Financing the American Family (1935)

★★★★★ · right to use · chrisnahon · 2021-10-13

hello, I am directing and producing an independant documentary about money today. I have no budget. Do you thing I can use part of this movie for my project for free ? Best regards, Chris for Waycup Film non profit french organization.

★★★★ · Never Borrow Money Needlessly, Just When You Must... · Christine Hennig · 2006-06-26

This film, made by the Household Finance Corporation in the early 30s, presents a middle class family that is struggling with debts. The answer for these people, amazingly enough, is supposed to be getting another loan. The bank turns them down, saying that they canât afford to deal with small borrowers. Just as they begin to sink into despair, they turn on the radio, which by an incredible coincidence is broadcasting a detailed infomercial about HFC. They go to HFC, and after they determine that theyâre good housekeepers and all-around nice people by giving them a home inspection, they…

★★★★ · Get out of debt.. to get into more debt! · Spuzz · 2003-05-10

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.…

★★★ · An Evah Present Need For Money · Dodsworth the Cat · 2024-09-29

An intoning loan officer wearing too much theatrical make-up explains to a guy who needs a loan that banks won't deal in small amounts because they would lose money (have things changed?). In fact, the stiff acting in this short is a highlight, including the husband-wife dialogue in the living room before a Harlow Wilcox-like announcer is heard on their radio talking about loans to people like them. You can see the loan officer looking past the woman to some cue cards. Animated names come out of the radio speaker. There are animated sequences throughout the short. There are some real jarring…