Going Steady? (1951)

[kablamo9999]

I would expect the parents to want them to stick to one partner especially back then

[SirColgrevance]

2:27 This little kid's nasty, haha XD

[imajika2]

I expected Marie to get angry at her friend and Jeff when she heard he asked her out. What a let down, I wanted to see a 1950's cat fight!

[classicphile]

In 1983-87 I was in high school. One day in class, for reasons I dont know or recall, they rolled in the school 16mm movie projector and played a few of these old 1950s Coronet films on how to date, how to be polite, etc. My classmates laughed through them. The wooden acting, the squeaky clean activities, the over politeness, the innocent slang used at the time (gee, golly, etc). I on the other hand wasnt laughing. I found these films to be quite charming. A time capsule of a more innocent era.

[Demmwit]

" I'm gonna learn about all different kinds of girls...,as long as they are white, christian, affluent, and well-kept..."

[Spartan69139]

Sounds like a dream to me.

[luwdmke]

I think the mother and jeff had something special going on and she was trying to take him away from her daughter and keep him for herself. LOL (1.19 to 1.28)

[greenelysium]

4:43 a convincing replica of Larry King

[melaniestevens]

Jeff is probably 75 or 80 by now ladies!

[MiaSays]

Does anyone know the name of the guy who plays Jeff? Thanks!

[somersetdc]

Jeff is nice looking (aside from his strange adams apple) I think he can do better than Marie.

[pakkmann]

Jeff is a wanna be plaaaaaaaaaaya. Even his mom talks about him "playing the field!" HAHAHAHAHA. But Jeff Jeff... please... I think you can do better.

[UniqueeSkull]

If it doesn't answer any questions then what's the point of the film? Lol!

[himynameiskailey]

jeff has the most distracting adams apple

[fromthesidelines]

That was character actress Hope Summers, 'Bob'.

[Adumbration]

I like how Marie looks like she's 16 and Jeff looks like he's 31.

[UniqueeSkull]

I completely agree, he looks SO much older and she looks 12!

[melaniestevens]

lol

[BumptiousBob]

The mother is the lady who played Aunt Bee's friend Clara Edwards on

The Andy Griffith Show".

[ladylike1980]

Wake Up, Marie!

Get the book "He's Just Not Into You."

It's got you written all over it. If Jeff gave

a damn about you, he'd call. Forget about

"Going Steady," get a job or find a hobby!

No wonder Marie Miller is freaking miserable. Her life revolved around a phone that didn't ring. Her self worth was

in the toilet because a gay guy (Jeff), couldn't have cared less about her.

[brocksamson99]

I think that back then younger teens "played the field" to learn social skills and how to deal with the oppisite sex and later on "go stead" to find a spouse.

[ROCKdaMIC183]

4:01 marie looks like miranda cosgrove!

[MaryJamesMurdoch]

It was such an awkward time. Going on several dates in a row with one person means you're "going steady" or "going out" (as we called it in middle school). So did they expect kids to rotate dates every Saturday?

I can't believe this was such an issue that instructional films were made about it!

I'm so glad males and females can just hang out now. And cohabitate, actually!

[brocksamson99]

It's funny how things work out. These days playing the field gives you a bad reputation but having sex with your bf/gf dosn't. Then it was completely oppisite.

[redwhiteandblue80]

at 5:23 i really thought jeff's father would say: well you little scumbag, going steady?fuck as much as you can you fucking dickhead son of mine, goly geeh whiz what the fuck is wrong with you?

[31pictures]

things i've noticed.

:50. exceptional acting from marie.

2:04. she looks confused about wot "going steady" means.

make fudge. i know wot that means.

4:25. jeff likes it that way.

is it just me or do jeff's parents seem as if they were sluts when they were younger?

[yourtango]

"We seem to get along. I like it that way." Ha ha!

[nerdelicious5]

it seems really weird their parents DON'T want them to go steady...

[springloadedchicken]

alice wants to make 'fudge' with him? oh EW man! :D

[MermaidGirl84]

Umm, since this movie was made in 1951, I think it meant like, ACTUAL fudge.....you know, the candy, lol.

[flabscabble]

ugh you people are so unsubtle. that was the joke..

[springloadedchicken]

hum so mom likes her boyfriend, jeff is that why mom wants her kid to go out with the other guys? hum.. sheesh mom??? can't you share?! ??? your daughter has low self esteem, break out a pabst and some weed, that'll help with the girl talk and brighten her day!

[nancy4366]

Jeff looks like he 24 years old.

[springloadedchicken]

he ain't seen highschool in a while and he's quite a slow minded individual isn't he? like most in those educational movies... see back when there was no color in the world and everyone shaved their heads and wore plaid... everyone looked 20 years older than they were and had the brains of a dead hamster. :D

[orchote]

this had to be lame EVEN in the 1950's. it didn't work this way back then anymore than it does now...

[AmandaHallay]

From now on I am always going to make sure that when I'm talking to myself, I'm also LOOKING at myself in the mirror. This seems to be the right way to do 'soul searching'.

[OdinHyrule]

Golly Gee Wilikers. That video was was just the bee's knees. Now I know what to think of when considering to go steady with Betty Sue. I will invite her over today to listen to my new record. This will be swell. lol

[AmandaHallay]

lol

[ThedaFitzgerald]

I still invite people over to come and listen to my records...

[OdinHyrule]

I never said that there was anything wrong with records.

[wapols15]

taiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!

[stellaluna4u2]

Why do the mothers in all of these instructional videos look like my great grandmother? LOL

[aaroncrabbe]

want to get drunk? drink every time they say "going steady" lol

[JFLD8]

"That was Alice, she wanted me to come over and make some fudge with her!" LMAO