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How in the world did they know how to live back in those days without all those training films. Why I bet they even had to watch a film short to learn to chew gum.
Posted by yogi in Kennesaw GA on 07/08/11 at 10:24 AM
I seem to remember getting lectured about the evils of chewing gum. Socially unacceptable behavior, dislocated jaw, rotted teeth (no sugarless back then), knuckles broken and bleeding (ruler vigorously applied by crazed teacher), and burning in hell for all eternity.
One could only imaging that children that chewed gum would, one day, grow up to become bankers or lawyers! :lol:
One could only imaging that children that chewed gum would, one day, grow up to become bankers or lawyers! :lol:
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 07/08/11 at 12:09 PM
@KDP...
Of course the Barbara of the film was an actress playing a role as written by the good God fearing people of that time.
But I recognize the "real" Barbara. She would have been the girl from the "wrong side of the tracks" even if she didn't actually live there. She could well have been the proverbial "good time had by all" girl, or as we used to more crudely call them "Rosie Rottencrotch". And if she was as remiss in her personal hygiene as she was in other areas she could also have been the source of many a case of "stinkfinger" among the young fellows at the Saturday matinees.
If I jogged my memory enough I could list the real names of girls I went to school with that fit the description all the way from early grade school through high school. And even after I came out of the Army I still ran into them at places like the skating rink I frequented. When you left with one of them your pals knew you were going to "get lucky" almost before you got out of the parking lot.
My point in all of this is to point out that in spite of all their squeaky clean morals on film they were no different than many are today. They just didn't admit that it existed in their perfect training film world.
Just imagine making one of those films today using the old equipment and processes but portraying the real teens and pre-teens of that time. Showing what really went on in the back row of the movie house, the basement, the alley, or anywhere else they could get a few minutes privacy.
I remember those times because I lived them. While many young kids, especially pre-teens, don't have much strong interest in sex there are always a few that do. I was one of them. I was interested in getting their panties down for a quick look and a feel from at least as young as second grade if memory serves me right. And there were always a few girls willing to accommodate me. I was the boy the mothers of "good little girls" told them to stay away from and the bad girls just used that info to find their good times.
Of course the Barbara of the film was an actress playing a role as written by the good God fearing people of that time.
But I recognize the "real" Barbara. She would have been the girl from the "wrong side of the tracks" even if she didn't actually live there. She could well have been the proverbial "good time had by all" girl, or as we used to more crudely call them "Rosie Rottencrotch". And if she was as remiss in her personal hygiene as she was in other areas she could also have been the source of many a case of "stinkfinger" among the young fellows at the Saturday matinees.
If I jogged my memory enough I could list the real names of girls I went to school with that fit the description all the way from early grade school through high school. And even after I came out of the Army I still ran into them at places like the skating rink I frequented. When you left with one of them your pals knew you were going to "get lucky" almost before you got out of the parking lot.
My point in all of this is to point out that in spite of all their squeaky clean morals on film they were no different than many are today. They just didn't admit that it existed in their perfect training film world.
Just imagine making one of those films today using the old equipment and processes but portraying the real teens and pre-teens of that time. Showing what really went on in the back row of the movie house, the basement, the alley, or anywhere else they could get a few minutes privacy.
I remember those times because I lived them. While many young kids, especially pre-teens, don't have much strong interest in sex there are always a few that do. I was one of them. I was interested in getting their panties down for a quick look and a feel from at least as young as second grade if memory serves me right. And there were always a few girls willing to accommodate me. I was the boy the mothers of "good little girls" told them to stay away from and the bad girls just used that info to find their good times.
Posted by yogi in Kennesaw GA on 07/08/11 at 08:44 PM
Geesh, Yogi is a perv! 😉
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/08/11 at 10:22 PM
I have never denied that I have been a dirty old man since before I was 12 years old. "Dirty old man" isn't an age but rather a state of mind. Care to "play doctor" Patty??? 😜
Posted by yogi in Kennesaw GA on 07/08/11 at 10:33 PM
I get to watch!
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 07/08/11 at 11:01 PM
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