Why Study Science? (1955)

★★★★ · Science is good for boys AND girls! · 23_skidoo · 2007-07-21

The unnamed Midwestern nuclear family are camping, apparently on the banks of the Kansas River. While having dinner, the teenaged son of the family, Jack (played by Larry Sneegas, who is the horny guy in "What About School Spirit" and "The Innocent Party" and the jerk who stays behind at the prom in "What About Prejudice?"), looks up at the stars and says he wants to go to the moon one day. His authoritative father asks, "Will you be ready?" Conversation turns to what Jack and his sister Betty will be studying when they go back to high school that next week. Jack hasn't signed up for any…

★★★ · That's Why · Dodsworth the Cat · 2023-11-19

Yeah, Betty, you'd better study science, because you'll need it for a women-type job before you get married and have kids. Banker? Lawyer? Construction worker? Pshaw! Not for women in small-town America in the 1950s. She's there to plan nutritious meals and answer science questions of the children it is her duty to bear. And there's a heap of 50s American patriotism in the script, too, as dad insists the US needs citizens with enough science to make intelligent decisions (hmm... sound pretty pinko to me). Jack is hilarious with his dull, stiff drawl. His acting is a touch above Dennis in…

★★★ · Idealistic · ERD. · 2007-07-21

The script is somewhat pedantic. It certainly has a the idealistic style of the mid 1950's. Things seemed to staged.