Date Created : 1935 Link : http://publicdomainmovie.net/movie/boys-will-be-boys Description: Dr. Alec Smart (Will Hay) is a teacher in a prison. He applies for the headmaster of public school Narkover. PD In UK At GATT Date. Not Eligible For GATT Mystic Nights Videos Boys Will Be Boys is a 1935 United Kingdom comedy film directed by William Beaudine which stars Will Hay, Gordon Harker and Jimmy Hanley. The film is set at Narkover School, where headmaster Doctor Alec Smart (Will Hay) becomes involved in the disappearance of a valuable necklace. The setting is loosely based on the works of Beachcomber (Pen name), where Narkover is a school specializing in gambling and extortion, and the headmaster is a Dr. Smart-Allick. Plot Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby Independent school (United Kingdom) to replace the previous headmaster who has been convicted of writing forged cheques and has just been sent to prison. Smart appeals to the Governor to write him a good erence which he pretends to. Afterwards he writes his real recommendation which is very negative about Smart's talents. The trustee who works as the Governor's secretary, Faker Brown, accidentally gets the two letters mixed up and delivers the one praising Smart. On the basis of the letter, Lady Dorking, the who runs the Board of Governors appoints Smart to the job. This angers her deputy, Colonel Crableigh, who had favoured promoting his nephew, the Deputy head. On his arrival at the school, Smart is treated to a boisterous reception by the unruly students led by the Head Boy, Cyril Brown, who is the son of Faker Brown. Narkover proves to be a breeding ground for young criminals, who per to spend their time playing cards rather than taking classes. After his initial attempts to stop their games, Smart himself ends up playing cards with the students. He gets off on the wrong foot with Colonel Crableigh but, in spite of Smart's obvious incompetence, Lady Dorking immediately takes a shine to him. Crableigh begins engineering a scheme to have Smart dismissed and replaced by his own nephew. Soon after his arrival Smart is approached by Faker Brown, just released from prison, who blackmails him into giving a job as a Majordomo at the school. Brown has his eye on the valuable jewels of Lady Dorking, in particular her diamond necklace, which she is due to be wearing on Founders Day which takes place a few days later. It involves a dinner and a rugby union between the school's old boys and the current students, with Smart persuaded to captain the school team. On Founder's Day, Lady Dorking wears her best jewels. In the Headmaster's study, she is shown some conjuring tricks by Smart. Crableigh places Dorking's necklace in Smart's pocket in an attempt to incriminate him and have him dismissed. However, the necklace is then stolen by Faker who hides it in a decanter. After trying, and failing, to persuade him to give it back Smart takes it and hides it in a Jewellery Box due to be presented to Lady Dorking at the dinner.. Shortly before the presentation, the diamonds are again taken by the Head Boy Cyril Brown who picks the lock. He hides the necklace in a rugby ball, but before he can make off with it, the ball is taken by the eree in the match. Confusion then ensues as during the match, Faker and Cyril Brown try to recover the ball and make off with it while Smart tries to prevent them. Eventually Smart kicks the ball towards some police spectators and unmasks the villains in spite of Crableigh's attempts to have Smart arrested for the theft. 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 (Irish actor) as Louis Brown Percy Walsh as Prison governor David Raeburn as Superintendent Ben Williams (actor) as Prisoner (uncredited) A young Clive Dunn also made an appearance. Production and reception His first production for Gainsborough Pictures, the film was a breakthrough role for Will Hay and helped establish him as a film star throughout the British Empire. The role of the bumbling schoolmaster, which he had first developed in his 1920s music hall act, would be reprised in several other Will Hay films. The Radio Times Guide to Films gives Boys Will Be Boys three stars out of five, observing that the film contains the blend of bluster and disthonesty that makes his films irresistible. Based on this film, an Australian radio show was made called Fourth Form at St Percys , which quickly changed its 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 began with chimes and; Good morning boys! Good morning sir The series lasted from 1935 till 1937 and cost A$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. Bibliography St. Pierre, Paul Matthew. Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895-1960: On the Halls on the Screen . Associated University Press, 2010. 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Date Created : 1932 Link : http://publicdomainmovie.net/movie/tom-and-jerry-jolly-fish Creator: Van Beuren Studios Description: Tom and Jerry go fishing. Van Beuren's " Tom and Jerry" series was renamed " Dick and Larry" in the 1950s. That's why the title card presents this cartoon as a " A Dick and Larry Carton" . File:Tom And Jerry.jpg Tom and Jerry are fictional characters that starred in a series of early sound Animation produced by the Van Beuren Studios, and distributed by RKO Pictures. The series lasted from 1931 to 1933. When Official Films purchased the Van Beuren library in the 1950s, the characters were renamed Dick and Larry to avoid confusion with Tom and Jerry , the famous MGM cartoon series of the '40s and '50s. Today, animation historians er to the characters as Van Beuren's Tom and Jerry . Today, all of these cartoons are in the public domain. Joseph Barbera began his career as an animator and storyman on this series. In 1940, Barbera co-created with William Hanna another duo of cartoon characters using the same names: a cat and mouse named Tom and Jerry. Description The characters were a Mutt and Jeff-like pair, one short ( Jerry ) and one tall ( Tom ). Each cartoon featured a different adventure and the plot varied from film to film. Sometimes they were lawyers, hunters, plumbers, hobos, etc. Stylistically, the cartoons were similar to those made by Fleischer Studios, which like Van Beuren Studios was located in New York City. According to Markstein's Toonopedia, Fleischer staff sometimes moonlighted at Van Beuren's, which was situated just across the road (accounting for the many visual similarities between the two). Tom and Jerry's adventures were generally absurdist comedies, featuring bizarre imagery, racist themes, and more than a few (minor) sexual erences. One 1932 short ( Piano Tooners ) introduced a flapper character clearly derived from Fleischer's Betty Boop, further demonstrating the stylistic relationship between the two studios. Tom and Jerry, however, did not obtain popularity of the type Mickey Mouse, Betty Boop, and Bosko had, and the series was cancelled in 1933. Filmography {| class=wikitable ! Title !! Directors !! First release |- | Wot a Night || John Foster, cartoonist and George Stallings, cartoonist || August 1, 1931 in film |- | Polar Pals || John Foster and George Rufle || September 5, 1931 |- | Trouble (animated cartoon) || John Foster and George Stallings || October 10, 1931 |- | Jungle Jam (Van Beuren's Tom and Jerry film) || John Foster and George Rufle || November 14, 1931 |- | A Swiss Trick || John Foster and George Stallings || December 19, 1931 |- | Rocketeers || John Foster and George Rufle || January 30, 1932 in film |- | Rabid Hunters || John Foster and George Stallings || February 27, 1932 |- | In the Bag (Van Beuren cartoon) || John Foster and George Ruflem || March 26, 1932 |- | Joint Wipers || John Foster and George Stallings || April 23, 1932 |- | Pots and Pans (cartoon) || John Foster and George Rafle || May 14, 1932 |- | The Tuba Tooter || John Foster and George Stallings || June 4, 1932 |- | Plane Dumb || John Foster and George Rafle || June 4, 1932 |- | Redskin Blues || John Foster and George Stallings || July 23, 1932 |- | Jolly Fish || John Foster and George Stallings || August 19, 1932 |- | Barnyard Bunk || John Foster and George Rufle || September 16, 1932 |- | A Spanish Twist || John Foster and George Stallings || October 7, 1932 |- | Piano Tooners || John Foster and George Rufle || November 11, 1932 |- | Pencil Mania || John Foster and George Stallings || December 9, 1932 |- | Tight Rope Tricks || John Foster and George Rufle || January 6, 1933 in film |- | Magic Mummy || John Foster and George Stallings || February 7, 1933 |- | Happy Hoboes || George Stallings and George Rufle || March 31, 1933 |- | Puzzled Pals || George Stallings and Frank Sherman || March 31, 1933 |- | Hook and Ladder Hokum br/(also A Fireman's Life and Fire! Fire! through Astra TV and Official Films, respectively)|| George Stallings and Frank Tashlin || April 28, 1933 |- | In the Park (animated cartoon) || Frank Sherman and George Rufle || May 26, 1933 |- | Dough Nuts (animated cartoon) || Frank Sherman and George Rufle || July 10, 1933 |- | The Phantom Rocket || Frank Sherman and George Rufle || July 31, 1933 |} List of films in the public domain Category:Animated duos Category:Animated film series Category:RKO Pictures films Category:Fictional characters introduced in 1931 Category:Van Beuren Studios