Johnny Learns His Manners (1946, sound)

Description: A moralizing tale for children in which a little boy turns into a pig because of his slovenly manners, which he has cultivated out of fear of being called a sissy. His mother changes his mind by showing him a film of West Point cadets and football players as examples of non-sissies who nevertheless exhibit good manners and sportsmanship.
From Educational Film Guide, 1948:
"A narrated story, illustrated on an artist's drawing board, of a little boy who is turned into a pig until his Goodself conquers his Badself."
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Subjects: 1940s, Etiquette, Children
Tags: animation; pencil drawings; cautionary media; shoulder angels; shoulder devils; human-animal transformations; table manners; baseball; good sportsmanship; bullies; child psychology; pigs; farmyards; dogs; self-image; film projection; West Point cadets; barracks; dining rooms; football fields; sports training; American flags; manners; boy's fear of being a sissy; Navy football squad; touchdowns; baseball fans; scare tactics; playing fair; team players; home runs; mothers and children
Film Sponsor:
Creator: Hugh Harman Productions
Credits: Produced by Hugh Harman Productions
Associate Producer: J. Milton Salzburg
Original Story: Michael Harman
Screen Play: W.G.C. Bosco
Animation and Drawings: Cecil Surry
Photography: Ben Jaffeson
Film Editing: Wm. Faris
Production Supervision: Charles McGirl
Distributor: Pictorial Films Inc.
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Gordon Elgart Collection, Prelinger Archives
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date:
Release Date: 1946
Geographical Location: USA; New York; West Point, New York
Genre/Form: animation, educational, social guidance
Language: eng
Rights: Notice on film states: "Copyright MCMXLVI [1946] by Hugh Harman Productions. All rights in this motion picture reserved under international convention."
No registration shown in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1940-1949
Film Format: 16mm film
Element: release print
Color: b&w
Color Process:
Sound or Silent: sound
Film Soundtrack Type: variable area
Edge Code:
Frame Rate: 24 fps
Length (feet): 689

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Cecil Surry worked for several animation studios {Walter Lantz, Leon Schlesinger, MGM, UPA} before he passed away in 1956.
William Faris later became a frequent director as well as a film editor.