Housemaster (1938)

Three girls arrive at a stuffy English public school and cause all sorts of problems with both the staff and pupils.

Director:

Herbert Brenon

Writers:

Ian Hay (play), Dudley Leslie

Stars:

Otto Kruger, Diana Churchill, Phillips Holmes

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Otto Kruger	...	Charles Donkin
Diana Churchill	...	Rosemary Faringdon
Phillips Holmes	...	Philip de Pourville
Joyce Barbour	...	Barbara Fane
Rene Ray	...	Chris Faringdon (as René Ray)
Kynaston Reeves	...	The Rev. Ovington
Walter Hudd	...	Frank Hastings
Michael Shepley	...	Victor Beamish
John Wood	...	Flossie Nightingale
Cecil Parker	...	Sir Berkeley Nightingale
Henry Hepworth	...	Bimbo Faringdon
Rosamond Barnes	...	Button Faringdon (as Rosamund Barnes)
Laurence Kitchin	...	Crump
Jimmy Hanley	...	Travers

Storyline

Three girls arrive at a stuffy English public school and cause all sorts of problems with both the staff and pupils.

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Plot Keywords:

based on play | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 April 1939 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Phillips Holmes's last movie.

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Connections

Featured in Elstree Story (1952)

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Soundtracks

Auld Lang Syne
(uncredited)
Traditional
Lyrics by Robert Burns

User Reviews

unmemorabld

There were lots of public school films in the thirties.On the one side are the Will Hay films and the other Goodbye Mr Chips.This falls somewhere in the middle.You think there is going to be a really dramatic climactic confrontation.Sadly it all falls flat.Otto Kruger is the parachuted in American star.He made a number of films for ABPC.There is a truly awful process sequence at the riverside.Gives an idea of the level of the budget.Little wonder this film is forgotten