As the Twig is Bent (1958) Mormon Anti-Smoking Shaming Short! Mormon Movie Reviews:
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As the Twig is Bent (1958)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ighKpOHUKY
Running time: 27 minutes
Rated: PG (elements of smoking)
We will watch this short together in totality while I give you some insightful and occasionally irreverent commentary.
Synopsis
Film about a father who learns how he influences his sons for good and bad, emphasizing the use of tobacco in the home.
The Presiding Bishopric asked Brigham Young University to make As the Twig is Bent. This short confronts tobacco use, focusing on health, it focuses on the spiritual impact of tobacco use on the individual and the family. This is the oldest church film I have reviewed to date.
Produced and directed by Wetzel Whitaker, probably from before he started working for the church full-time
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