How to Be Well Groomed (1949)
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- This film details the grooming rituals of brother "Don" and sister "Sue". Both are incredibly neat; in fact, grooming seems to occupy their entire day, while their evenings are spent ironing outfits and polishing shoes. The work load is so heavy it requires two narrators! Features some excellent voice over lines, including:
"Sue avoids red nail polish since it would call attention to her stubby hands."
"Mother too keeps up a good appearance even around the house, for that keeps up her spirits."
"Their good grooming habits help them in friendships and business. For your success depends a great deal on how you look."
Producer: Coronet Instructional Films
"PAY ATTENTION TO PATTERNS AND COLORS" that helps us during this black and white film.
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I love this but how things have changed. Each person is an individual in the way that they dress now. Some people hate formal dressing while others relish at the idea of dressing up.
It's the cleanliness part that should never go out of style.
I could watch these kind of things all day long xD
ATLEAST 8 hours of sleep?...Aint nobody got time for that.
That's why everyone seems to have ADHD these days.
+mindsaglowin Yeahhhhh.......no.
I would love to be able to get 8 hours of sleep on a daily basis.
When talking about this young woman's appearance it sounds like they are judging a horse.
+Trotskisty With her stubby hooves err hands and shiny mane I mean hair?
who ever keeps putting this stuff on youtube is freaking amazing.
This is actually a really good grooming video and hardly any of this has changed apart from the ammount of bryll cream he spoldges onto his hair
Love that stuff. Smells awesome.
"Mother too keeps up a good appearance even around the house, for that keeps up her spirits."
Oh my god, that's so sad T_T
As I was born in 1951, I can say that the standards presented are familiar to me and variations were suspect. It didn't take much to be critiqued, even an untucked shirt was cause for concern. One young lady I remember from grade school got scolded by sister (I went to Catholic school) because her bangs were slightly teased. It amuses me to see this with the perspective of today's dress codes.
Pajamas in church . It`s all gone to pot .
@@William.Shakespeare And the moral of the story kids is don't be ugly and be rich so you can buy designer clothes, or Jesus will send you to Hell to burn for your ugliness even though you were created in his image. XD
just because jesus wore a robe doesn't mean you should wear one to his house.
@mooncat1965 I agree. Dress has become an afterthought. And I missed the memo that made flip flops de rigueur for pretty much any and all dress occasions. I too am old enough to remember when people actually dressed for success. Now its pretty much anything goes.
It's hard to hop out of bed like that in the morning with a cheery smile It takes me 10 min just to get up
+G Boo try 40 minutes.. not even kidding
+Vera X lol I know that's right :)
+G Boo Just 10 minutes to get up? You are faster than I am nowadays. But when I was 25, I could wake up and get out the door in under 17 minutes. Well, I had to, because of my job. It wasn't any fun doing it.
+Vera X lol 3 year ago oops me its takes me almost 50 minutes + another trying too get my ass together lol 😂😂😂
Remember that all through the day others are looking at you, judging you, assessing your value to society and your worth as a human being. So keep in mind this handy mnemonic, kiddies:
Cleanliness
Understatement
Neatness &
Taste
Alfredo C 😂😂😂😂😂😂
4:44 "Let's hope he'll pay attention to patterns and colors."
...That's very helpful considering the entire film is in black and white.
if "Don" is paying attention to patterns and colors, Don is gay.
emma duncan not back then it was not uncommon for men to care just as much as women on there appearance
That alarm clock is brutal it sounds like a jackhammer I already hate the alarm I wake up to but that is nuts
Watching this...and then seeing the foul-mouthed, scruffy, unreliable people of today with their chaotic lives and me-me-me attitude.
I don't necessarily like some of the snootiness or ignorance that went along with this era in history, but it can be better than the complete disregard for simple manners or common sense some people can have now. I like variety in my daily outfits, but as long as they still look clean and presentable when going out. Trying to get out of my sloppy sweats wardrobe these days, and there are many others that still can't do that for some reason... xD
I'm just old fashioned but I wear a belt with shirt tucked in. I do not wear a suit to school or work like these kids but keep myself well groomed. Some of it is from the army, but much of it comes from my upbringing especially my father. You want to be treated like a man, try to look like one. It definitely gains respect and trust and defines your character.
You don't wear a suit to school or work? Slob!
Just kidding, by the way.
***** I'm 18 and I wear suits as often as possible, so people regularly think I'm in my early or mid 20's. It really helps me get respect, because it shows respect.
***** Who do you think I've patronized?
***** Who?
The never ending juggling act of saving hot water for baths, showers, laundry and dishwasher! Notice that sis has on a BLOUSE instead of a tight T shirt.
Let's make sure Don and Sue conform!!!
"Sue avoids red nail polish because it calls attention to her stubby hands!"
-guffaw.-
Ariele Betterton 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
"Sue? SUE! YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT RED NAIL POLISH AGAIN, AREN'T YOU, YOU BRAZEN LITTLE SLATTERN!!"
...and don't forget to pull your pants up and not wear them half way down your legs in public. Can you imagine what would happen if teens did that back in the 50s? People would probably think they were coming out of the outhouse.
And people wore their trousers comically high in the '40s. Let's not get all high and mighty now, fashions change with the times
at least their asses weren't hanging out.
People today could learn so much from this. I love the way they dressed in the 1940's, and I think this video should be shown in school.
It seems everyone now always looks like a mess. I believe people should wear what they want as long as it looks clean and they look like they actually put a little effort into their appearance.
I think it's great that people used to get dressed up to go to dinner and the movies. It made it an event, something to look forward to. And I appreciate it when other people bathe before they leave the house. You want to wear shorts and flip-flops to this very nice restaurant on Valentine's Day? That's between you and the woman you came here with,but please take a shower first.
i think.. for a lot a people the problem is not being well groomed but that most of the times they don't find a reason or a purpose in it
***** I admit to letting my hair do whatever when I am not at work and am just out shopping or whatnot. I don't care what others think and this may lead me to looking somewhat unkempt.
"Mother too, keeps a good appaerance even around the house ,, for that keeps up her spirits" goodgrief.. how shallow.
actually, I do like to dress my self up when I'm feeling down. it makes ME feel better. but I don't agree with the second statement
4:44 yeah, wouldn't want to mix dark gray with lighter gray. he'd just look foolish.
we went from this to "People of Wal Mart" What the hell happened?
I am almost 57 and can tell you where i went to Grammar school in maybe 6th 7th grade girls couldn't wear skirts above the knee, now they walk around half naked, teachers used to stand in the hall watching peoples attire and we had a southern English teacher who used to say 'single file down that hall' At least the effort was made then the instill neat dress, etc. then,, now such advice would be considered prying and the parents/parent complaining-- have things changed
Talk about dressing for school: when I was in school back in the 70's, the kids used to wear bleached jeans, hip-hugger jeans, jackets with writing all over them, and a few of the girls wore hot pants. One girl came to school with so much make-up that one of the teachers said something to her about it.
But y parents never allowed me to dress like that. I always wore conservative clothes. I got made fun of, But you know what, I really don't care. They always taught me to dress like a lady.
My daughter graduated 2 weeks ago. I was shocked at the way people dressed for the event. I'm only 45, but I guess I missed where women stopped wearing panty hose and started pairing flip-flops with a dress -- the few that actually bothered to wear a dress that is. The woman in front of me had her thong hanging out of her extremely low cut jeans. Most of the men wore ball caps the during the entire indoor ceremony. And the air horns were totally unacceptable.
where do you find these? (serious)
@soflyashley: Thank goodness for instructional videos like these. Now I know how to groom myself correctly. For clueless people like me, this is awesome! The 1940's and 1950's are amazing times! Too bad I was born in the 1970's. They don't teach this stuff in schools anymore. We all dress like gang members now.
Ma and Pa Kettle obviously had late-in-life children. They're both in their 60s and the kids are in high-school.
Not so. Today we have perpetual adolescence but people looked and acted their age back then.
Oh give up the sociological mumbo-jumbo. The actors are clearly too old to be playing parents of teenagers.
rah760 I agree (no offense to the other person). People had kids young didn't they? Right after getting married (also young). But if you had a hard time conceiving, you may have been late-bloomer parents right?
Oops..I guess I will be too old for my children when they are teenagers. I waited until I was older to marry. My second was born when I was 40.
rah62 Hilarious comment .. cracked me up thanks!
I'm glad the mother and father finally appeared! I was beginning to worry about their living situation. And did Don ever get orthodontia? Did Sue wear that same hairstyle the rest of her life? Did the father ever get rid of that moustache?
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I LOVE Sue's dress!
Eat a healthy 1949 breakfast. Three fried eggs, sawmill gravy, half pound of fried bacon and 4 buttered biscuits. Half quart of milk and good ol' orange juice. That'll keep your hair glossy, like it does the dog's.
"what to do with those curls she so carefully put in last night" -- proceeds to brush them out roughly with the brush...
majidi Might as well have taken a hair straightener to them curls, hehe!! 😂😂😂😂
that’s how they did it back then. if they didn’t brush it out it’d look like Shirley temple.
Sue avoids red nail polish as it brings attention to her stubby hands.
oh good lord....
@fvalen001 Not exactly our finest hour, certainly, but at least our clothes fit us back then and we did not go around inked up like we got into a fight with a newspaper.
I thought Sue's short-sleeved blouse was really cute!
Hahaha...poor Don, only 4 shirts to choose from & dear Sue with her stubby hands, I hope she wears sexy undies to compensate!
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Wow...beauty rituals have changed. Now to be presentable you have to shower, wash your hair, condition it, mousse it, morrocan oil it and dry it. Brush and floss your teeth, then mouthwash. Shave every nook and cranny of your body, polish every nail and toe, apply foundation, blush, eyeshadow, liner, mascara, lipstick and lipgloss and then suck down a starbucks without ruining your makeup. And this every day! Who started this shit anyway....
And at least the youth in this vid did not go around in ill fitting cargo shorts and stupid flip flops.
I like how they made fun of her hands, lol. So back-handed.
Sue's 'stubby fingers'? Puh-leeze!
This video helps a lot. Thanks for posting!
I'd be more well groomed if I had a vanity table and a bedroom of that size.
30 years later, Don finally stops lying to himself. He divorces Sue, and moves to San Francisco.
I love these videos. I get about 8 hours of sleep a night. You just have to get a schedule and lifestyle to let you have 8 hours. New Year's resoultion : learning how to sew a button and polish shoes. :0)
Damn. Rollers, polish, manicures, powder, lipstick ... Society took a lot for granted those days. But they're right about one thing - appearances influence your life greatly. Just go to a fancy store/group of guys/visit in an old T-shirt or a suit and see how you'll be trated. Being clean is far from enough.
@Pafuts actually....if you look at old photos and film from this era people used to wear a suit and tie to go to a baseball game or carnival. It is just something that caught my attention once and I kept an eye on old photos and films..........look on youtube for old 195os baseball games......people dressed very formal by todays standard
"Yes, that's no accident . . ."
Gross understatement, I'd say, given the next 9 minutes . . .
I don't think they should have skipped the bathing portion of the film. Many people don't do that correctly; they forget the belly button hole, between each of their toes, the creases between their legs and genitals, the butthole, and fat people forget to lift up every roll and their necks. It is also important to dry every crevice completely as any moisture left on your body will cause odor.
Well, sort of. Have you notice in the old days, people seem to dress more elegantly at home and in public? This video was a major contribution to that. In today's society, we all look like slobs. When was the last time your neighbor comb his hair or bathe? You see, people's grooming habits have change since the 1940's.
i asked my parents about the old days before they passed away,they told me saturday was bath day, hot baths were a big expense. They took sponge baths the rest of the week. Some apartments had share bathrooms in the hall ways. And people wore there clothes for two days, but skipped a day ,so you werent seen in the same clothes. im guessing 1930's and 40's.
Wow. Is that what the girl called makeup? Powder and lipstick that she wiped off anyway? What happened to the concealer, foundation, bronzer, blush, eye shadow, eyeliner, mascara and lipgloss? Makeup sure advanced.
Maybe they are being themselves. Answer this honestly; would you want to sit next to someone who hasn't had a shower in months, would you kiss your partner is they never brushed their teeth?
@Jeffredo729 I heard until the mid 1960's everyone wore hats outdoors and had different hats for different weather.
I don't know what time these people get up but it must be pretty damn early in order to shower, eat breakfast, and then have another 25 mins to go back upstairs...ahhh the good ol' days :p
i agree, i hate seeing people in there pajamas in public and house shoes! there is a reason there called house shoes in the first place!
LOL I noticed Don doesn't have that many outfits either. :)
The female narrator sounds so much like Mrs. Roddenberry (star trek creator's wife).
I grew up in the 80s and early 90s and my parents were children and teens of the 50s, and we all had issues. However I adored 80s style as well as 50s, and who do I think dress like crap? people now, in the 2000s. none have style. So I go ahead and keep dressing like I always have and screw anyone who dislikes that.
Don's dating his sister. That's neato.
note to self: it may be offensive to others when your stubby hands become too apparent from the ostentatious nail polish you chose to wear.
That was quaint.
stubby hands!!! LOL Love her PJ's though!
Why does Don still have that garrish shirt if he is never going to wear it? I didnt even know that things like that existed back in 1949.
@WipeOut180
me too, omg! they are both so smooth and well groomed
"Sue avoids red nail polish since it would call attention to her stubby hands."
Also, so she doesn't look like a streetwalker.
@classicphile the war did that i'm sure. being on an austere diet....food rationing and anxiety about the war will AGE anyone!
No wonder those people in that Era were snooty
I found this video both Swell AND Keen!
Thought he was gonna say ''And hurry, I have to shit'' at the bathroom-scene.. I was disappointed.
+Elvira Höglund lol
@amandAtheist
"Re-grooming" - hahaha!
Thanks for the laugh!
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Amen to what you just said. When I shop at Wal Mart I grab what I need get in the check-out line and get out of there fast. I do not like to linger at Wal Mart.
"Polish my shoes" is one helluva euphemism.
+Daria Wells What will he be using to polish them....
@whatevr192 Hey, sorry to hear about that. Like I said you wouldn't have had a problem in my time 25 years+ ago. Plus the dresses went past the knee then too. The only girls in short skirts were the cheerleaders and pep squad. Even our dance team wore matching full length ladies' suits in school colors to the pep rallies. If you look at my slide shows from my yearbooks you get an idea of what was worn in my area at the time. Good Luck :-)
God help you if your slip shows....
Agreed! Wearing pajamas in public (very slobby), going days without bathing. Just nasty.
"Sue avoids red nail polish because it would draw attention to her stubby hands" - I'm dying! 🤣
Life before Facebook and Twitter. Now we have Zero time for this crap....lol!
Uh...Sue looks like she pushing 40. You think she'd have it together by middle age.
This has to be one of my favourite videos of all time!
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why so much hostility?
The majority of people who shop at Walmart need to watch this and take note. XD
God I wanna know Don and Sue soooooo badly.
Don and Sue are pretty friendly for brother and sister.
stevinie7free 😳
His tie is too short.
8 people don't know how to be well-groomed and attractive. lol
I don't think mom looks so healthy.
Father looks as if he had a coronary.
"her stubby nails"
Sue looks just wonderful, too bad about those stubby hands.
That girl did not have stubby fingers.
snittykitty She has a stubby vagina, hehe!!
at least eight hours of sleep, i got like five yesterday before i had to get ready for school XD
Why do all the moms in these vidoes look like they are 60?
@whatevr192 the graduates were in caps and gowns, obviously .... I'm talking about the parents and guests that were there for the ceremony. But as far as a school dress code, it's VERY lax.
Probably. But I was constantaly being negged at to sit up straight. For some people, the "best" one can do just isn't good enough.
lol. I didn't know how to comb my hair correctly until I saw this video. I guess back in the old days, they had a lot of pride in their personal appearance. So it was necessary to make an instructional video for the clueless people.