Last Date (1949)

This one's got it all! Nice, slightly dumb Jeanne can't choose between steady nice guy Larry and hot-rodding Nick (Dick York!). Nick's wild driving is the talk of the town... in fact, it's all anyone talks about in this town.

Larry invites Jeanne to a party at Casino Lake. On the way there they listen to a DJ talking about "Teenicide... the fine art of killing yourself, and maybe someone else, before you're 20. You do it... with a car!" This gets repeated about a dozen times throughout the short. Nick shows up and talks Jeanne into going for a ride around the lake. He's not worried about speeding; his Old Man taught him how to drive, and he's only been arrested three times!

Of course, it all ends in tragedy, and Jeanne ends up with a face so disfigured that she can't even go out with Larry (ouch!). She's had her "Last Date."

Winner of the annual award of the National Committee on Films for Safety as 1949's best non-theatrical picture.

Director: Lewis D. Collins
Producer: Lewis D. Collins
Production Company: Wilding Picture Productions
Sponsor: Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• 1949
• teenicide
• dick york

[cheshirekens2233]

why didnt we get a shot of her ugly face???? i feel cheated

[HeresToPhilipWylie]

“You don’t own me!” “No, I don’t, but I hope to someday, and I want you all in one piece!” Gotta love the ideology of gender roles in postwar America.

[Flatworldfilms]

I'm sorry, It's just that I like you so much that I don't want anything to happen to you.

[Flatworldfilms]

How possessive can a man be? You don't own me!

No, I don't, but I hope to, someday. And I want you all in one piece. Look. I'm not a square or a killjoy, you know that. And if i wanted to, I could drive faster and crazier than Nick or any other hot-rod guy in the world, but it's plain stupid for my money. To risk your own life and the lives of a lot of other people, just to show off the fact that you can operate a car. Any Kid can drive an automobile. What's so special about it?

[6motion6]

@kate2683au It's the same actor, obviously he moved up a bit in his acting career.

[LucindaMorde]

Larry looks like a Ken doll. XD

[jemappelle92]

Derp

[imajika2]

Not even Larry!

[andyakaandrea]

Glad she's still alive

[seka1986]

@kate2683au It is the YORKER!

[Rico8458]

yes, honey, dump them. i teach my daughter not to kiss on the first date but rather show them your .45 colt commander your daddy got for you for your birthday.