Product Details

• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Quality Information Publishers, Inc.
• Run Time: 10 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B001BF1HCS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #203,658 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Mind Your Manners is a 1950s film which teaches teenagers that good etiquette should be cultivated in order to get along with peers and impress authority figures. Bad manners can result in poor social etiquette. Various situations are dramatized in the film, including telephone etiquette, table manners, and how to shake hands. Making the argument that good behavior should eventually become totally natural and integrated into normal behavior, the film maintains that a real desire to get along with others will lead to good manners. Teaching teens good manners has never been easy. Dining etiquette in particular is important for making good first impressions. Mind Your Manners travels viewers back to a time when proper manners and etiquette in America was a very fixed code of order, which makes for a fascinating study.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Video, March 11, 2009

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This review is from: Teaching Teens Good Manners: Mind Your Manners (1953) [DVD] - The Importance of Shaking Hands & First Impressions (DVD)

I purchased this DVD through Amazon a month ago and showed it to my students in class. Although the video was produced more than 50 years ago, it still captures the attention of the teenagers nowadays. I was really surprised that my students did not find it boring. Moreover, this video is very positive in the general atmosphere. The manner of the main characters are really exemplary. I would definitely use it more often in class, and sincerely recommend it to all educators and parents.