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6/10
Don't Drop Out!
wes-connors30 June 2013
Mature-looking teenager Barry Primus (as Doug Miller) wants to drop out of high school and get a full-time job. He thinks his struggling family will benefit from having one less mouth to feed. Although young Primus sleeps on the living room couch, his father wants him to stay home - and, more importantly, he advises his son to stay in school. However, when the law permits him (at age 16, presumably), Primus drops out of school. He gets a job and his own place. Naturally, things do not go well for Primus. This is a short film encouraging teenagers to get a good education. It's a cut above most message films.

****** When I'm Old Enough... Good-Bye! (1962) Karl Genus ~ Barry Primus, Al Hinckley, Joe Julian, Ann Dee
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9/10
Get that Sheepskin!
boblipton15 September 2012
Barry Primus is anxious to be out on his own. He drops out from high school and gets a job, but things quickly turn downhill.

Louis de Rochemont turned out a few three-reelers after "The March of Time" newsreel series ended and this is one of them. It's a well told story with a strong moral message on the advantages -- indeed, the necessity -- of staying in school and getting that diploma.

It's a far better written and executed film than any of the films they used to show us in school to convince us to stay there. Besides the believable situations, there is a pretty good jazz score and some very interesting cinematography. At first I thought it was heavily influenced by the French Nouvelle Vague, but director Karl Genus came out of the same television industry as Sidney Lumet and I think the strong technical education there was the deal maker.
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10/10
excellent short film with a yummy barry primus
firefoxpies-139-6356767 November 2011
Warning: Spoilers
a punk style film from 1962, about a young guy who wants more than anything to quit school and work, like his old man. in his first film, barry primus as the jonesing for a J-O-B teen, is fresh and real, and though he is surrounded by young overwrought method actors, he resists the high drama and stays down to earth. the scenes with his father are particularly poignant, and primus makes his wooden girlfriend seem almost alive with his charm and energy, quite fantastically drawing you into this curiously bizarre story of letter sorting, cig smoking, flippy stuck-up girls, over-the-top buddies, plus there's a twist ending, not to mention the amusing irony in doug's continually crying over wanting a job.....
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