The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)

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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… More 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 Sim) is less than pleased with the situation, especially after he and Whitchurch begin butting heads over which of them is truly in charge. The Happiest Days Of Your Life was based on a popular stage comedy by playwright John Dighton. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 21 min.
Directed By: Frank Launder
Written By: John Dighton, Frank Launder
Genres: Comedy

In Theaters: Sep 16, 1950 Limited
On DVD: Apr 27, 1994
Studio: Individual Pictures

Critic Reviews

Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A first-class postwar farce, with Margaret Rutherford and Alastair Sim in fine form as rival school principals.

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Cast

            Alastair Sim as Wetherby Pond

            Margaret Rutherford as Miss Muriel Whitchurch

            John Turnbull as Conrad Matthews

            Joyce Grenfell as Miss Gossage

            Richard Wattis as Arnold Billings

            Guy Middleton as Victor Hyde-Brown

            Edward Rigby as Rainbow

            Muriel Aked as Miss Jezzard

            Arthur Howard as Anthony Ramsden

            John Bentley as Richard Tassell

            Myrette Morven as Miss Chapell

            Bernadette O'Farrell as Miss Harper

            George Benson
            
            Olwen Brookes
            
            Stringer Davis as Reverend Birch

            Keith Faulkner
            
            Harold Goodwin as Edwin

            Gladys Henson as Mrs. Hempstead

            Nan Munro
            
            Laurence Naismith as Dr. Collett

            Patricia Owens as Angela Parry

            Percy Walsh as Monsieur Jove

            Russell Waters as Mr. West

            Millicent Wolf as Miss Curtis

            Vivienne Wood
            
            John Boxer
            
            Fred Marshall
            
            Angela Glynne as Barbara Colhoun

            Margaret Anderson
            
            Jim Davies
            
            Kenneth Downey as Sir Angus McNally

            Patience Rentoul
            
            Lilian Stanley
            
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