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The Happiest Days of Your Life

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The Happiest Days of Your Life
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NR,1hr 21min
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1950
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Synopsis: A battle of the sexes begins to rage in an isolated private school in this charming British comedy. Just outside of London during World War II, Axis bombing forces the evacuation of a private all-girls school, St. Swithins. Thanks to a bureaucratic mix-up, the girls of St. Swithins and their Headmistress Muriel Whitchurch (Margaret Rutherford) are to be billeted at the nearby Nutborne Boys School. While the students learn to make do with the crowded conditions, Nutborne headmaster Wetherby Pond (Alistair ... Full Synopsis
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The Happiest Days of Your Life is a thoroughly engaging, if exceedingly slight, little farce that will especially please viewers with a taste for "Britcoms" (British situation comedies). British farces set in schools are almost a genre unto themselves, and Happiest is one of the sunniest of the lot. As with many good farces, caricature often takes the place of character, but when plot and pacing are ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Wetherby Pond
Miss Muriel Whitchurch
Conrad Matthews
Miss Gossage
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