Our Home Town: Doylestown, PA. (1954)

★★★★ · Aw, heck · Miss_Xanthippe_Svanstrom · 2012-05-23

Damn. Someone already called it, 'a hoot', which was what I was going to say. Anyway, blaring Marines theme and then of course the holy-roller scene aside, this film is wonderful! A bit of background from the narrator, scenery ever-so-lovely and shot rather well (cameraman has an excellent sense of composition!), loved it. I also really appreciate the personal story from, my apologies if I get this wrong, SmallTownBoy; what a delightful portal through spacetime. Thank you, whomever you are!

★★★★ · Our Home Town: Doylestown, PA. · rhkratzse · 2009-12-05

What a trip! Of *course* it's boring -- it's a fifteen minute advertisement! And in B&W. And a half-century old to boot! But if "you were there," or your parents or grandparents were, then it's a hoot! Like a time machine. Better than a photo album. But what? No Ed's Diner? No Hobby Shop?? At least they caught us coming out of Central Buck Joint High School (NOT West!). Two thumbz up! ;)

★★ · Dull · ERD · 2006-03-30

Nothing is really interesting in this film. The towns are not picturesque, there are no special places to make the towns distinctive, and except for the movie theatre shown- no recreational facilities or places to go to. This black and white 1954 movie is totally mediocre. It is very poorly directed,filmed and edited.. The 2nd narrator spoke terribly and shouldn't have been used. All the waving of the people made them look awkward. "Our Home Town" was obviously made for the 1954 movie audience of the towns shown.

★★ · where is Fonthill??? · AliceFell · 2003-12-18

it's so weird to see Doylestown 50 years ago. My mom is from the lower Bucks area and we have spent a lot of time in Doylestown. It's interesting to see what she saw as a kid. Noticeably absent, though, is Fonthill. In fact, I'm wondering if they just used a random all-purpose soundtrack and just showed random shots of Doylestown to fill in. It is oddly generic. How can you talk about Doylestown without showing Fonthill or the Mercer Museum? Very odd, and too dull for my curiosity about this neat town.

Of all the gin joints · Smalltownboy · 2010-01-29

rhkratzse--Yeah, I remember Ed's Diner. Some of the time anyway! Drinking coffee at 4:00AM on a Friday night. Pancho, the chief cook and bottle washer. "Everybody's chewing!" I was a little too young to go to Central Bucks Joint High, though. I went to Unami JR High. I remember the hobby shop, alright. On West State, just east of the 6 point intersection of Clinton, Court, and State? And of course, who could forget Kenny's? Haha, those were good old times. [The following was posted Nov 13, 2007:] One evening in the early 90's I was leaving the lobby of the County Theater, Doylestown, Pa; my…