Sharing Work At Home (1949)
1949 · Ephemeral film · 10 min
- Drama
- Short
Synopsis
The Taylor family lives in a pretty sloppy home, and don't seem to really care very much about its condition. One day daughter Martha brings home some tips she has learned in her Home Economics class, and, before they know it, the Taylors are happy, well adjusted and just like every other family on their block--as, of course, all right-thinking American families should be.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Released
- 1949-01-01
- Running time
- 10 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Social guidance
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Hey Sis maybe we SHOULD get organized! · Retro Geek · 2008-06-17
It's a very good thing that in 1949 ladies had a reference book to help them realize that general cleaning is much easier if each person picks up after themselves. Gee, really? Of course, it always helps to make yet another list so that we can be organized. Once again, we find the family referring to the book on page 231 to determine that the father works, the children are in school, and mom should do the housework. Thank goodness we worked that out! On the whole this movie is a must-see. Just check out that wallpaper! The neighborhood club will have to hang on to the furniture during their…
★★★ · Wall Papering 101 · JayKay49 · 2017-01-31
Any fool knows that when hanging a full height strip, you loosely fold 1/4 of it up under, and pull it down after you've secured the top half. In the first part of the movie, this place looks like a flophouse. I suspect mom was on the bottle. Just got sprung from Betty Ford.
