Synopsis
Virginia Hopkins visits etiquette expert Emily Post, who is reading letters from fans. They seem to ask more about table manners than anything else. In Virginia stating that the frequency is probably due to people feeling comforta...
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Studio
- Christy Associates, Emily Post Institute
- Released
- 1947-01-01
- Running time
- 10 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Social guidance: Etiquette
- Post, Emily
Cast & crew
- Emily Post
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Well, at least she isn't asking us to keep a protractor handy... · GE_Pretzel · 2006-07-04
When in the company of others, Emily Post was always certain to act in a fashion respectful of those around her. Proper table etiquette is the focus of this film, and our overly meticulous mentor of manners doesn't miss a chance to impart to viewers virtually every single thing that they supposedly need to know in order to earn recognition as the most urbane person in their social circle. A small group of elegantly dressed young men and women enact the correct and incorrect procedures as Post narrates with a sanguine yet authoritarian tone. It is a little disappointing that Post is never…
★★★★ · Spaghetti and Asparagus anyone? · Spuzz · 2005-07-02
Another odd little movie in the How to eat right canon that seem to always change from film to film. Ahh, but gentle reader, we get the grand dame of rulemaking herself, Emily Post, doing the narrative, so she SHOULD have the final word on the subject, right? Well, Im not sure. We first see her in her garden, lamenting about the fact that the number one concern people have is how to eat properly. She then takes us on a tour of courses, and how to eat each one, While some of it is practical, others Ive surprised shes endorsing. She says its perfectly ok to pick up your soup bowl…
★★★ · Culture and the Media · rjm402 · 2007-12-02
Emily Post is an icon - and Table Manners best reflects her influence on American culture during those susceptible years prior to the noisy Sixties. The depth of that influence, however, might be exaggerated. In the 1950s, films and TV were the chief instructors for our behavioral norms. We were taught how to date, how to kiss, how to conduct ourselves in social dilemmas, and mostly, they defined our social expectations. Today, television especially, continues this 'good' work as we are given templates for behavior towards our spouse, our parents, our peers, and our children. So - how does…
★★ · Not as formal · ERD · 2005-11-23
This film is too formal for today's generation. People should have table manners, but not worry about so many rules to follow.
