Are You Ready for Marriage?

"Are You Ready for Marriage?" is enough to make anyone want to remain single. It portrays a pair of tensed-up teens going to some weirdo to ask whether or not they should tie the knot. This is the sort of movie that you can probably only find on "MST3K", as Mike, Servo and Crow had fun ripping it apart.

And the weird adviser? He looked like a cross between Dick Van Dyke and Fred Gwynne. In my opinion, Dick Van Dyke and Fred Gwynne had every right to sue the people behind this movie, just for making them look embarrassing.

In conclusion, the movie by itself is 0/10, but the "MST3K" version is 10/10.

Larry and Sue, two very old JC students love each other and want to get married. Mom and dad don't approve, what to do? See the Nazi love doctor Professor Hill. His large face and glitter graphs made by his six year old daughter show that Larry and Sue are not ready for marriage because they only common interest is popular songs (these popular songs are not known at this time, your author here is doing research on this subject and will get back to everyone here once I know what popular songs they are referring to) Dr. Hill's solution is to educate these young people with the cheap graphs and hope Larry and Sue take in what Dr. Hill has recommended. Larry and Sue discuss this at the soda shop, the breakwater and at home while doing dishes. Larry's dad reads a book on the Karma Sutra and give Larry and Sue some helpful hints (drinking and porno) In the end Larry and Sue get engaged to be engaged and live out their lives in happy bliss until the popular songs become unpopular and Larry and Sue break up. THE END!!

Ah, yet another short instructional film that doesn't stand up to the test of time. Back in the prehistoric 1950's, divorce was a big no-no. When you married someone, you were more or less stuck with that person for life. This short is a warning against rushing headlong into a marriage that may be sweet and nice in the beginning, but later on will make the lockhorns look good. These days, however, it's marry now - divorce later.

Don't blame me for that phrase. I lifted it from the movie.

A college student and his high school gal want to get married, but her parents don't approve, and when they approach Reuben Hill, who is said to be able to get them married, he talks at length about the need for this that and the other thing. It's all very sensible, which is just the boring sort of thing that two young kids are not going to be interested in hearing. Of course, here they do, because this in a Coronet educational film, and so everyone is very reasonable, and all problems soluble at the first attempt.

For some reason, while all the other actors are identified, the woman playing "Sue" is not.

Two slightly dim-witted college kids who want to get married, but have been rebuffed by their parents, seek advice from a marriage counselor named Mr. Hall (Reuben Hill?). Mr. Hall advises them to take time to get to know each other, using a variety of silly props and a host of pseudo-scientific graphs ("Chance for Happiness" vs. "Length of Engagement", "Overall Grooviness of Feelings" vs. "Shoe Size", etc.). These graphs are typical of the type used by social scientists to make their mushy, goopy theories seem like hard science.

This short is a likably goofy example of the kind of instructional films made during the early '50's for classroom use. Mr. Hall really does, by the way, use the word "BOINNGG!!" to describe the physical attraction felt by young men and women for each other. Hmmmm...