Something to Be Proud Of (Part I)

★★★★★ · Right On Target · ERD. · 2007-01-07

The National Home gives many children a chance to have a happy and productive life. This film effectiveness is the way it is presented: simple, honest, and sincere. It should be a model for residental homes that throw the children out when they hit 18 years old, or the countless inferior foster homes many of the "hard-to place" youngsters (that's what the social agencies call children who are hard to adopt) are sent to. Be sure to see the rest of the film (Part II)

★★★★ · Frank is a real hoodwinker · Spuzz · 2005-06-11

At the beginning of this, Charles Adams, who, no really, he IS the narrator and the leader of the V.F.W., tells us that he could've spent the film talking about the financial figures and the various buildings. "But you don't judge an operation on how pretty the buildings are or how much money they have in the bank." It seems like Mr. Adams has seen that dreadful Jam Handy / Metropolitan Life film "Pages From An Open Book' as well. No, he focuses on one case, a boy Frank Bonnet, who I stress, IS NOT AN ACTOR! He's a boy from the home! A boy by the name of Frank Bonnet who certainly looks and…

★★★ · Something different from Jam Handy · Steve Nordby · 2003-09-25

Instead of the usual tortured logic Jam Handy uses to explain how everything in the universe makes Chevrolet's great, we get Jam's attempt at selling the idea that the National VFW Home is a good thing. Host Charles Adams, obviously not an actor, presents now-grown-up orphan Frank, who recounts his experiences at the Home. Jam is out of his element so what should have been a fascinating story is merely average.