Understanding Your Ideals (1950)
1950 · Ephemeral film · 13 min
- Documentary
Synopsis
Teenaged Jeff stupidly thinks that the road to popularity is a fast car and nice clothes. However, his girlfriend and his dad soon show him the error of his ways by proving--via such examples as The Ten Commandments and the intricacies of hydroelectric dam construction, subjects of vital interest to teenagers in the 1950s--that sound ideals, of course, are the basis of popularity. Jeff learns a valuable lesson that will serve him well later in life: if you want hot chicks, forget the red Corvette and the Armani suits--drive a Studebaker and become a born-again construction engineer.
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Details
- Studio
- Coronet Films
- Released
- 1950-12-31
- Running time
- 13 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Social guidance
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Am I Popular, Stu? Woof! · Dodsworth the Cat · 2022-12-18
Jeff Moore is obsessive about popularity but isn't terribly bright. For one thing, he thinks having a 1950 Studebaker (a sedan, yet) will make him popular at his high school. He also thinks looking like Dagwood will help. And he's dumb enough to lie to his girl-friend then walk to the malt shop not thinking she might show up there. All this sets up the preachy scene between father and son about FREEDOM. (At least dad kept those Commies that want to take over America out of his speech). Somehow, rambling dad gives Jeff an epiphany about popularity. Say, how is it the story says it'll take dad…
★★★ · A little too stilted · ERD · 2005-11-29
The film became stilted when the father went into a long speech about having clearly defined ideals. The acting was well done, but the star was the little dog!
★★★ · What On Earth Does This Have to do With "Ideals?" · JayKay49 · 2013-01-14
So apparently, most everybody in metro Chicago knows that Jeffery's big dream is to be popular. I mean, in 60+ years nobody has ever said to me "You just don't know how to be popular...." WTF? She caught the guy in a dumb fib for Chrissakes. What on earth does that have to do with "popular," or for that matter, "ideals?" I was thinking that the lecture would come to "why is being popular so important, boy? Don't you plan on going out and making a living some day? Do you ever think about that? You're not 9 years old ya know." But Jeff was right about one thing - June is no beauty queen. Far…
★ · NOthing is more important than being popular with your peers. NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!! · bestpbx · 2009-06-19
To me this film was pointless... unless they wanted to drive home the fact that being popular is the only reason to do what is good or what is right. Some folks are just naturally nice, but sometimes the most hateful people are the ones that are considered "popular". Being the one who does what is right is hard to do, but you will like yourself a lot more... and THAT is what matters.
