James Brill

James Brill

Movies for James Brill...

Rum and Coke
Title: Rum and Coke
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
A young, independent Latina has a safe relationship with her Anglo boyfriend until she is rescued and romanced by an aggressive Latino firefighter.
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Keeping Clean and Neat
Title: Keeping Clean and Neat
Released: August 9, 1956
Type: Movie
Two eighth graders doing an assembly on cleanliness and neatness seek underclassmen. A look into Don and Mildred's hygienic endeavors.
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The Truck Farmer
Title: The Truck Farmer
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
An interesting little short about the exploitative system of the 1930's-50's that used cheap Mexican workers (that "cross the border on temporary work permits to *help* with the harvest").
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The Living City
Title: The Living City
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1953
Type: Movie
This short explores the early planning innovations and the subsequent mistakes that resulted in developing urban sprawl, suburbia, and gentrification in modern day US cities as well as the effects it had on its populace and industry.
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Care of the Hair and Nails
Title: Care of the Hair and Nails
Released: July 6, 1951
Type: Movie
A fairy tale character uses magic to help youngsters learn good health habits.
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Drug Addiction
Title: Drug Addiction
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Marty, a "good boy," experiments with marijuana and experiences "profound mental and emotional disturbances." As in all anti-drug films of this vintage, marijuana leads straight to "H," and Marty's decline continues until he is busted, rehabbed and reformed. Drug Addiction's stilted view of the urban drug culture and unrealistic portrayals of stoned slackers make it entertaining viewing today. It belongs to that little-known "second wave" of anti-drug films, the postwar scare stories about middle-class kids overcome by junkiedom. What this wave of films reveals is that drugs were an issue for white adolescents long before the psychedelic Sixties, and that the official response to the threat expressed a general, not specifically targeted paranoia.
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Junior Rodeo Daredevils
Title: Junior Rodeo Daredevils
Character: Narrator
Released: August 6, 1949
Type: Movie
Old-timer Billy Slater organizes a rodeo for kids.
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Care of the Skin
Title: Care of the Skin
Character: Narrator
Released: July 19, 1949
Type: Movie
Structure of the skin; good cleanliness habits; the proper way to wash; the correct use of soap.
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A Day at the Fair
Title: A Day at the Fair
Released: January 1, 1947
Type: Movie
A family goes to the local fair to compete with their livestock & produce.