Tribute to the strengths of the American system of free enterprise, funded by a large manufacturers' association. Young Jerry, who stops to observe a rowdy labor action at a local factory, is almost drawn into a brawl but for a policeman who takes him into "protective custody" and drives him home. There, Gramp explains how every man, woman and child in town has a stake in the factory's success, and convinces Jerry that modern capitalism isn't all bad.

As Jerry passes the local Manson factory, a crowd is gathered outside. He stops to see "the fun." Someone on a soap box is shouting "down with this, and down with that" and then a stone is thrown through the factory window. Jerry would have gotten into the brawl that followed, but Mike, a policeman and friend of the boy's grandfather, takes him home in "protective custody."

After a stroll, Gramp and Jerry sit down on the City Hall steps to chat. The old man knew the town when it was a "vacant lot" He recalls the time when Manson came to the little settlement seeking a factory site. He saw the factory constructed - and the town grew up around it. He tells Jerry how every man, woman, and child has a stake in the success of that factory. Jerry learns some American fundamentals and is greatful.







<BR>

plus-circle Add Review

comment Reviews

Reviewer: HappySwordsman - favorite favorite favorite - August 27, 2018

Subject: Fair Cute little relic from 1940, but way too corny for my taste.



But hey, I watched the whole film, and trust me, that's something I cannot say about several other films I've tried to watch.... - August 27, 2018Fair

Reviewer: jazzfan - favorite favorite - August 2, 2010

Subject: Your Town: Bankrupt Sure the film glorifies capitalism but look at your town today. The dismantling of America’s manufacturing base began 30 years ago have devastated your towns. Wake up and smell the decay. On a lighter note: Jerry is so adorable. I would have love to have thrown an eighteenth birthday party for him. Thank you and may God bless Corporate Amerika, One Nation ABOVE the law. - August 2, 2010Your Town: Bankrupt

Reviewer: longfade - favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 15, 2010

Subject: Creepy The old guy was presenting a fairly decent (if unimaginative) argument until the ludicrous statement that little Junior somehow has blood ties to the 'factory' purely by virtue of being born in a little backwater industrial town. I try to always take these films with a grain of salt and not take things too literally, but that kind of slavish devotion to corporate interests is sickening and as problematic now as ever.

Great film though. - June 15, 2010Creepy

Reviewer: ERD - favorite favorite - January 21, 2006

Subject: Monopoly in your town It seems dangerous when one business has such control over a town. If the factory goes under, so does the town. Where are the opportunities & creative development for the individual if he/she is satisified and passive with such a system- that is not the American way. - January 21, 2006Monopoly in your town

Reviewer: Spuzz - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 30, 2005

Subject: The Mansons will take care of us all. After being deposited by the local policeman in a NIFTY Police CONVERTIBLE (How many police cars were actually like that??) Jerry is given to his Grandpa after the cops picked him up at the Manson plant creating a ruckus, yelling Down With Capitalism! Realizing that Jerry is soon to become a hippy (in 1950?) Gramps sits Jerry down in the obvious fake set and lays him the great American business success story, Namely about why the Mansons are so important to this town. Why, without them, this town would be nothing! Gramps is adamant that Mr. Manson is the hero to the city rather then the root of all evil it seems here lol. So in other words, we have to be NICE to the man who brings you your bread and butter. DoesnÂt that creep you out just a wee bit? Of course, you as well can do the foreshadowing about how evil and powering a Manson was in the 60Âs, and this film just becomes that more eerie. Reccomended!! - October 30, 2005The Mansons will take care of us all.