This Charming Couple (1950) Affiliated Film Producers. Creative Commons license: Public Domain. Marriage training film dramatizing a partnership too fraught with conflicts to survive. Produced as part of a post-World War II initiative to make marriages more sustainable in the face of postwar dislocation. An unusually literate, neo-realist film produced by a talented group of documentarians. A series of films based on the textbook "Marriage for Moderns," by Henry A. Bowman. Director: Willard Van Dyke. Writer: H. Partnow (pseudonym for blacklisted screenwriter Millard Lampell). Cameraman: Peter Glushanok. Editor: Aram Boyajian. Production Manager: Howard Turner. Producer: Irving Jacoby. With Ken McCannon (Ken) and Nancy Todd (Winnie). Produced on the campuses of Stephens College and the University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., and in the surrounding country. Producer: Affiliated Film Producers. Keywords: Marriage; Social guidance; Gender roles. Once again it is proven that modern day film companies have lost their way by trying to be sensationalistic instead of being insightful and informative. Why are so many modern directors so short sighted? This couple was living in a dream world. They refused to face reality and accept their many differences. Physical attraction would not be enough to sustain a marriage. The film showed a set of problems that causes many couples to divorce. For 1950, "THIS CHARMNIG COUPLE" has a good innovative script, is well acted, directed and filmed ...
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