Boys Beware(equating homosexual men with child molesters.)

Boys Beware is a film released through Sid Davis Productions. The film deals with a perceived danger to young boys: that of predatory homosexuals. The film was released in 1961 and, through negligence of the copyright laws in the United States at the time of its release, lapsed into the public domain and is available from the Rick Prelinger archives.
Produced by Sid Davis
Starring Sid Davis
Distributed by Sidney Davis Productions
Release date(s) 1961
Running time 10 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $1,000


The film was probably the most infamous of all Sid Davis's work, and has often been accused of equating homosexual men with child molesters.

Aside from the film's late '50s/early '60s culturally influenced conclusion that homosexual men are inherently dangerous to young boys, the film has been noted for its unusual perception of police procedure: one boy is taken to a hotel, presumably to be molested, and later reports the crime. The perpetrator is arrested; the victim is put on probation.

The film itself has other odd moments, generally the result of the film's shoestring budget of $1,000--a minuscule sum for a short film, even in 1961. At one point, a homosexual driving to what looks like a lover's lane alley is caught in the same car that the police detective uses. Sid Davis was friends with the police in Southern California and would accept their suggestions of topics to make films about, allowing them to guide the films' message and development. In another odd moment Sid Davis himself, the owner of the production company, cameos as a predatory homosexual stalking a boy along a beach.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Boys
• Beware
• gay
• tmdj
• Sid
• Davis

[GeorgiaKev]

This video is good in the sense that it conveys to boys that it's not only girls who need to be wary of strangers. Boys must also take precautions to protect their own safety. Not hitchhiking is a no-brainer. The problem with this video is that it conveys the message that all homosexuals are pedophiles, which is no more true than saying that all heterosexuals are pedophiles. Ralph being gay wasn't the issue, the issue was he chose to take advantage of an underage boy to gratify himself.

[mermaidsareppl222]

@mermaidsareppl222 stupid auto correct that should be and 

[mermaidsareppl222]

@Wanda7771 prove its a disorder AMD that homosexuals forced the APA to take it off the list

[JarvisComics]

@MrSpemat Pedophilia isn't the same thing as same-sex attraction. Gays are not pedophiles. Also, perhaps you aren't treated badly because you don't fit the stereotype, but because you call effeminate gay men flamers and masculine women bulldykes. I'm gay. I don't have any diseases. I havn't even had sex. I don't know any gay people with drug addictions and I have a lot of gay friends. I would consider them a part of the LGBT community.

[MrSpemat]

@MrSpemat have you heard the term "chicken hawk" anyone???

[MrSpemat]

as a gay man, I have to say that I have met many old gay men that are JUST LIKE THIS... I don't care how many of the liberals or LGBT flamers bash me for saying this but there are a lot of pedophiles in the "LGBT community" (what a joke that term is, as a masculine gay guy I am treated like shit by most of the flamers and bulldykes in that group, most have diseases and drug addictions too) and "LGBT" people: this type of shit will exist once you stop acting like this doesn't exist among gays...

[prairied0g]

Dogs living a life of fear always bark the loudest.

[Twinsnakecoatl]

This film was made with a $1,000 USD budget? Where did the other $998 go?

[gerty335]

@CollapseGenTV We make choices everyday, you decide what to wear, what to eat, and rather or not to run the red light or stop. You decide not to eat the extra donut because you think yout fat.

Is Bullimia Nevosa genetic, or is it a response to a unatual fear? Is Beastiality or Necrophelia genetic or is it a decisional thing? You see the contradiction in your thinking. Becuase you refuse to identify the day a decision was made, that doesnt mean that it wasnt a choice.

[CollapseGenTV]

@gerty335 lol seriously? You think being gay is a choice? Then tell me when you chose to be straight. Tell me the exact moment when you said "I am attracted to women. I'm going to be with women". You can't, because homosexuality and heterosexuality is a genetic issue. There is science backing that up. All that backs up what you are saying is out-dated ideals.