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Directed by Stafford Dickens Screenplay by Stafford Dickens Director Stafford Dickens Cinematography Otto Kanturek | 7.1/10 IMDb Produced by Walter C. Mycroft Initial release 1937 Music director Harry Acres Cast Bobby Howes, Vera Pearce | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Based on an original musical play by K.R.G. Browne,
R.P. Weston
& Bert Lee Starring Vera Pearce
Bobby Howes
René Ray Music by Jack Waller
Joseph Tunbridge
Harry Acres (musical director) Production company Associated British Picture Corporation Similar The Butler's Dilemma, The Huggetts Abroad, Follow a Star, The Man from Toronto, Those Were the Days | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Please Teacher was a 1937 British comedy film, based on a musical play by KRG Browne, Bert Lee and RP Weston. This was adapted into a screenplay by Stafford Dickens, who also directed.
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Bobby howes sings you give me ideas from please teacher film 1937
Plot
On his 30th birthday, unemployed rogue Tommy Deacon (Bobby Howes) inherits his aunt's fortune, but is informed it has been hidden in a bust of Napoleon in a country house he has also inherited. On discovering the house is now an Academy for Young Ladies, Tommy pretends to be the brother of Anne (René Ray), one of the girls, in order to gain admittance.
Cast
Critical reception
In 1937, The Sydney Morning Herald wrote, "Although a little slow in getting in to their stride, because of the sluggish opening of the story, the actors manage to vitalise a feeble plot with enough comical characterisation to make it acceptable as average entertainment."