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The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)

 -  Comedy  -  8 March 1950 (UK)
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Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school ... See full summary »

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Cast

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Margaret Rutherford ...
Guy Middleton ...
Joyce Grenfell ...
Edward Rigby ...
Muriel Aked ...
John Bentley ...
Bernadette O'Farrell ...
Richard Wattis ...
Gladys Henson ...
John Turnbull ...
Percy Walsh ...
Arthur Howard ...
Myrette Morven ...
Laurence Naismith ...
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Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school that has been sent. The two head teachers are soon battling for the upper hand with each other and the Ministry. But a crisis (or two) forces them to work together. Written by Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>

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8 March 1950 (UK)  »

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Cette sacrée jeunesse  »

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Was filmed in Liss, Hampshire, England, at the village infant school. The pupils were featured in the movie as extras. See more »

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During the class change scene, the knob on the banister gets broken, but can be see soon after as unbroken. See more »

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Wetherby Pond: My mind is made up on one thing Miss Whitchurch: if I sink, you sink with me!
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Performed by the London Film Orchestra
Conductor Dr. Hubert Clifford
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9 October 2005 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

This film is just plain lovely. It's funny as hell and as old as the hills. The acting is superb and it's fascinating seeing post-war Britain and how we used to behave in those days. This seems to have been some pre-runner to the St. Trinians films (given the Alastair Sim and Margaret Rutherford connection - there's also a very young George Cole in there who appeared in many St. Trinians films) but I don't myself understand the connection. It was shown on BBC4 recently after a biography of St. Trinians creator Ronald Searle, however I missed enough of the biography to miss the connection with this film. Anyway a great film in its own right and something that should be preserved for all time!


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