- Title: V-9827
- Summary: THE MEANING OF ENGAGEMENT: YOUNG COUPLE RECENTLY ENGAGED FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MARRIED IN THE 1950s. BOY FALLS OFF TRICYCLE. HANGING LAUNDRY. EATING DINNER. SEXISM. GENDER ROLES. COUPLE ARGUE AND MAKE UP
- Description:00:21:22 - CAR HEADLIGHTS APPROACH VIEWER. CAR DRIVING AT NIGHT PULLS OVER 00:21:31 - 1950s TEEN COUPLE IN PARKED CAR MOVE CLOSER, GIRL LEANS ON DATE'S SHOULDER IN CONVERTIBLE. 1950s PARKING. ROMANTIC. DATE HAS ARM AROUND GIRL. PROM DATE. TEENS WEAR PROM CLOTHES. PROM DRESS. CARNATION PINNED TO LAPEL. LOVER'S LANE 00:22:13 - YOUNG MAN PROPOSES, GIVES GIRL ENGAGEMENT RING. WHILE SITTING IN PARKED CAR. "WILL YOU MARRY ME?" GIRL SAYS YES. COUPLE KISSING 00:22:27 - COUPLE EXCHANGE COMPLIMENTS. INTIMATE MOMENT. SILLY LOVE GIRL PRACTICES HER MARRIED NAME "MRS. THOMAS LOGAN" PLAN THEIR WEDDING DATE. HE CHOOSES FRIDAY THE 13TH. SUPERSTITIOUS GIRL SAYS NO. 00:23:27 - MAN PARKED ON LOVER'S LANE STARTS CAR 00:23:33 - MAN SQUEEZES ORANGES. MAKING FRESH SQUEEZED ORANGE JUICE SITS DOWN WITH WIFE FOR BREAKFAST. WIFE POURS COFFEE INTO CUPS 1950s APRON CLAD HOUSEWIFE SITS WITH HUSBAND 00:24:27 - HUSBAND'S BROTHER INTERRUPTS BREAKFAST WITH A LOUD HOWDY EVERYBODY. SITS DOWN FOR COFFEE. TALK MARRIAGE 00:25:07 - FRONT DOORBELL RINGS. GIRL SHOUTS "I'LL GET IT" 1950s TEEN GIRL RUNS TO ANSWER THE DOOR. MAN TAKES OFF HAT AS HE ENTERS THE HOUSE. GOOD MANNERS. KISSES GIRL HELLO KISS. YOUNG LOVE. COUPLE ENGAGED. 00:25:21 - AWKWARD MOMENT. FIANCEE LEFT ALONE WITH FAMILY FOR THE FIRST TIME. PLAYS WITH HAT IN HIS HAND. SHORT CONVERSATION. FAMILY TALKS ABOUT THEM AFTER THEY'VE LEFT. 00:25:45 - 1950s WOMAN HANGING LAUNDRY ON CLOTHESLINE. YOUNGER BROTHER ASKS BIG SIS ADVICE ON MARRIAGE. HELPS WITH THE LAUNDRY. 00:26:58 - TOW-HEADED TODDLER PLAYS ON THE LAWN TRICYCLE BESIDE HIM. 00:27:00 - COUPLE TALK WHILE WOMAN HANGS THE LAUNDRY 00:27:42 - MOTHER PICKS UP LITTLE BOY WHO FELL OFF HIS TRICYCLE. PUTS HIM RIGHT BACK ON THE BIKE. 00:27:54 - MAN HELPS CARRY THE LAUNDRY BASKET. GROWN BROTHER AND SISTER SIT AND TALK IN BACK YARD. ADVICE ON MARRIAGE 00:29:18 - 1950s TEENS BUILDING SET FOR PLAY. SET PAINTING. COUPLE ON BENDED KNEES TALKING MARRIAGE PLANS 00:30:24 - GIRL PLANS MARRIAGE. FATHERLY ADVICE. UNCLE TALKS TO NIECE IN FAMILY LIVING ROOM. GIVING YOUNG WOMAN ADVICE HEART-TO-HEART. 00:31:47 - ENGAGED COUPLE EATING DINNER. DINING ROOM. TRYING OUT HER COOKING ON FIANCE. FAMILY CHINA. CRYSTAL GLASSES. MAN USES NAPKIN. GIRL TELLS HIM SHE GOT A JOB. ANGRY MAN. SEXIST YELLS AT FIANCE FOR GETTING A JOB. CLICHE "NO WIFE OF MINE HAS TO WORK FOR A LIVING" 1950s CONCEPT OF MARRIAGE ENGAGED COUPLE HAVE FIRST ARGUMENT. COUPLE FIGHT. 00:32:35 - COUPLE MAKES UP. COME AROUND TO EACH OTHER'S OPINIONS. KISS AND MAKE UP. "I'M SORRY" 00:33:56 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1952
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-9827