This short instructional film, intended to educate teenagers in the principles of friendship is one of those films produced in the post-war era in which the creators clearly have no idea of who their audience is or how to reach them. The three pairs of teenagers in this movie neither talk nor behave like any teenager I have ever met. They speak in formal banalities of a past era and, despite a lack of adult supervision, they sit and talk politely or dance a two-step interspersed with occasional twirls.
These well-intentioned but hapless efforts were very common in the era and Coronet Films sold a lot of them into the school market, where they were shown into the 1960s, to our bemused incredulity. The camera-work, sound work and editing are top notch, but the script and direction are ridiculous.
These well-intentioned but hapless efforts were very common in the era and Coronet Films sold a lot of them into the school market, where they were shown into the 1960s, to our bemused incredulity. The camera-work, sound work and editing are top notch, but the script and direction are ridiculous.
