- Title: F-4919
- Summary: DINNER PARTY: AMERICANA. "PROPER MANNERS ARE YOUR WAY OF SHOWING COMMON POLITENESS". TEENAGERS HAVE THEIR FIRST FORMAL DINNER PARTY. SHOWS RIGHT AND WRONG TABLE ETIQUETTE.
- Description:05:57:15 - BETTY THE HOUSEWIFE HAVING A DINNER PARTY. OLD MAID SHOWS BETTY HER ERRORS. TABLE ETIQUETTE. NAPKIN OUT OF PLACE. BUTTER KNIFE ON BUTTER DISH NOT NEXT TO MEAT KNIFE. MISSING WATER GLASS. 05:58:06 - DINNER GUESTS ARRIVE, HOST SEAT THEM. MEN ASSIST WOMEN WITH THEIR CHAIRS 05:58:30 - WHAT IS WRONG & RIGHT. HOW TO PUT YOUR NAPKIN ON YOUR LAP. MAN TUCKS CORNER OF NAPKIN INTO HIS BELT 05:58:57 - TEEN FORMAL DINNER PARTY. MAID SERVES THE FOOD. DINNER ETIQUETTE. 05:59:42 - DINNER GUEST EATING SOUP BEFORE OTHERS ARE SERVED. NO-NO. OTHER GUESTS WAIT FOR HOST TO START BEFORE THEY BEGIN. MAN REALIZES HE'S EATING SOUP THE WRONG WAY. MOVE SPOON AWAY FROM YOU. 06:00:50 - YOUNG MAN GRABS CELERY & RADISHES WITH HIS FINGERS, PLACES ON THE WRONG PLATE. SEES THE ERROR OF HIS WAYS, MOVES THEM TO PROPER PLACE. 06 01 32 HOST WITH ELBOW ON THE TABLE. NO-NO. DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO EAT AN OLIVE. VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE PIT 06:02:20 - WOMAN BREAKS CELERY, EATING CELERY, DIPS IN SALT. 06 02 40 TEEN COUPLE WITH PROPER TABLE ETIQUETTE, EATS RADISHES. EATING SOUP. DABS HER MOUTH WITH NAPKIN. 06:02:56 - BOY DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO SERVE THE MEAT COURSE. HESITATES. UNSURE OF WHAT SERVING IMPLEMENT TO USE. SCOOPS UP SOME GREEN VEGETABLES. BETTY SERVES THE SALAD. 06:05:07 - TEEN DINNER PARTY 1945. UNSURE BOY LOOKS AROUND. FOOD MANNERS. CU GIRL BUTTERING VEGETABLES WITH A FORK. NO-NO. 06:06:03 - BOY TALKING WITH FOOD IN HIS MOUTH. NO-NO. SPILLS HIS DRINK. BLUNDERS. WAVING CUTLERY AROUND. LOOKS ASHAMED. UTENSILS. WOMAN LOOKS EMBARRASSED. 06:07:21 - BETTY BUTTERS ROLL ADDS JELLY WITH KNIFE, 06:07:42 - TEEN COUPLE AT DINNER PARTY WITH PROPER TABLE MANNERS ETIQUETTE. TAKES MEAT TO HIS MOUTH WITH LEFT HAND. ZIG-ZAG EATING. CONTINENTAL WAY OF EATING MEAT. BOY MIMICS ZIG-ZAG EATING 06:09:11 - TABLE CLEARED READY FOR DESSERT. MAID WITH PITCHER OF MILK FILLS GLASSES. FORMAL TEEN DINNER PARTY 06:09:34 - MAID BRINGS DESSERT PLATES TO THE TABLE. 06:09:59 - BETTY BRINGS OUT BIRTHDAY CAKE WITH CANDLES FOR BOB. BOB BLOWS OUT THE CANDLES WITHOUT BLOWING GERMS ON IT. HOSTESS HELPS BOB CUT THE CAKE. BOB IS HAVING TROUBLE. 06:11:29 - BOB SEATS BETTY. PULLS OUT CHAIR FOR HER. 06:11:44 - BOB SITS BACK DOWN, FORGOT HIS NAPKIN, SITS ON IT. NO-NO 06:11:53 - GUESTS PASSING PIECES OF CAKE AROUND THE TABLE MAID TAKES AWAY REST OF THE CAKE. DABBING MOUTH WITH NAPKIN. 06:13:09 - MEN RISE, PULL SEATS OUT FOR THE WOMEN 06:13:29 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1945
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-4919