Girls' School (1938 film)

1938 film by John Brahm

September 30, 1938 (1938-09-30)

Running time

72 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Girls' School is a 1938 American drama film starring Anne Shirley. The film was directed by John Brahm and based upon a Tess Slesinger story. Morris Stoloff and Gregory Stone were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring.

Plot

The film revolves around wealthy high school teenagers who are sent to Magnolia Hall,^[1] a boarding school to learn proper etiquette. One of the girls causes a scandal when she stays out all night, then announces on planning to elope with a boy. She gets in trouble when the faculty finds out through a monitor's report from a reluctant poor girl attending on scholarship.^[2]

Cast

Anne Shirley as Natalie Freeman
Ralph Bellamy as Michael Hendragin
Nan Grey as Linda Simpson
Dorothy Moore as Betty Fleet
Gloria Holden as Miss Laurel
Marjorie Main as Miss Honore Armstrong
Cecil Cunningham as Miss Brewster, Dean of Students
Doris Kenyon as Mrs. Howard
Margaret Tallichet as Gwennie
Peggy Moran as Myra

References

^ Whittaker, Herbert W. (December 24, 1938). "Story of Sensitive Youth at School Finely Told in Picture". The Gazette. Canada, Montreal. p. 11. Retrieved October 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ The New York Times Review