This one's got it all! Nice, slightly dumb Jeanne can't choose between steady nice guy Larry and hot-rodding Nick (Dick York!). Nick's wild driving is the talk of the town... in fact, it's all anyone talks about in this town. Larry invites Jeanne to a party at Casino Lake. On the way there they listen to a DJ talking about "Teenicide... the fine art of killing yourself, and maybe someone else, before you're 20. You do it... with a car!" This gets repeated about a dozen times throughout the short. Nick shows up and talks Jeanne into going for a ride around the lake. He's not worried about speeding; his Old Man taught him how to drive, and he's only been arrested three times! Of course, it all ends in tragedy, and Jeanne ends up with a face so disfigured that she can't even go out with Larry (ouch!). She's had her "Last Date." Winner of the annual award of the National Committee on Films for Safety as 1949's best non-theatrical picture.
THE LAST DATE
LEWIS D COLLINS (1949)
18 MIN
USA
DOWNLOAD / MPEG 2 / 508 MB
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