of Tampa
White, Robertson

Corporate Subject

Cigar Manufacturers Association of Tampa
Columbia Restaurant
Jose Gasparilla (Ship)
Gasparilla Carnival (Tampa, Fla.)
Gradiaz, Annis and Company
Tampa Bay Hotel (Tampa, Fla.)
Tampa International Airport

Geographic Subject

Tampa
Hillsborough County
Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.)
Davis Islands (Tampa, Fla.)

Coverage

Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Personal Subject

Torretta, Joanne
Russo, Joseph
Davis, Helen
Beard, John
Llana, Luis
Columbus, Christopher

Subject

Festivals -- Florida -- Hillsborough County -- Tampa
Carnivals -- Florida -- Hillsborough County -- Tampa
Kings and rulers
Queens
Parade floats
Cigar industry
Cigar industry -- Florida -- Hillsborough -- Tampa