Blue Murder At St Trinian's (1957) -
I definitely preferred this one to the first film 'The Belles Of St Trinian's' (1954), although the girls themselves didn't feature as much as they should and neither did the Headmistress.
I liked the fact that they were at least all working towards one goal, which was something that the reboot films of 2007 & 2009 got spot on. They may be tough and fight among themselves, but they stick together, like a family. That was not the case in the first film and seemed to create too many factions to keep track of.
It's the form I originally remember enjoying the film series for. A clever story, with some funny moments and characters. When I recall watching the films in my younger years, it's the bits from this film that are some of the first to come to mind.
I loved the 'Gilbert & Sullivan' style police officers (Tarantara Tarantara). They were a real glimpse of classic humour that was just sully enough to still be funny too.
They also got in some good ladies to play the lead girls, which really helped. I've seen most of them in other films recorded from later years and they proved that they were capable of anything.
Alistair Sim's cameo was very good, but not long enough and George Cole as Flash Harry was still the one that stole the spotlight in a lot of ways.
It had a chaos that you would expect from a film about an unruly group of school girls going abroad, with some questionable chaperones, but it could have had a lot more fun. The series always tends to have a short running time, but with another half an hour, it could have had some really hilarious antics.
538.88/1000.
I definitely preferred this one to the first film 'The Belles Of St Trinian's' (1954), although the girls themselves didn't feature as much as they should and neither did the Headmistress.
I liked the fact that they were at least all working towards one goal, which was something that the reboot films of 2007 & 2009 got spot on. They may be tough and fight among themselves, but they stick together, like a family. That was not the case in the first film and seemed to create too many factions to keep track of.
It's the form I originally remember enjoying the film series for. A clever story, with some funny moments and characters. When I recall watching the films in my younger years, it's the bits from this film that are some of the first to come to mind.
I loved the 'Gilbert & Sullivan' style police officers (Tarantara Tarantara). They were a real glimpse of classic humour that was just sully enough to still be funny too.
They also got in some good ladies to play the lead girls, which really helped. I've seen most of them in other films recorded from later years and they proved that they were capable of anything.
Alistair Sim's cameo was very good, but not long enough and George Cole as Flash Harry was still the one that stole the spotlight in a lot of ways.
It had a chaos that you would expect from a film about an unruly group of school girls going abroad, with some questionable chaperones, but it could have had a lot more fun. The series always tends to have a short running time, but with another half an hour, it could have had some really hilarious antics.
538.88/1000.