What Makes a Good Party? (1950)

★★★★★ · What a difference 40 years makes. · Spuzz · 2005-09-07

Jean phones her friends with the most amazing news. Her brother and his roommate from college are coming to town for a vixit! Jean and her friends think this calls for a celebration of the highest magnitude, so they put together a humdinger of a party. They plan it.. Invitations! Refreshments! (because, as Jean enthuses, ÃÂwe have to feed the MEN! And Jean also ends this conversation with this, ÃÂWell, we want something to eat and something to drink.. Refreshments!ÃÂ). and Entertainment is also discussed, ÃÂWe want to show Steve a good time, but we donÃÂt know what he really likes!ÃÂ one of…

★★★★★ · When planning your party, failure is <b>not</b> an option! · dynayellow · 2003-09-02

You think you've seen Squaresville teens before? Well, mister, sit down and watch this little flick, with a group of young people so squeaky-clean they make Ivory soap look like an oil slick. Unbelievably camp as three hot-to-trot girls plan a party for a boy from college. Directions from the cheery faced yet utterly dominant narrator tell you to make sure that you participate in the Hive Mind at parties. At one point, two people step to the side to talk to each other--a fatal mistake! Herd them back into the Group because it's time for a hat party! And what kind of swingin' party doesn't end…

★★★★★ · Oh. My. Gawd. · depthfunction · 2005-04-03

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I've watched a lot of goofy movies in this archive, but this one takes the cake. Please - somebody tell me that this isn't really what teen parties were like back in 1950, because that was the lamest thing I've EVER seen. But I guess this was before rock'n'roll - that explains a LOT. And the "Jimmy Crack Corn" sing-along? SO very wrong on SO many levels. I give it 5 stars because it had me ROFLMAO!

★★★★★ · This is hysterical! · lmm999 · 2011-12-10

OMG...I'm like two minutes into this film and I'm already laughing my head off. Why are they sitting on the bed holding teddy bears, they're like 22 years old. Bwa ha ha ha!...off to watch the rest now! Spontaneous unplanned fun = a rousing chorus of "Jimmy Crack Corn" Glee ain't got nothin' on these guys!!!

★★★★ · Cornet films: Opressing teen partys since 1950's · Karma Hawk · 2005-04-05

This film was made to teach kids how too plan a party, however something that makes this film odd is the fact that the Cornet people really didn't know thier audience or made horible directorial decisions, it doesn't take long to see that this film describes how to plan a good "kids" party but not so much a good "teen" party. "Teen" partys usually don't involve party games, and arn't so opressive (At one point we're taught that we should make sure that guests stay with the group no matter what) Odd directorial decission makes this highly recomended.

★★★★ · Wholesome 50's · ERD · 2006-01-17

This film is somewhat idealistic and extremely clean-cut, Mom is even there helping out. However 1950 was a more naive time-and this film would have been considered wholesome then. Middle class older teens generally did behave this way at get-togethers. The song they sang was made popular by Burl Ives at that time. I found the production well acted and directed.