Patty Learns to Stop, Look and Listen (1947)

★★★★★ · Just Like I Remembered It from 44 Years Ago! · loyaltubist · 2006-05-05

This movie was shown at North Oceanside Elementary School in Oceanside, California (demolished in 1966), as part of its safety program every year. I saw it the first time as a Kindergartner in 1962 and I saw it in 1963, 1964, and 1965. The narrator is authoratative and seems understanding of children. After third grade, my family moved from Oceanside to the San Bernardino area, so I didn't get to see it until just now. I know more and I still learned from watching this movie. The hospital that Patty was taken to was the old Georgia Street Receiving Hospital in Downtown Los Angeles (actually…

★★★★ · Patty should learn to be a little less exploited! · Spuzz · 2004-02-01

When I finished 'Patty learns', I sat back and thought about it, I now believe there are 2 sides to the Frith company. One which focuses On Don Donell and his cute pups (see Mother Mack trains her puppies) and the other side which exploits the mishaps of poor Polly (see Fire! Patty learns what to do). But in this, Patty and friends are playing on the street when all of a sudden she gets hit by a car. Now, we don't actually SEE this, but it's edited so convincingly that I was jolted. Heaven knows how this played in 1947. The ambulance arrives, and, after putting what appears to be a roll of…

★★★★ · Some thoughts · JayKay49 · 2012-08-25

1. Hey! Where was the breathalizer? The sobriety test? Oh thats right....way less lawyers in those days. Heck if this was 50 years later they could have bought suit against the unlucky sucker and bought the farm across the street with the "proceeds" 2. Her brother and her were playing in the street. How chummy. My brother used to CHASE ME INTO THE STREET in front of cars...until my dad caught him doing it. 3. Same traction could have been achieved in a sitting position. They discovered since this film that pulleys can be arranged in a horizontal position - you just put the sand bags off the…

★★★ · yeccchhh · trafalgar · 2004-03-13

I agree, there is a very dark undertone to this film. Maybe it's the horribly cheap production values, or the fact that the little girl doesn't seem to understand anything that's going on around her. Somehow it just feels like a snuff film is going to break out any minute...