“ PERSONAL HYGIENE FOR BOYS ” 1952 CORONET FILMS HEALTH CLASS EDUCATIONAL SHORT XD46054

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1952 black and white educational classroom short by Coronet Films uses a dialogue between an unseen narrator and a skeptical youth to dramatise the good personal grooming and daily hygiene habits of “Larry,” a model of youthful cleanliness (TRT: 9:49). Opening titles: “A Coronet Film” and “Educational Collaborator Carl A. Troester, Jr., Ed.D.” (0:08). Adolescent boys and girls circle around “Larry,” a teen who stands with his hands on his hips, speaking confidently. The group is called over to a late 1940s convertible automobile (0:27). Larry jolts out of bed in a sparsely decorated bedroom. He turns off an alarm clock on the other side of the room (1:07). Larry showers, taking care to wash his ears, armpits, genital area, and feet with soap (1:33). A still photo of athlete’s foot symptoms. A boy in a locker room wearing a towel examines his feet, touches a lo