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DATING & RELATIONSHIPS ADVICE FILM w/ DR. HOMER BLODGETT “ ART OF LOVE ” XD14255 (1945)

1945 · Short film · 17 min

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The movie was presented by Roadshow Attractions (:14) and features the author of “The Art of Love: Your Sex Problems Solved”, Dr. Homer Blodgett (possibly a pseudonym for Hildegarde Esper). Blodgett provides a lecture based on his book, which was published in 1945 and sold -- as the production company name implies -- in a traveling road show. A note opens the film informing viewers that our strongest motivational drive comes from sex, sex-urge and love (:30). Dr. B beings speaking at (1:49) introducing the audience to the topic of sex which is considered to be fairly taboo (2:28). Churches, schools and parents refrain from divulging too deeply into the subject (3:59) which often leads to important health and safety practice questions being left unanswered (4:07). Statistics from the mid to late 1940’s are looked at which show over a million illegal "sex operations" in the United States (11:49). Dr. Homer addresses illegal and unsafe abortions which many women felt forced to do being left with few options (5:15). The US was also second highest in deaths caused by childbirth (6:20). He attributes the high divorce rate in the country to the general ignorance of the subject (6:51). Dr. Homer also draws comparison to American men and their European and other foreign counterparts who were, often times, more educated in the subject (8:48). He cites a study conducted in a national magazine which attributes marital affairs to men again being uneducated or without time to become…

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17 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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