The Procrastinator (1952)

★★★★★ · Demand a recount · Retro Geek · 2006-03-07

Jean is elected chairman of the social committee for the class party. Although she has several months to plan, she "fiddle faddles" her time away. This ultimately results in her showing up late on the night they need to decorate the gym with only a small paper bag with just a few rolls of crepe paper. Her friends are shocked and angry and Jim decides to tell her off. Why were they shocked? We learn at the beginning of the film that all her friends KNEW she was a procrastinator. Jim was sorry that Marge was not elected as the chairman and indicated that Jean "never sees things through". This…

★★★★ · Sorry, My Foot! · Spuzz · 2004-03-17

Another amazing production put forth by my faaaaavorite teen guidance film maker, Young America films! In this film Jean procrastinates procrastinates procrastinates, putting off everything, and she's in charge of her school social committees and parties! Her parents and school principal goes after her, but she doesn't listen, and it all winds up horribly, with the students coming down on her harshly. The actress playing Jean is alright, but special bonus points go out to the actress playing her Mother, who seems to put a comma after every two words, her enunciation is bizarre. And the actor…

★★★★ · Good stuff · RepRev · 2003-11-02

Not the best film on this site, but a reasonable watch. Rather heavy on the morals, as always, but mostly it's true stuff. Yet again the teacher suggests creating a list! What I really want to know is... is Jim the same actor as the guy in "Cindy Goes to a Party" (another classic film, btw)? We can't decide...

★★★★ · Comes Across · ERD · 2006-03-08

Cute little film teaching teenagers of 1952 the consequences of procrastinating. Some of the regional accents of the actors made the performacnes a little inconsistent, however.

★★★ · I Was Going To Write This Review in 2003, But · Dodsworth the Cat · 2022-07-25

Acting kudos in this short go to Jim, who sounds like he just fell off the turnip truck. Every line is read the same deliberate way, whether he's annoyed, angry or happy. Jean isn't just a lazy, excuse-filled procrastinator, she's a disobedient child. Didn't moms slap their kids around in the 1950s to knock sense into them? Marge is not much better, making excuses for lazy Jean. No wonder the kids didn't elect an enabler to chair their party. As for, well, I'll finish this review later.