''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' is a 1951 British
drama film
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, produced by
Brian Desmond Hurst
Brian Desmond Hurst (12 February 1895 – 26 September 1986) was a Belfast-born film director. With over thirty films in his filmography, Hurst has been hailed as Northern Ireland's best film director.Screening will honour 'NI's best film ...
, directed by
Gordon Parry and starring
,
Robert Newton
Robert Guy Newton (1 June 1905 – 25 March 1956) was an English actor. Along with Errol Flynn, Newton was one of the more popular actors among the male juvenile audience of the 1940s and early 1950s, especially with British boys. Known for hi ...
and
James Hayter. It is based on the 1857
novel of the same name by
Thomas Hughes
Thomas Hughes (20 October 182222 March 1896) was an English lawyer, judge, politician and author. He is most famous for his novel ''Tom Brown's School Days'' (1857), a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. ...
.
For this version,
Rugby School
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Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. Up ...
was used as a filming location.
Cast
Critical reception
"Isn't quite as good as the
1940 Hollywood adaptation," thought
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;
whereas ''
The New York Times
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'' found it "superior in every way to the one made in Hollywood some years back. The quaint customs have an English-cut, at least". ''
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'' applauded the acting of John Howard Davies, Robert Newton and "a standout performance by John Forrest as the sneering, bullying Flashman";
[ while '' Time Out'' approved the "solidly carpentered third screen version of Thomas Hughes' famous Rugby story - atmospherically shot on location in the old school itself."]
References
External links
*
''Tom Brown's Schooldays''
at the website dedicated to Brian Desmond Hurst
Brian Desmond Hurst (12 February 1895 – 26 September 1986) was a Belfast-born film director. With over thirty films in his filmography, Hurst has been hailed as Northern Ireland's best film director.Screening will honour 'NI's best film ...
1951 films
Films directed by Gordon Parry
Films based on Tom Brown's Schooldays
British coming-of-age drama films
Films scored by Richard Addinsell
1950s coming-of-age drama films
1951 drama films
Films shot in Warwickshire
Films with screenplays by Noel Langley
British drama films
British black-and-white films
1950s English-language films
1950s British films
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