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Film, Video Are you popular?

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About this Item

Title

  • Are you popular?

Summary

  • The dramatized everyday situations of a group of typical 1940s high school students present the reasons why young people are or are not well liked by their peers. Caroline Ames, a new student, is friendly and considerate and expresses genuine interest in her fellow students. In contrast to Caroline is Ginny, a student who is rejected by other students for going out with too many boys, wearing red shoes, and being too direct. Through the experiences of Caroline and Wally Johnson, another polite and well-liked student, the film emphasizes the importance of not making a potential date feel like a last resort, keeping track of social obligations in a day calendar, and making a good impression when meeting a date's parents. Throughout the film, the narrator comments on the incidents shown and raises questions for discussion.

Names

  • Peshak, Ted, 1917-2005, film director
  • Smart, David A., 1892-1952, film producer
  • Chapin, Robert, 1907-1987, screenwriter
  • Kealy, Patricia, screenwriter
  • Fisher, Marilyn, 1928-2011, actor
  • Kacher, Bunny, 1926-2020, actor
  • Nash, Chaya, 1930-2000, actor
  • Fein, Bill, actor
  • Podewell, Les, actor
  • Sowers, Alice, 1891-1978, consultant
  • Rockar, Bill, 1916-2002, cinematographer
  • Wilbern, George, film editor
  • Coronet Instructional Films, presenter, film distributor, copyright claimant
  • Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Coronet Instructional Films, 1947.

Headings

  • -  Popularity
  • -  Teenagers--Social life and customs

Genre

  • Social guidance films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  MP2589 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Coronet Instructional Films, a division of Esquire, Inc.; 29Aug47; MP2589.
  • -  Bill Fein, Marilyn Fisher, Bunny Kacher, Chaya Nash, Lester Podewell, David Whitehouse.
  • -  Educational collaborator, Alice Sowers, Ph.D., director, Family Life Institute, University of Oklahoma ; cinematographer, Bill 'Rocky' Rockar ; editor, George Wilbern.
  • -  Filmed in Glenview, Illinois.
  • -  Parts of summary from Educational film guide and Educational screen.
  • -  Also issued in black and white.
  • -  Sources used: MI Film and Television catalog card; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed September 28, 2023; Educational film guide, 1948, p. 292, viewed online September 28, 2023 via Media History Digital Library; Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1940-1949, p. 17, viewed September 28, 2023 via the Internet Archive; Educational screen, January 1948, v. 27, no. 1, p. 230, viewed October 13, 2023 via Media History Digital Library; Central New Jersey home news, January 23, 1949 viewed October 23, 2023 via Newspapers.com.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (11 min.) : sd., col.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023600459

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Peshak, Ted, Film Director, David A Smart, Robert Chapin, Patricia Kealy, Marilyn Fisher, Bunny Kacher, Chaya Nash, et al. Are You Popular?. United States: Coronet Instructional Films, 1947. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600459/.

APA citation style:

Peshak, T., Smart, D. A., Chapin, R., Kealy, P., Fisher, M., Kacher, B. [...] Copyright Collection. (1947) Are You Popular?. United States: Coronet Instructional Films. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600459/.

MLA citation style:

Peshak, Ted, Film Director, et al. Are You Popular?. United States: Coronet Instructional Films, 1947. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023600459/>.