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American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- About Faces
- Year
- 1941
- Abstract
- State of the American people's teeth during the Great Depression.
- Notes
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Produced: Sound Masters
Sponsor: U.S. Public Health Service
Run Time: 10:21
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W - Keyword
- Health and hygiene;Medicine: Dentistry;Medicine: Dentistry
- Theme
- About Faces
- Review
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This film, made by the Public Heath Service, laments the sad state of the nation's teeth and exhorts all audience members to see their dentists immediately. It was made on the eve of World War II, probably as a response to the large amounts of 4-Fs that were being given due to bad teeth. This film is a lot of fun and very mstable. Priceless moments include the narrator ordering everybody in the audience to run his or her tongue over his or her teeth (and we get to see a movie audience actually doing this), and a poor toothless sap getting spurned by a pretty woman ("He doesn't even make it to first base," laments the narrator). Lots more fun than going to the dentist.
Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ****. Weirdness: ***. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ****.
(Reviewer: Christine Hennig) - Location
- A/V room, 2/F