Our Miss Brooks

1956
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1h 25m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

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Miss Brooks teaches English at Madison High, rents a room from Mrs. Davis, gets rides to school with student Walter, fights with Principal Conklin, and tries to snag shy biology teacher Boynton.

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Follows the story of an English teacher that flusters the principal and flirts with a colleague.Follows the story of an English teacher that flusters the principal and flirts with a colleague.Follows the story of an English teacher that flusters the principal and flirts with a colleague.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

962

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Harriet Conklin
(as Gloria MacMillan)

Joseph Kearns

Mr. Stone
(as Joe Kearns)

William Newell

Dr. Henley

Philip Van Zandt

Mr. Webster

David Alpert

Realtor
(uncredited)

Marjorie Bennett

Mrs. J. Boynton
(uncredited)

June Blair

Miss Lonelyhearts
(uncredited)

Leo Curley

Realtor
(uncredited)

Joseph Forte

Nolan's Butler
(uncredited)

Creighton Hale

Faculty Member
(uncredited)

Director
- Al Lewis
Writers
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Trivia
This movie was released about two weeks before the final episode of the TV series on which it was based aired. In the final (4th) season, the show was overhauled and many of the regular characters were dropped (although some came back during the season). Miss Brooks and Mr. Conklin moved to a private elementary school in the San Fernando Valley. The movie ignored all this and all the original regular characters were back at Madison High School for the conclusion of the Brooks-Boynton courtship. Perhaps 30 years later, the final season of the TV show would have been dismissed as a "dream."

Goofs
When Mr Conklin tries to come aboard Mr Nolan's yacht, he steps on a rung of the ladder, which breaks. In the next shot, as he falls in the water, all rungs of the ladder are in place, none broken.

Quotes
Mrs. Margaret Davis: I hate to see you like this, dear. Can't we do something to cheer you up?
Connie Brooks: Yeah. When I get back from school, we can play Russian roulette.

Connections
Referenced in Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)

Soundtracks
It's Magic
(uncredited)
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Performed by Richard Crenna
[Walter sings the song while he plays the ukelele]

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Featured review

7/10

Eve finally gets to be the star

Using students to raise funds for the Principal running for office? That doesn't sound ethical, by today's standards. LOVE Eve Arden, the English teacher in "Miss Brooks". My favorite role is when she is Joan Crawford's sidekick in "Mildred Pierce". She never really got her man in films, and thirty years later, Arden is now the principal in "Grease". In the film version of "Our Miss Brooks", she is the English teacher at the local high school, trying to spur a student on. Gale Gordon is the Principal, and his role is actually pretty toned down from all those episodes in "Lucy". The story takes some left and right turns, but it ends up being all about finding Miss Brooks a husband. I had always thought the film came first, but apparently this was released right at the end of the TV series. Here, life would imitate art... Nick Adams plays the troubled student, and would overdose at age 36. It's pretty good, if you just go along for the ride. Not her best role, but not her worst. Directed by Al Lewis, who had written and directed the TV series. Eve did mostly TV shows after this.