The Happiest Days of Your Life

The Happiest Days of Your Life (DVD) (*)

$23.99

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
78 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1950 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Frank Launder

Written By:
John Dighton
Frank Launder

Actors:
Alastair Sim ..... Wetherby Pond
Margaret Rutherford ..... Muriel Whitchurch
Guy Middleton ..... Victor Hyde-Brown
Joyce Grenfell ..... Miss Gossage
Edward Rigby ..... Rainbow (school porter)
Muriel Aked ..... Miss Jezzard
John Bentley ..... Richard Tassell
Bernadette O'Farrell ..... Miss Harper
Richard Wattis ..... Arnold Billings
Gladys Henson ..... Mrs. Hampstead (school housekeeper)
John Turnbull ..... Conrad Matthews
Percy Walsh ..... Monsieur Joue
Arthur Howard ..... Anthony Ramsden
Myrette Morven ..... Miss Chapel
Laurence Naismith ..... Dr. Collett (school governor)

Synopsis:

From acclaimed director Frank Launder, The Happiest Days Of Your Life is a precursor to the hugely successful St. Trinian's series. Nutbourn College, the most established and respectable of boys' schools, is run by unyielding Headmaster Wetherby Pond [Alastair Sim.] When a military mistake billets a girls' school to share the college's premises due to wartime restrictions, he is outraged. However, he soon discovers he has met his match when he encounters the Headmistress of the girls' school in question, the formidable Muriel Whitchurch [Margaret Rutherford]. Initially the two are hostile to one another, but with a staff of dazed, eccentric teachers and a student body whose mischief knows no bounds, they are forced to pull together. Then, just when they thought the situation couldn't get any more complicated, they discover they are faced with two troublesome visits on the same day; one from a group of parents, who must believe the school is only for girls, and one from the Ministry, who must be presented with an all boys establishment! Unmissable and hilarious, this is classic British comedy at its best.

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.

Chaos ensues for staff and students alike when an all-boys and an all-girls school are amalgamated into one.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 03 June, 2009.

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