# CLASSIC 1950s MARRIAGE & RELATIONSHIP EDUCATIONAL FILM "MARRIAGE: TODAY" 47144

One of a series of films based on texts by Henry Bowman called Marriage for Moderns, this campy 1950s film "Marriage: Today" is full of unintentional comedy. Featuring some ridiculously backwards ideas about what a healthy relationship is, and how young couples can build lasting marriages by a clear analysis of their mutual aims and cooperation in achieving them. One couple in the film, university graduates, have many interests in common. The other couple, a business man and a teacher, center their mutual affection on their son. The film is set in post-WWII America, where the post-war recession caused unemployment and great uncertainty -- thus the beginning of the film is about this "difficult" situation. At mark 1:37 , is a home, a home filled with smiles and love. At mark 2:25 , is America’s home today, slums and trailer parks. At 2:46 , men are seen aboard a Pullman car, going off to WWII. An age of confused personal ideas adding up to a series of broken homes. At 3:16 , a welfare relief line is seen. How can one resolve into living in a home in atmosphere of despair and chaos? A world where ambition is covered between inflation and deflations. It’s a tough world this world young people’s are suppose to inherit. At mark 4:20 we see a marriage ceremony, ceremony of culture. At mark 4:40 , the couple are seen on a roof top. As seen at mark 5:00 . Here is a lady with his ambitions and future. Here, marriage is a voluntary stage for both men and women as seen at mark 5:45 .…

- Kind: Educational
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/47144MarriageToday)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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