CLASSIC 1950s MARRIAGE & RELATIONSHIP EDUCATIONAL FILM "MARRIAGE: TODAY" 47144

Support Our Channel : One of a series of films based on texts by Henry Bowman called Marriage for Moderns, this campy 1950s film “Marriage: Today“ is full of unintentional comedy. Featuring some ridiculously backwards ideas about what a healthy relationship is, and how young couples can build lasting marriages by a clear analysis of their mutual aims and cooperation in achieving them. One couple in the film, university graduates, have many interests in common. The other couple, a business man and a teacher, center their mutual affection on their son. The film is set in post-WWII America, where the post-war recession caused unemployment and great uncertainty -- thus the beginning of the film is about this “difficult“ situation. At mark 1:37, is a home, a home filled with smiles and love. At mark 2:25, is America’s home today, slums and trailer parks. At 2:46, men are seen aboard a Pullman car, going off to WWII. An age of confused persona