Financing the American Family (1935)

★★★★ · Get out of debt.. to get into more debt! · Spuzz · 2017-07-12

For some odd reason, I kept thinking that the Household Finance Corperation, which is a legitamite operation, was prying on the average Mr and Mrs Smith to make the debts pile up. After a nifty animated sequence demonstrating how it's hard to get out of debt, we see Mr Smith, going to a bank, and asking for a loan. He doesnt have a bank account (!!) and wants a loan of 300 dollars. No can do, says the bank. He then returns to what seems to be a VERY comfortable home. After sending his kids to bed (the kids scamper off obediently (hah!)) Mr and Mrs Smith fret about what they're going to do.…