Are You Ready for Marriage? (1950)
1950 · Ephemeral film · 16 min · dir. Gil Altschul
- Drama
Synopsis
Sue and Larry kiss passionately on her front porch one night; he asks her to marry him. The next day, they meet at the soda shop: she's glum, her parents refuse permission. Larry wants to elope; after all, they've been dating for three months, she's about to graduate from high school, and he has only two years left of college. They decide to visit Mr. Hall, the marriage counselor at a local church, to ask him to convince her parents. He walks them through Cupid's checklist: are your backgrounds…
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Gil Altschul
- Writer
- Harriette Smith
- Studio
- Coronet Films
- Released
- 1950-04-11
- Running time
- 16 minutes
Cast & crew
- Gil Altschul Director
- John Galvarro
- Frank McLaughlin
John Olson- Reuben Hill
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · "Boing" · Spuzz · 2002-12-29
I love Coronet guidance films. They're the furthest away from any psychological truth and behavior. Take, for example "Are You Ready For Marriage?" A hilariously overdrawn yarn about 2 kids who want to tie the knot, and go to their Church's family counsellour for guidance. The counselour shows them this device, something about psychological distance, that I still can't understand after watching it twice. The counselor then starts explaining how attraction starts, by using this word. "Boing". No explanation on what it means, but I think we all KNOW what it means... Soon, he says that the…
★★★★★ · It's gone! · Darthdemona · 2005-01-09
The question shouldn't be "are these two ready for marriage?" The question should be "should people as stupid as these two be allowed to reproduce?" Larry, an engineering student, seems mystified by the elastic properties of a rubber band. Hilarious.
★★★★★ · Confusion Reigns · autoguy · 2005-11-16
Outlines the efforts of a young couple wishing to advance to a more modern relationship model, but let themselves be manipulated by outdated and obsolete ideals. The young man, much farther ahead of his time than he knows, opts for more modern instant gratification and convenience. Having known the young woman for three long months, it only made sense that they elope to the 24 hour drive-thru wedding chapel to be married by Elvis. His machinations become clear as he reveals his plan to work as little as possible, while sending his new wife off to a full time job. The young woman, horribly…
★★★★ · Boing! · Cambot · 2002-11-20
What needs to be understood here is that these dopey 50's teens think that some guy with charts and graphs can make their pending marriage a success. I mean, even if they get married they'd still just be stuck in the stuffy and repressed 1950's! It's a miracle any of our parents even bothered back then. BOING!
★★★★ · BOING! · depthfunction · 2005-04-06
The only thing that saved this from being one of the dullest Coronet films ever made was The BOING! I read the other reviews before watching the film, so I knew The BOING! was coming, but nothing can truly prepare you for it. When I first heard it I laughed so hard that I almost fell out of my chair. That was the best laugh I've had in a while - thank you Prelinger Archives! Weren't they allowed to use phrases like "sexual attraction" or at least "physical attraction" back in the 1950s? Because I just can't understand what sort of logic would make The BOING! a better screenwriting option.
★★★ · Marriage-1950's style · ERD · 2005-11-19
One must remember the film was made in 1950- over 55 years ago. Morals were stricter & a lot of emotional behavior was expected to be under control or restricted. The film starts out as a drama and then becomes a lecture. A few things make sense, others are totally archaic when compared to today's thinking. The film is a look into past thinking. The young actors do a good acting job.
