Set during Thanksgiving, “Dining Together” demonstrates ideal table manners for children and adults. Concepts covered include: “how to use a spoon in eating soup easily, without noise” and “how to butter and eat bread, in small bites.”, “Dining Together” was produced under the Palo Alto Children's Theatre production company, "Children's Productions.” The founder of the Children's Theatre, Hazel Glaister Robertson, noted that she set out to create educational and narrative films for children because the “motion picture industry cannot, because of box office, make films for child audiences without adding adult overtones” (The San Francisco News; Aug. 7, 1945). Film shipping boxes found in our archives suggest that these films were rented and shipped nationally.
Type
moving image
Format
Print Sound Color 16mm film
Form/Genre
Educational Films Children's films Social guidance films
Extent
1 Reel of 1
Identifier
20 cpa_000012
Language
English
Subject
Dinners and dining Dinner parties Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day Entertaining Meals Table etiquette
Provenance
Palo Alto City Library California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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