My Dad's Company (1946)

★★★★ · Runs the electric train.. keeps you warm.. warms the baby's bottle... · Spuzz · 2003-11-19

Initially, I was going with the premise while watching 'My Dad's Company' that it was just going to be an overglorification of how wonderful Detroit Edison is to work for. In some ways it is, but what's so interesting about this film is how complexedly layered this film is. It starts off with a kid practicing his speech called 'My Dad's Company' It's a broad speech all about the many facets of Edison power. His dad overhears, and wonders why he changed it from his previous speech, "Electricity, The Silent Service". Son says everyone knows how electricity "Lights the house, Curls your hair…

★★★★ · Detroit Edison - The Whole Story, 1948 · JayKay49 · 2015-10-26

All that for a $4 electric bill. And you almost never had to buy bulbs - they just took your blown out ones and traded them for new ones. I'll stick to coal-generated electricity - thank you. Works just fine, and its cheap. The scrubber was developed over 50 years ago. There ain't no air pollution anymore. Today Detroit Edison's biggest problem is copper and electricity theft. Between making these thefts more impossible to perform and picking fried bodies off of the poles, well, let's say, its a whole new business. I like this film.

★★★★ · my dad's company · pheret · 2014-05-09

two men obsessed with the edison company! my first impression when the movie started was that this man was coming in to beat up his nerdy gay son! phew! if you are into power systems (like some are into phone systems, train systems, etc.), than this is a good film for you. i also checked out how electricity is generated and, after 60+ years, we still burn stuff to generate steam . . . we had better come up with something better than fossil fuels!