Health: Your Posture (1953)

★★★★ · Talking Mirror · Dodsworth the Cat · 2022-11-22

This film gets stars for the goofy mirror scene (ultra stiff dialogue with reverb) and some poor kid being given a ridiculous name by her parents. Maybe they misheard a Chuck Berry song. (Oh, it's 1953. Scrub that). Centron was ahead of its time. The talking mirror would have made a great '60s sitcom. More stars for conflicting advice. Exercise. EXERCISE! No! Rest. REST! Somehow shoes affect the way you sit in a chair. The film tells kids to have good posture then takes 8 1/2 minutes before asking the question "What is good posture."

★★★★ · Brings out good points · ERD. · 2015-04-30

Made in 1953, this film geared for students in Junior high, does an effective job in bringing out pointers about good posture. I enjoyed watching how the film portrayed the image of those youngsters in 1953 as clean cut and polite.

★★★★ · Loser girl, get some exercise! · Spuzz · 2003-06-25

Like 'Soapy The Germ Fighter', this film blames everything on one thing, and all would be well if you just... STOOD UP STRAIGHT. In what has to be the most preposterous name ever given to a girl in a film like this, 'Adrelene'(!!) wonders why the kids all ignore her at parties. Then, in a surreal device I've never seen before, her bedroom mirror double starts talking to her, saying it's her POSTURE. After THAT, it's a hell's half acre of what you should DO to maintain your posture! Exercise every day! Sit up straight! Get Enough Sleep! Soon, of course, Adrelene has PLENTY of friends because…

★★★★ · No Wonder My Belly Sticks Out · JSBejma · 2017-04-21

I've been a sloucher all my life. I've always walked bent over forward. My shoes were hand me downs with worn down heels. Today, I have dickie do disease. (that's when your belly sticks out more than your dickie do) Some words of wisdom here. I must've been home sick the day they ran this film at school. Oh well. Too late now.

★★★ · Health: Your Posture · 23_skidoo · 2007-07-20

Part of the "Health" series brought to us from the Centron studios in Lawrence, Kansas. Like some Coronet films, this short is designed to lead kids to believe that your appearance should be your No. 1 priority if you want to make friends. The narrator tells us the sad story of Adrelene, who at the party is always the one who's sitting in the corner not saying anything. But unlike Sarah in "The Snob," Adrelene isn't full of herself--in fact she'd like to make friends---but she just can't seem to get along with anyone. She's absolutely repulsive to others because she doesn't stand up straight.…

★★★ · "the mirrors gone crazy" · Karma Hawk · 2005-04-11

Pretty basic social guidance film where Aderlene (I think that's her name) learns about good posture. As was common in these films their seems to be a message about how having bad posture will make you an outcast which is of course ludacrisly untrue. The mirorr actually only has a minor role, which is a shame since the girls reflection is the only one besides the muffled narrator that talks. the mirror is also the best part of the film but only actually lasts for a minute or so, with the rest just feeling like an infomercial. Warning: Don't slouch while watching this or else you'll actually…