Shy Guy (1947)

★★★★★ · "Shy Guy" is well done · ERD · 2006-04-22

A well made guidance film for teenagers of 1947. Many of the suggestions still hold true today. Dick York was excellent, as was the entire supporting cast. Good direction, script, and photography.

★★★★★ · Still you can't forget that you're alone! · Retro Geek · 2010-10-10

Phil is shy and has trouble making friends at his new school. It doesn't help him that the narrator continues to remind him that he cannot forget that he is alone...alone in a crowd. His father recommends picking out one or two of the popular kids to see what it is about them that makes them popular. What he finds is that they listen to each other, act polite, and seem genuinely interested in helping others. As we observe Phil, we begin to understand that PHIL is the problem. When he bumps into someone, he says nothing. "There it is again, even when you bump into people they hardly know…

★★★★★ · He was a shy boy, worked in the basement · dynayellow · 2003-09-25

Serial-killer-to-be Dick York (Sam!) can't figure out how to make friends with the popular kids. Of course, the idea that he's a nerd who hangs out in the basement making radio sets never occurs to himself, or his extremely helpful father. On his dad's advice, Dick begins stalking the most popular kids in school, hoping to copy them. Actually, that isthe surest route to popularity I can think of. Funny stuff, with some good advice about reaching out to others. Now Dick won't have to write manifestos and learn how to wire other things in the basement he calls home!

★★★★★ · Gee Dad! · Spuzz · 2005-02-07

Another strange Dick York Film.. Man, I am not too sure how, but he made the best! Dick York is Shy Guy! He's having trouble meeting kids at school, he'd rather play around with his electronics. His dad comes downstairs, having apparently left his mob meeting or singing at the copa, because he's impossibly overdressed here, to try to get Shyguy out of his shell! Wear more sweaters! Seek out the popular folk! Eavesdrop on people's conversations! Soon Dick is doing that, and well, he's the hit of the School Mixer! Heck that would be easy if all there was were apples and people singing 'Oh…

★★★★ · Shy Guy is an Absolute Classic · ExDreamer99 · 2002-10-23

Can you imagine what your father might say if he wandered into your basement labratory to give you social advice? How about "Son, just find out what all the popular kids are doing, and do that. You'll be popular in no time." If my dad had told me that, I would have taken up drugs, engaged in casual sex and taught myself how to smoke at age 15. However, in this Dick York classic, his father's advice yields a number of desirable social lessons, including the art of listening, and how to be helpful. Cheese abounds in this short, but the lessons are sound. Did you notice the narrator's voice yet?…

★★★★ · Before he worked for McMahon & Tate... · J. DeKay · 2005-10-27

Dick York can do no wrong... acting wise that is. Even at this tender age, young Dick knows how to act with his eyes. Of course this was way before he landed a job at McMahon & Tate and married Samantha. Oddly, I find it impossible to watch this without thinking of Dick York looking strangely like Jim Carrey or vice versa!