- Actors: Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, Guy Middleton, Joyce Grenfell, Edward Rigby
- Directors: Frank Launder
- Writers: Frank Launder, John Dighton
- Producers: Frank Launder, E.M. Smedley-Aston, Mario Zampi, Sidney Gilliat, Stephen Harrison
- Language English
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Classification: U
- Studio: Spearhead
- VHS Release Date: 21 Aug 1995
- Run Time: 84 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000057TT2
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,829 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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134 of 135 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Happiest Days Of Your Life,
By Danny Boy (Yorkshire) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Happiest Days of Your Life [VHS] [1950] (VHS Tape)
Sometimes overlooked, this is a charming and very funny self-mocking episode of a bygone era. Set in about 1949 (the 1948 Railways Nationalisation is mentioned in a gag) this has a wealth of amusing characters, great dialogue and hilarious scenes when confusion reign. Initially the confusion is on the part of the St. Swithuns mistresses, as they arrive at what they think is a girls school; boxing gloves in the common room, and the school motto "Guard Thine Honour" puzzle and horrify them.Alastair Sim as Wetherby Pond (what a name!) is superb as he generally politely stands up to the women.
57 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesomely funny British classic,
By Helen "hw" (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Happiest Days of Your Life [DVD] (DVD)
I loved this movie when as a child I first saw it. As with so many old movies, I never managed to see it again for many years. I can't imagine anyone not enjoying a lunatic farce starring Sim, Rutherford and Grenfell at their best!
During WW2, two schools are told they must share one building. Each Head assumes the other school will be of the same sex as their own, but not so. At first the Heads are horrified but eventually they have to work together when parents are due to descend to see the schools of their darlings at work, and pupils and teachers work together in hilarious scenes moving from room to room so parents can see lessons and games. Priceless old movie, one of the very best. Would give it 6 stars if I could!
33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Happiest Days of Your Life (DVD) (1950),
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This review is from: The Happiest Days of Your Life [DVD] (DVD)
The first in a long line of comic UK post war gems. 'The Happiest Days of Your Life' sows the seeds of the popular St.Trinian's series of films. Great cast with gifted acting by Alastair Sim and Margaret Rutherford. Directed by Frank Launder, it is different from the later St.Trinian's films in as much as the school starts of as a respectable boys school. Due to a governmental admin mistake a girls school is 'billeted' upon them with hilarious results. The old war-time spirit takes over and they all pull together to overcome visiting parental problems. The DVD is a good quality black/white film and is very watchable. (I too wanted to give it five stars, only the 'edit' wouldn't allow that change...) Postage from UK to Australia took four days. Excellent!The Happiest Days Of Your Life [DVD] [1950]
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