American Girl, An - the Problems of Prejudice (Part I) (1958)

★★★★★ · The jewish ideals as a fashion statement · Spuzz · 2003-10-13

When I first started watching this film and came across it's bombastic beginning dedicating this film t teens with bombastic decency (note the underlining) I thought for sure it was going to be this social guidance melodrama. What I DIDN'T know was that it was going to be of all things, anti-semitism! A teenage girl gets a bracelet for her birthday by her otherwise bothersome (but great) younger sister. She goes back to the jeweler with her friends when she finds out there is a second part to it. That second part is a star of David pendant! Her friends, and soon, pretty much the whole town…

★★★★★ · An American Girl · Christine Hennig · 2003-07-06

This film, made by the same folks responsible for All the Way Home, show us the underside of the "nice, simpler time" of the 50s, this time from a teen's perspective. Teenaged girl Norma gets a pretty silver charm bracelet for her birthday from her little sister, who bought it in a second-hand store. When Norma returns to the store with her friends to get the storekeeper to decipher some foreign characters on one of the charms, she finds out it is a Jewish bracelet. When the storekeeper shows her a star of David charm that goes with it, Norma has it put on the bracelet, despite the protests…

★★★★★ · Famous Actors Way Back When... · bestpbx · 2008-03-08

The mother in this film is none other than AUDRA LINDLEY who played "Mrs. Roper" on "Three's Company"! The kid sister is... PATTY DUKE!!!!!!!! This was just before her movie debut as "Helen Keller" in "The Miracle Worker". The dad is an actor that I have seen before, but I cannot recall the shows he was in or his name. Anyone know?

★★★★ · Truly Beautiful Propaganda Film · manhattansunrise · 2018-10-14

I had to hold back the tears when I saw audio-visual videography of the "utopianesque" "romantic" 1950s with its dominant old-fashioned, traditionalist, and conservative culture (relatively speaking). Ah, those were the good old days, before the entropic neo-Marxist reggresivists organized to aggressively make their long march through the institutions of power in the mainstream media and academy with their relentless brutality-based message of critical theory, socialist violence, censorship, fearsmear doxxing and postmodernist deracination. This agitprop film is poignant as it helps to…

★ · Dearborn vs Detroit · wertblows · 2010-02-14

Funny DonWert that you mention Dearborn and Detroiters attempting to move in back in the 50's and 60's, etc. Orville Hubbard's legacy may be suffering, and no one could get away with that stuff today, but he gave his citizens what they wanted. They wanted to keep Detroiters out, along with all of their baggage. He did a very good job with it, and now compare the two cities. Dearborn is still thriving, and Detroit is a complete sh1thole. Look at how the citizens of Detroit have taken care of that once-beautiful city. Look at the attitudes of its people. Look at the conditions of the homes and…