''Please Teacher'' is a 1937

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film, based on a musical play by KRG Browne,

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and

RP Weston Robert Patrick Weston ( Harris; 7 March 1878 – 6 November 1936) was an English songwriter. He was responsible for many successful songs and comic monologues between the 1900s and 1930s, mostly written in collaboration with other writers, notab ...

. This was adapted into a screenplay by

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, who also directed.

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

*Tommy Deacon - Bobby Howes *Petunia Trundle -

Vera Pearce Annie Vera Pearce (27 May 1895 – 18 January 1966) was an Australian stage and film actress. Her lengthy career was carried out in both her home country and in England. Biography Born in Broken Hill (New South Wales), Pearce spent much of he ...

*Ann Trent - René Ray *Round -

Arthur Chesney Arthur William Kellaway (21 November 1881 – 27 August 1949), known as Arthur Chesney, was an English character actor who worked on stage and screen. Biography He was born 21 November 1881 in Hampstead, London, the son of John and Catherine Ke ...

*Oswald Clutterbuck - Wylie Watson *Agatha Pink - Bertha Belmore *Wing Foo - Lyn Harding *Reeves - Aubrey Dexter

Critical reception

In 1937, ''

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'' 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."

References

External links

* 1937 films Films shot at Associated British Studios British black-and-white films British comedy films 1937 comedy films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-comedy-film-stub