Classic Marriage & Relationship Films 2 DVD Set

 

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  • In a nutshell, we find these films useful and valuable for many people and purposes. We hope the people who find value in them will feel they stumbled across a breath of fresh air into the past. So, whether you need a unique gift for a family member or a visual aid for your classroom, we will be here to offer you a relevant collection of footage that you have never seen.

Why are American divorce rates rising at seemingly exponential rates? Well, probably because these historic marriage and relationship films are not being shown to the kids in school anymore! Just in time to save future generations from years of unhappy marriages, www.QualityInformationPublishers.com has dug these classic marriage, divorce and relationship advice movies out of the vaults and digitized them on DVD format! Relationship advice has been around for thousands of years ... and the theories on what makes a strong couple seem to change every generation. Watch these entertaining movies and have a few laughs while youre at it. If the advice doesnt help, maybe the comedy will! In an age when divorce advice has become more important than marriage advice, we can learn quite a lot from these vintage movies from a simpler time. Can this 2 DVD classic collection help your own marriage? We give no guarantees on strengthening your relationship, but we do guarantee that you will find these films poignant, educational and entertaining. The filmmakers who made these classics had a lot of money from their producers (many times the producer was the US government), so they made some very good movies with quality content and cinematography. Youll find all these topics on this 2 DVD set:Marriages Divorce Relationship Advice Marriage Counseling Divorce Advice Marriage Help and Advice Marriage Problems

Marriage Today

Length: 23 Minutes | Produced:1950

Marriage Today is a vintage film which shows two couples who have successful marriages. One couple, Kathy and Frank, both work even though they have a child. The other couple, Phyllis and Chad, are different in that Phyllis has chosen to quit her job as a pathologist in order to be a full-time mother. She carries the marriage as the film shows her having to do everything for her husband, including help him with his math homework. Both couples demonstrate how to solve problems and have realistic expectations in marriage. This film was designed to be used in conjunction with a specific text about healthy marriages, and serves today as an insight into how marriage was perceived in postwar America.

Whos Right

Length: 23 Minutes | Produced:1950

Whos Right? is a sexist relic from 1950s America that discusses marriage using extremely stereotypical gender roles. The film follows the marital problems of Frank and Honey Carson, a young couple with an eleven-month old marriage. Narrated by Franks wedding ring, the film shows each person miserably trying to fit into the rigid gender roles prescribed to them by 1950s society. Frank cant understand why Honey isnt happy since all she has to do all day is shop, gossip, and go to the hairdresser. Honey hates it when Frank comes home from work late, and wont pay for all the clothes she wants. Some quaint advice for couples is distributed in this largely sexist old movie.

Whos Boss?

Length: 15 Minutes | Produced:1950

Whos Boss is an accurate and useful social guidance film for making marriages work. Slightly ahead of its time, the film focuses on Jennie and Mike who are married and both have high powered careers. Mike complains that Jennie isnt taking care of the house, and Jenny wants to know why Mike thinks she should do all the housework. Their marriage is in trouble and close to cracking all the time. They constantly argue over money, friends, and work. Fortunately for them, however, they decide to compromise and learn to live with each others priorities. They develop a budget, Mike helps out with the housework, and in seven years, theyve saved up enough to buy a house and they have two kids. Whos Boss portrays a realistic couple grappling with the changing attitudes about gender and work that were felt by educated couples at the time. This film does not resolve every question that 1950s conformism and gender roles brought up, but it does make an honest effort to build a compromise between the needs of both men and women in relationships, Its a good deal for both, the narrator says, this partnership without a boss!

This Charming Couple

Length: 19 Minutes | Produced:1950

With divorce on the rise, This Charming Couple is a must-see for those thinking of getting married while still very young. The 1950s film journeys along with a couple through their courting days, as well as after their marriage. Unfortunately, the couple would rather change each other to suit his/her wants and needs rather than accept them as they are. A recipe for disaster, the couple does not last, and This Charming Couple sheds an important, humanistic lesson on the complexities of marital life.

Freedom Comes High

Length: 12 Minutes | Produced:1944

Freedom Comes High, produced by the United States Navy, wonderfully depicts a married couple during World War II. Steve is in the Navy and writes home to Ellen about how if he is called to make the ultimate sacrifice, she should realize that it is only the high cost of freedom, which he is trying to preserve for her and their baby. This letter makes the next telegram she gets, the one announcing his death in battle, easier to bear. Displaying some spectacular acting, she bravely holds back her tears and assures the viewer that she and the baby will make it on their own. Then, Vice Admiral John Towers, Commander Air Force Pacific Islands comes on and urges the viewer to do your share and buy war bonds so that the Japanese can be utterly doomed. This excellently made dramatic film shows how the U.S. Government tried to justify the unpalatable fact that thousands of American families were losing loved ones in the war.

Is This Love?

Length: 14 Minutes | Produced:1957

Is This Love? smartly and honestly compares two couples, one who rushes into a marriage, and one who slowly and thoughtfully takes their time. Joe and Peggy are handsome, exciting, and in a really big hurry! They plan on eloping in order to avoid all the family hassles of a wedding. But theyve only been seeing each other for a short time. Liz and Andy on the other hand, have been dating for over a year and a half and are waiting to marry until after theyve graduated. This movie explores the difference between these two approaches to the big commitment, but the bias seems to be toward Liz and Andy, the slow and steady couple. Is This Love? contains some funny old fashioned moments and reveals notions of marriage in 1950s America beautifully.

Jealousy

Length: 16 Minutes | Produced:1954

Jealousy explores the irrational feelings of a married woman in a very dramatic, film noir style. Sally is a fifties housewife who decides that her husband Don is cheating on her when he comes home late for dinner one night. She throws his dinner in the trash, doesnt listen to his explanations, then kicks him out of the house. After he leaves, Sally is wracked with doubts about his guilt and wonders about her own role in the whole mess. When Dons coworker calls and corroborates Dons story about working late on a new cosmetics line, Sally has an epiphany. She realizes that her own emotions, desires, and frustrations led her to her accusation of Don, I know now the real trouble is me. If I believe in us, hell believe in us. This film paints a disturbing picture of rigid 1950s gender roles and the problems they produced.

Marriage Is A Partnership

Length: 15 Minutes | Produced:1951

Marriage is a Partnership explores the trials and tribulations of a couples first year of matrimony. Dottie, the wife, narrates the major occurrences, arguments, and decisions that she and husband Pete experience in their first year together. They live in a two family home with Petes mother and Pete works with Dotties dad at a factory. After Pete convinces Dottie to quit her job, she is bored at home all day with nothing to do. She admits to feeling like her new life is unimportant and dull. She gets increasingly annoyed with Petes mom, who is always around. Petes got troubles of his own, though, since Dotties dad isnt letting him develop his own identity down at the plant. Theyre about to have a real crisis when Pete gets a job offer from another plant in Central City. The couple decide that moving away from their parents will be the best thing for everyone. The movie does not discuss the fact that while this may solve Petes problem, it does nothing for Dottie, who is still stuck at home with nothing to do except cook and clean.