Principles of Dining Etiquette: Dinner Party (1945) [DVD] - Easy Table Manners For Children & Adolescents from the Social Guidance Era

An amusing and antiquated film where socially awkward teenagers is ridiculed, Dinner Party is one of the most hilarious social etiquette films from the 1950s. Never coming close to notions of increased confidence and self esteem, this film likes to guide the understanding of dinner etiquette by criticism and guilt! In learning how to have a dinner party, the kids will be overcoming social anxiety and the bad manners etiquette they've learned. The psychology of guilt is very closely examined. The biting narrator constantly points out the failings of the party attendees, and the tension brought on by their lack of understanding is pushed to the forefront. A bizarre movie of its kind, Dinner Party is must see vintage entertainment.

Title: Dinner Party

Run Time: 16 minutes

Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White