Before swiping right or ghosting someone became part of the dating lexicon, courtship in the 1950s followed a playbook of tradition and etiquette, which wasn’t free from a fair dose of parental ...

From a series of films based on the book Marriage for Moderns by Henry A. Bowman comes "Choosing for Happiness," a dating how-to guide for young women in 1950, courtesy of the Prelinger Archive. Our ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Ann and Woody enjoy a delicious hot dog on their first date in the 1949 educational short “Dating Dos and Don’ts,” which will be ...