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Poster for Office Courtesy: Meeting the Public (1952)

Office Courtesy: Meeting the Public (1952)

1952 · Ephemeral film · 11 min

Synopsis

Assisted by an instructive dream, a secretary learns how to be more personable and thus render her job more enjoyable.

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Details

Released
1952-01-01
Running time
11 minutes
Language
English
Collection
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive item
0575_Office_Courtesy_Meeting_the_Public_20_39_41_00

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · 'The Boss will sleep with you now' · Spuzz · 2016-05-17

A very bizarre technicolor EB production about good secretaries vs bad secretaries. 'Ruth' decides to quit her job because the people there are so hard to deal with. Her Roommate (sister? Lover?) tells her to think about it and they'll talk about it after dinner. Ruth agrees to this and sits on a chair and almost instantly falls asleep. She has a dream where both Rush and Dorothy are in an office with a very rude secretary who doesnt answer the phone, is rude to people wanting to see the boss, and keeps people waiting. Ruth just can't take this anymore and approaches the lady to realize, (oh…