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How Much Affection? 1957 Teenager Mary has strong physical yearnings for her boyfriend, so she asks her mother for advice on what she should do about said carnal cravings. Writer Paul H. Landis(book "Your Marriage and Family Living") Coronet Instructional Films were shown in American schools starting in about 1941. The company was an offshoot of Coronet Magazine, a digest-sized magazine that itself was owned by Esquire, Inc. Owner David Smart was deeply interested in visual education and the power of the film to teach and convince, and built a full studio on his estate in Glenview, Illinois, where at its height hundreds of films were cranked out each year. The films were sold to schools and libraries by a network of distributors and were quite successful -- in 1976 Coronet celebrated its sale of 1 million prints. Most Coronet films were shot in Kodachrome, but Kodachrome prints of many titles are quite rare. It was cheaper to purchase black-and-white prints, and most sales were black-and-white. For more Coronet history, see Ken Smith's excellent book "Mental Hygiene," published by Blast Books American Media Ephemera @AmericanMediaEphemera https://discord.gg/ntSk5qEs45 #ephemera, #educational, #Religion, #conservative, #Republican, #DIY, #elections, #culture, #lifestyle,#christianfamily, #nuclearfamily,

"Dating Dos and Donts" Shows the progress of the date, from choosing the right girl and asking her through the last "good night." Ken Smith remarks: This social guidance "how-to" film has received more camp accolades than any other, and deserves it. Alan Woodruff ("Woody") receives a ticket to admit one couple to the upcoming Hi-Teen Carnival. "One couple," Woody reflects. "That means a date! Not like just going around with the crowd!" Woody decides to ask Ann Davis, who, the narrator points out, "knows how to have a good time." With her perpetual squint and chipmunk cheeks, Ann (pronounced "Ay-yun" by the actors in this film) is the perfect companion for super-nerd Woody. At crucial moments in the date, the narrator stops the action and presents Woody with several possible options for his actions. Happily, Woody makes all the correct decisions and ends up walking home from Ann's doorstep whistling with satisfaction at a job well done. "Thanks so much," says Ann with a toothy grin. "I had LOADS of fun." American Media Ephemera @AmericanMediaEphemera https://discord.gg/ntSk5qEs45 #ephemera, #educational, #Religion, #conservative, #Republican, #DIY, #elections, #culture, #lifestyle,#christianfamily, #nuclearfamily,

American Media Ephemera "Common Courtesy" Coronet Films (also known as Coronet Instructional Media Inc.) was a leading producer and distributor of many American documentary shorts shown in public schools, mostly in the 16mm format, from the 1940s through the 1980s (when the videocassette recorder replaced the motion picture projector as the key audio-visual aid). The company, whose library is owned and distributed by the Phoenix Learning Group, Inc., covered a wide range of subjects in zoology, science, geography, history and math, but is mostly remembered today for its post-World War II social-guidance films featuring topics such as dating, family life, courtesy and citizenship. American Media Ephemera @AmericanMediaEphemera https://discord.gg/ntSk5qEs45 #ephemera, #educational, #Religion, #conservative, #Republican, #DIY, #elections, #culture, #lifestyle,#christianfamily, #nuclearfamily,

Educational film on the Cold War conflict. Shotlist EXCELLENT COMMIE PROPAGANDA "Russia today is regarded as a grave threat to our nation." Public display of giant portraits of Communist leaders. Cossacks on horseback wreaking havoc. World War I shortages of food in Russia. Storming the imperial palace. Women gathering grain in field. Russian factories. Narration: "communism denies religion and debases the individual to a part of the vast machine that powers the state." Men shown imprisoned behind barbed wire. Tank brigades. Hammer and sickle flag waving U.S. unity with Russia in World War II; Stalin, Truman and Churchill at Yalta. Coronet Films (also known as Coronet Instructional Media Inc.) was a leading producer and distributor of many American documentary shorts shown in public schools, mostly in the 16mm format, from the 1940s through the 1980s (when the videocassette recorder replaced the motion picture projector as the key audio-visual aid). The company, whose library is owned and distributed by the Phoenix Learning Group, Inc., covered a wide range of subjects in zoology, science, geography, history and math, but is mostly remembered today for its post-World War II social-guidance films featuring topics such as dating, family life, courtesy and citizenship. truthsocial.com/@AmericanMediaEphemera https://discord.gg/ntSk5qEs45

Personal-guidance films by Coronet Films Beginning with Shy Guy (1947), featuring an early appearance of a 19-year-old Dick York (later of Bewitched fame), the company gained considerable renewed attention for a cluster of "personal guidance" films created to instructing students in social matters. Typical titles include Are You Popular?, Everyday Courtesy and What to Do on a Date, along with the Korean War-period series Are You Ready for the Service? Ted Peshak was a key director, although screen credits were often reserved only for psychology consultants. Many were filmed in color, but most extant copied are in black and white, as schools most often opted for the cheaper format. Most were made prior to David Smart’s death in 1952, but a few more were added as late as the 1970s, such as Beginning Responsibility: A Lunchroom Goes Bananas. truthsocial.com/@AmericanMediaEphemera https://discord.gg/ntSk5qEs45

Coronet Films (also known as Coronet Instructional Media Inc.) was a leading producer and distributor of many American documentary shorts shown in public schools, mostly in the 16mm format, from the 1940s through the 1980s (when the videocassette recorder replaced the motion picture projector as the key audio-visual aid). Ken Smith sez: The gang at the "Teen Canteen" can't decide if they should close their establishment at 10:30 or 11. Adult advisors guide them to the correct decision (10:30). Coronet obviously felt it plausible that resolving an issue such as this would require the efforts of both teens and adults -- though it's doubtful anyone else would. Some narration and crude animation. Whining "Jane" ("Some people may question our behavior!") also appears in Going Steady and A Brighter Day. This one grows on you. Title Card: "Law and Social Controls"; misc. credits. Policeman directing traffic (on street corner in small town); signaling automobile to pull over. CU policeman admonishing driver (he has directed to pull over). Large, columned courthouse; building surrounded by spiked, wrought iron fence. Illustration: "Social Controls" and drawn figure of striding man, joined in sequence by man tipping top hat labeled "Custom"...man pointing finger labeled "Moral Code"...policeman with raised hand labeled "Law" Teenagers sitting at tables in the "Teen Canteen" (soda jerk in BG); teen couple entering and greeting another teen couple sitting at table; young man rising from seat (at table); returning dirty ice cream dishes to soda jerk. Please Join our Discord truthsocial.com/@AmericanMediaEphemera https://discord.gg/ntSk5qEs45

Capitalism Overview David A. Smart established the company with his brothers Alfred and John in 1934,[2] but the first titles registered for copyright date from 1941 (beginning with Aptitudes and Occupations). Over time, a studio was set up in Glenview, Illinois. Smart was the publisher of Esquire and Coronet magazines, and the film company was named for the latter. The film company outlived the magazine; it ceased publication in 1976. In addition to producing military instructional films during World War II, Coronet found success in its early years with its full-color films about common birds such as the ruby-throated hummingbird (a 1942 release), many of which were filmed by Olin Sewall Pettingill Jr. and Dr. Arthur A. Allen. One of the company's hallmarks was that many of its titles were shot in color Kodachrome a few years ahead of competing classroom-film companies. Production costs were controlled by selling both color and black-and-white prints and charging a much lower fee for the latter. As many school educators economized, fewer color prints are viewable today than are those in black and white. After David Smart’s death in 1952, his brother John and Jack Abraham took over. The quantity of Coronet’s output had surpassed that of the classroom-film industry’s leader Encyclopædia Britannica Films (initially ERPI Classroom Films), with an 11-minute or longer film completed nearly every week. While its main rival strove for more cinematic films, the narration included in the 1950s and 1960s Coronet films was often of a dry and didactic tone. However, Coronet produced some well-made travelogues boasting good cinematography in addition to an annual quota of animal-related films. Starting in 1957, a Special Productions unit headed by Bob Kohl and Tom Riha added some more ambitious and prestigious independent productions to Coronet's more economically made catalog titles. truthsocial.com/@AmericanMediaEphemera https://discord.gg/ntSk5qEs45