Two Wise Maids

Name: Two Wise Maids
Genre: Drama
Released: 1937-02-15
Duration: 1 h 10 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Alison Skipworth, Polly Moran, Irene Manning

1937
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1h 10m

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7.4/10

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Donald Cook, Irene Manning, Polly Moran, Jackie Searl, and Alison Skipworth in Two Wise Maids (1937)

Drama

On the day schoolteacher Agatha Stanton, who is called "Old Lady Ironsides" by her pupils, expects to be selected as the new principal of her school, she and her roommate, fellow teacher Pru... Read allOn the day schoolteacher Agatha Stanton, who is called "Old Lady Ironsides" by her pupils, expects to be selected as the new principal of her school, she and her roommate, fellow teacher Prudence Matthews, must retrieve Geraldine "Jerry" Karns, one of Agatha's favorite students, ... Read allOn the day schoolteacher Agatha Stanton, who is called "Old Lady Ironsides" by her pupils, expects to be selected as the new principal of her school, she and her roommate, fellow teacher Prudence Matthews, must retrieve Geraldine "Jerry" Karns, one of Agatha's favorite students, from jail after she has stolen a pair of roller skates. Agatha and Prudence, with Jerry in... Read all

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Final film of Grace Kern.

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8/10

I'm nut used to movies of which I've not heard having this high a rating and actually being good.

It's now a tired trope. A teacher is unappreciated, being forced out or quitting finds him/herself encouraged by past students. Perhaps this movie started the trope.

Amazingly I've never heard of any of the cast. It was a minor studio. The production values were pretty low. The acting wasn't always the best, Yet it was a very good movie.

The version I saw was about 15 minutes short and the audio was pretty noisy. I don't know if this is just because it is a crappy last surviving print or if they didn't spend on quality equipment or film stock.

Despite it's shortcomings it's a melodrama worth watching.

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