movies AsOthers1953 2002-07-16 00:00:00 Premier-Hardcastle Productions / Social Science Films Etiquette for teenagers as demonstrated by well-dressed youth of Webster Groves (Missouri) High School. 1953 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ C Sd prelinger 2002-07-16 00:00:00 Dairy Council of St. Louis 0 9:30 Discusses manners for young people mentioning etiquette at formal and informal teenage gatherings, and eating manners at home and school. Ken Smith sez: This is a "manners" film, starring the students of Webster Groves (Missouri) High School. The slow speed of this film's color stock required intense lighting, which makes the kids look like walking corpses. The condescending narrator talks to the teens, explaining that the purpose of this film is to spare its viewers "the embarrassment of doing the wrong thing." Slow moving, typical in content. Discusses manners for young people, pointing out that good manners are based on consideration for others, and common sense. Illustrates correct etiquette for teenagers for formal an informal gatherings, when eating in the school cafeteria, and when making and receiving an introduction. Includes hints on table setting and table manners. 16:57:51:22-16:58:33:11 Fade in on CU chiffon prom gowns and feet of dancers. CU prom couple dancing (he in tux, she in white gown). MS high school prom couples on crowded dance floor. CU faces of couples dancing. CU couples dancing. MS couples on crowded dance floor. 16:58:33:12-16:59:00:07 MS dining room table set with floral centerpiece, window with fiberglass curtains behind. Middle-aged man and woman enter and he holds her chair for her. 2 children enter and little boy holds chair for little girl. Man and boy sit down also. They all bow heads and say grace. 16:59:00:08-16:59:00:09 LS dissolve to high school children on school staircase. CU same. MS same. CU same. 16:59:31:05-16:59:52:00 Dissolve to LS high school students in cafeteria line (2 shots) 16:59:52:01-16:59:59:29 Dissolve to CU cafeteria menu 16:59:59:29-17:00:11:05 Dissolve to line of high school students selecting food from cafeteria counter. 17:00:11:06-17:00:22:18 Dissolve to MS high school student searching pockets for money to pay cafeteria cashier (2 shots) 17:00:22:19-17:00:53:12 Dissolve to CU cafeteria table with 4 trays of food, napkin dispenser - hands eating 17:00:53:12-17:00:57:15 Dissolve to CU of hamburger on plate, napkin, and cup of coffee 17:00:57:16-17:01:00:12 Dissolve to CU of place setting of food with milk, bread, and butter 17:01:00:13-17:01:10:29 Dissolve to CU formal placesetting with woman seated. She puts napkin in her lap. 17:01:10:29-17:02:25:27 Dissolve to CU same place setting. Shrimp cocktail appears on plate in stemmed bowl. Woman's hands pick up cocktail fork and spear a shrimp. Dissolve to same place-setting with bowl of soup. Woman's hand picks up soup spoon and dips it into soup. Dissolve to CU salad plate, woman's hand picks up salad fork and sticks it into avocado. Dissolve to place-setting of entree with vegetables. Woman's hands pick up knife and fork and cut veal cutlet. 17:02:25:27-17:02:46:22 CU woman eating dinner with knife and fork. She places knife at the top of the dinner plate, lays down fork and breaks off piece of bread from bread and butter plate and butters it. 17:02:46:29-17:03:00:03 Dissolve to CU dinner plate with little food left on it. Hand spears some broccoli then lays knife and fork parallel. 17:03:00:04-17:03:25:08 CU woman from neck down at table eating desert and coffee. She pours cream into coffee from silver creamer. She drinks coffee. 17:03:25:09-:17:03:51:10 LS 2 teenagers standing before burning fire in fireplace. Girl exits left and boy puts record on phonograph. Girl and another couple enter from left. Introductions are made. 17:03:51:11-17:04:18:05 Dissolve to 2 couples entering restaurant (veranda with tables). Head waiter seats women, hands out menus, and leaves. 17:04:18:06-17:04:29:11 Dissolve to young woman at dressing table mirror applying lipstick and brushing hair. 11:04:29:11-17:04:38:14 Dissolve to Black busboy serving water to 2 couples at restaurant table. 17:04:38:15-17:04:46:04 CU table set with centerpiece and menus at each place. Young woman's hands pick up menu. 17:04:46:05-17:04:54:13 MS black waiter takes food orders from 2 young couples seated at restaurant table. 17:04:54:14-17:05:06:26 CU young woman rights spilled water glass on tablecloth. Black waiter's hand wipes up spilled water and ice. 17:05:00:27-17:05:51:21 Dissolve to MS living room. Man in armchair reads newspaper. Young woman in yellow prom gown answers door for young man in tuxedo and coat who enters. She introduces him to father who rises from chair to shake hands. Young man takes young woman's coat and they walk to door. CU young man helps young woman put on coat. Then opens door for her. 17:05:51:21-17:05:59:26 Dissolve to MS young man in overcoat opens door of car for young woman in long coat who gets in. 17:05:59:27-17:06:10:19 MS middle aged woman serves punch to teenagers in tuxes and prom gowns. CU woman serving punch from crystal bowl. 17:06:10:20-17:06:117:24 MCU young man in tux serves punch to seated young woman in prom gown. He sits beside her. 17:06:17:25-17:06:26:26 Young men in tuxedoes stand near door through which young woman in prom gown enters and is escorted down short flight of stairs by one of the young men. 17:06:26:27-17:07:00:14 CU teenagers at prom. THE END TEENAGERS ADOLESCENTS CHILDREN FAMILIES BOYS GIRLS DANCES HIGH SCHOOLS CORRIDORS HOMES HOUSES INTERIORS ETIQUETTE MANNERS SOCIAL GUIDANCE BEHAVIOR PROMS FORMAL DRESS CLOTHING RESTAURANTS WAITERS FOOD PLATES LUNCHROOMS AUTOMOBILES DATING PARENTS FIREPLACES LIVING ROOMS NUTRITION HUMOR MISSOURI WEBSTER GROVES UPPER MIDDLE CLASS AFFLUENCE EMBARRASSMENT ANXIETY WATER GLASSES SPILLS ELBOWS POINT OF VIEW EATING <BR> 2005-01-13 09:36:44 United States 1 0 Social guidance;Social guidance: Etiquette;Webster Groves, Missouri 138 MovingImage 1953 19029