Amusing Obscure Movies

So, I had some free time this afternoon and I ended up watching a movie on Turner Classic Movies. It was called "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" and it starred Shirley Jones, a very young Ron Howard as Eddie, and some guy I don't know. It was very amusing and an enjoyable movie overall. One of the funniest parts to me was when a woman in the movie - Shirley Jones' rival for Eddie's father's affections - stated she wanted to stand beside a man and not behind him. His response was "you should be happy with the vote because I doubt that will ever catch on as a national revolution." I laughed out loud!

This movie was released in 1963 and I seem to recall in 1963 there were predictions about the future. These predictions included things like hover crafts and a "Jetsons" like existence. But the screenwriter of this movie couldn't imagine a time when women would be equal to men. Where women could actually have a partner in life and stand beside that man and not just be the backup singer to his starring role. That is hilarious to me. Hilarious that he was so short sighted but also because the heroine of the movie, the one you root for all along, is a divorcee with a job in a time when divorcees were not looked upon favorably. Seems the screenwriter, one Mr. John Gay, was conflicted about his views of women.