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today is April 23, 2023, this is episode where we will review

EP: How Near to the Angels REVIEW (1956)

Link:    • How Near to the Angels (1956)  

Running time: 41 minutes

Rating: not rated

Genre: Religious Drama

This review works best if you have seen this film before, though that is not required.

Spoiler alert

We will watch this short together while we make insightful and occasionally irreverent commentary.

Synopsis

Janet is a latter-day saint who wants a temple marriage, but her steady boyfriend, Kent, is inactive. But while Janet attends a church fireside, a young Mormon man named Tim introduces himself and proposes suddenly. Tim’s mission president told him to get married within six months of coming home. Now Janet faces a tough choice.

Yes this is an official Church video brought to us by the Young Women’s Mutual Improvement Association which was founded by Brigham Young under a different name way back in 1869.

We are a bit lucky to have this film in color because some other church films in this era like ‘And Should We Die’ were shot in black and white.

And this film was produced by Judge Whitaker, the most prolific LDS filmmaker of all time.

What is the film's overall message?

One small step off the straight and narrow like skipping mutual or listening to jazz, can lead to heartache and jeopardize your life plan

Hanging out with the wrong friends is nothing but trouble

Marriage in the temple is the single most important life event for a young woman

No man can compare to a returned missionary who bears a strong testimony

Even if a less active Mormon says he will start paying tithing, go to church, and is willing to marry a young woman in the temple, he is not to be trusted

A young woman’s personal feelings about her marital suitor are of lesser importance than her lover’s Mormon bona fides

Mormon utopia is achieved by going to mutual, attending firesides, playing in the church sports league, getting married in the temple, and of course women bearing tons of kids,

bottom line: one’s entire life should be built around the church

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