Boys Will Be Boys
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| Boys Will Be Boys | |
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| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Starring | Will Hay Gordon Harker Jimmy Hanley |
| Release date(s) | UK |
| Running time | 80 min. |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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Boys Will Be Boys is a 1935 British mystery film directed by William Beaudine.
The film is set at Narkover School, where headmaster Doctor Alec Smart (Will Hay) becomes involves in the disappearance of a valuable necklace.
The setting is loosely based on the works of Beachcomber, where Narkover is a school specializing in gambling and extortion, and the headmaster is a "Dr. Smart-Allick".
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[edit] Cast
- Will Hay as Dr. Alec Smart
- Gordon Harker as Faker Brown
- Jimmy Hanley as Cyril Brown
- Davy Burnaby as Col. Crableigh
- Norma Varden as Lady Dorking
- Claude Dampier as Theo P. Finch
- Charles Farrell as Louis Brown
- Percy Walsh as Prison governor
[edit] Details
- Director: William Beaudine
- Colour: Black & White
[edit] Radio
Based on this film, an Australian radio show was made called "Fourth Form at St Percys", which quickly changed it's title to "Yes, what!" The show features a teacher (Percy Pym) who sounded like Will Hay trying to teach a bunch of unruly children, the worst of who are Greenbottle (who sounded like Moore Marriott) and Bottomley. They never quite manage to get through a lesson through endless interruptions which easily lead the teacher astray which leads to punishments (hitting with a stick) being handed out. The shows were about 12 minutes long and normally begin with chimes and; "Good morning boys! Good morning sir" The series lasted from 1935 till 1937 and cost AU$10 an episode to make. Over seventy years later, it is still on a number of radio stations in Australia and is currently available on CD with one of the stars talking about the show.
[edit] External links
- Boys Will Be Boys at the Internet Movie Database
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- Boys Will Be Boys This item is held by Music Queensland: Queensland sheet music and sound recording, State Library of Queensland. Year: 19--?. Digital ID: mods-mq-acr-0136-2006-01-04-08-13-01
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