Mind Your Manners! (1953)

★★★★ · Minding your Manners - even poor ones · Noah 8-? · 2008-07-29

Well the point of the film seems to be to be courteous even when authority figures aren't around to force a correction... I did, however, notice one faux pas, that was actually mentioned but in error. When Jack & sister leave the haus he lets 'ladies first' go ahead then follows down the steps but in going down the steps of the bus - he preceeds. Actually a gentleman leads downhill in almost all situations ('n case she trips she'll land upon him). And why was the action so deliberate and un-hurried? 'Cause Jak and the courteous crew left in plenty of time so as to arrive on time rather than…

★★★ · Enter and Sign In, Please · Dodsworth the Cat · 2021-09-06

Viewers get a good chunk of "Melody In Moccasins," the original "What's My Line?" theme, at the beginning and end. The short opens and closes on the same sign in some kind of Dutch restaurant. Ed Reardon and Jack Connors have appeared in other Coronet films. "Jack" has almost grown up before our very eyes over the years in these shorts. The narrator played the school principal in "Snap Out of It!" The kids take a bus (to Evanston) to school but get a ride home in a '39 Plymouth. There's nothing really outrageous in this short's storyline. Like other Coronets, there are echo-chamber thoughts…

★★★ · Woodruff Redux · Spuzz · 2003-11-09

In the ever escalating war of the "Dating Do's and Don'ts" kids of who made the most Coronet films? Alan or Woody? Alan tries to even up the score by starring as "Jack" who is just about the most poiite kid you'll meet, staying home and sharing pleasantries with the family while eating breakfast, letting the women get on the bus first, and paying attention in school! Just what universe are we talking about here? Of course Jack is just about the most popular guy in school, and even strangers think so too.. Why, just listen to their convenient voice overs!

★★★ · Color their world perfect · ERD · 2005-10-15

Like the film, "Obligations," this naive film gives the rules for an ideal American middle class family life... NO, anger, no problems- everything is perfect in life when you follow the rules and have manners. A nice fantasy.

★★★ · Back in the days.............. · jazzfan · 2010-05-10

People had more manners. People should use this film to train the Obama Generation.