Boys Will Be Boys (1935)
Boys Will Be Boys (1935)
Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby public school 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 reference 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.

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Will Hay Will Hay As: Dr. Alec Smart
Gordon Harker Gordon Harker As: Faker Brown
Jimmy Hanley Jimmy Hanley As: Cyril Brown
Davy Burnaby Davy Burnaby As: Col. Crableigh
Norma Varden Norma Varden As: Lady Dorking
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Storyline

Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby public school 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 reference 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.


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Certification: U

Details

Genres: Comedy

Language: English

Release Date: 01 July 1935

Country: GB

Runtime: 80m

Company Credits

Company: Gainsborough Pictures

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Cast

Will Hay

Will Hay

Dr. Alec Smart

Gordon Harker

Gordon Harker

Faker Brown

Jimmy Hanley

Jimmy Hanley

Cyril Brown

Davy Burnaby

Davy Burnaby

Col. Crableigh

Norma Varden

Norma Varden

Lady Dorking

Claude Dampier

Claude Dampier

Theo P. Finch

Charles Farrell

Charles Farrell

Louis Brown

Clive Dunn

Clive Dunn

Schoolboy watching rugby (uncredited)

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Production Crew

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Costume and Makeup

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Sound

Louis Levy

Louis Levy

Original Music Composer

Bretton Byrd

Bretton Byrd

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

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Camera

Charles Van Enger

Charles Van Enger

Director of Photography

Lighting

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Art Department

Alex Vetchinsky

Alex Vetchinsky

Art Direction

Other Crew

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