Good movie that illustrates two things: Getting married in those days meant you could loaf around the house for hours, get dinner going then pretty up for the man who brings a paycheck in every week. Why oh why did women ever want to go work anyway?

Secondly, I know more then one marriage in those days that went kaplooey because of one or the other spousal unit unable to cut the apron strings from the parents. It really does happen. This move illustrates pretty well how this can occur.

If this was today, Pete's mother woulda been away in Florida and datin a whole bunch of rich old men and not have any time to hang around that tenement and annoy that girl; and the other parents didn't seem to be a problem anyway; and with their money, they'd probably be in Hawaii.

Anyway, a Coronet classic with a starlet that sorta has that wholesome Gidget look.

Not all women have the luxury of giving up their jobs in today's modern world. However, the concept of a successful marriage having to be a partnership is excellent. Ajusting to various problems does take some time to work out; Communication is an essential ingredient in doing this. Thus while this film is dated, it still has some good points

When I first saw Dotty alone on the train, I thought they had separated(which probably seemed almost impossible at that time)! And, at least for me and my boyfriend, our parents never seem to go away - our apartment is 2 hours away from mine, and 6-7 hours away from his, and they still butt in!

Pretty surprising film coming from Coronet about the "Honeymoon Is Over" drama that newlyweds face. the cute couple is faced with the bored housewife (Husband convinced wife to quit her job) and the bothersome attachment husband had with his mother, who lived upstairs. Just when Wife was going to say "It's her or me!" Husband says he got a job offer in Central City, and wants to move away from the pressures of HER father, so it instantly swerves to take the load and pressure off the husband again. An interesting ending to a movie you wouldn't expect from the folks at Coronet.

More or less similar to other social guidance films, but perhaps different in it's promotion of marriage as an equal partnership. The marriage between Dotty and Pete is still pretty traditional - Dotty quits her job to be a homemaker once they are married - but some more modernistic ideas come out, such as the idea that the two newlyweds decide together how the money that Pete earns will be spent, and the small mentions of sex. Apparently, the "educational collaborator" listed at the beginning, Lemo Rockwood, was a professor at Cornell University who's marriage course advocated sexual frankness and pre-marital experimentation, so it's easy to her (albeit limited) stamp on this film. A bio of Rockwood and info on her course can be found here - Lemo Rockwood