Innocent Party (1959)

Presents the case history of a teen-ager who contracts venereal disease from a casual contact and transmits it to his girl friend. Emphasizes the need for immediate medical attention. Depicts emotional effects. Innocent Party, The DIRECTOR: Harold \"Herk\" Harvey Presents the case history of a teen-ager who contracts venereal disease from a casual contact and transmits it to his girl friend. Emphasizes the need for immediate medical attention. Depicts emotional effects. Ken Smith notes: in line to see a John Wayne film, pick up two brunette floozies (cigarettes and too much eye makeup); afterward goes parking, infects virtuous blonde (no eye make-up) the next night; squint-eyed kid (Ronny Howard lookalike) always looks pained, even when he's screwing around (these kids are too old to be high schoolers); starts walking with a limp, his head hung low; runs across her in the hall, she doesn't speak, pained expression; polka-dot bow-tie doctor points out bloody sores in a catalog he pulls out of a filing cabinet; it's syphilis; helpful diagrams, mucous patches on tongue, hideous facial warts, baby without a nose.... -- Group of guys going to movie theater. 2 of them walk away after a couple of girls. The 2 guys and 2 girls get into a car. Guy isn't too sure of this. Gets into car anyway. Car speeds away. Guy and girl make out in backseat. This all happens during the film's credits. To help with the A/V Geeks mission to share these forgotten films unearthed in their archive, this film and hundreds of others can be purchased on DVD (http://www.avgeeks.com/wp2/all-av-geeks-dvds/). Higher quality versions of this film can also be licensed for stock footage. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information.