Good Morning, Boys

Good Morning, Boys!

Directed by	Marcel Varnel
Written by	Leslie Arliss Marriott Edgar
Produced by	Edward Black
Starring	Will Hay Graham Moffatt
Cinematography	Arthur Crabtree
Edited by	R.E. Dearing Alfred Roome
Music by	Louis Levy Jack Beaver
Production company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	January 1937 (1937-01)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Good Morning, Boys! is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and featuring Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Martita Hunt, Lilli Palmer and Peter Gawthorne. It was made at the Gainsborough Studios in Islington.^[1]

The film marked the first appearance of both Peter Gawthorne and Charles Hawtrey in a Will Hay film, both of whom would go onto act as straight men to Hay in his future films.

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What is it? Just sign this right here. What the hell is it? Under this bill's provisions, We would snatch 200,000 acres of indian territory Which we have deemed Unsafe for their use at this time. They're such children. 200,000 acres. 200,000 acres. What will it cost, man? A box... Of these. Are you crazy? They'll never go for it. Little red devils, they love toys. May I? Please do, sir. Thank you. These things are defective. Right as usual, sir. Showoff! Just sign this, sir. Ok, give us a hand here. Work, work, work! Work, work, work! Hello, boys! Have a good night? I missed you! Just one more bill to sign. What is this? To convert the state hospital for the insane into The william j. Le petomane memorial gambling casino for the insane. This will be a giant step forward In the treatment of the insane gambler. Bravo! Beautifully put! Bravo, bravo! Thank you, hedy, thank you. It's not hedy, it's hedley. Hedley lamarr. What are you worried about? This is 1874. You'll be able to sue <i>her.</i> Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha! Hmm. Hmm. Just sign right here, sir. Thank you very much. All right, help me in with this. Just think of your secretary. That was a very good suggestion. Is that it? Anything else? Just this urgent telegram from rock ridge That arrived last Friday. Last Friday? Read it, you wild bitch. "sheriff murdered, church meeting bombed, "reign of terror must cease. Send new sheriff immediately." Holy underwear! Sheriff murdered, Innocent women and children blown to bits! We must protect our phony-baloney jobs. We must do something immediately! Immediately! Immediately!

Plot

Will Hay plays the roguish headmaster, Dr Twist, of a dubious boarding school for boys. Twist bets on the horses with his pupils and teaches them little. Colonel Willoughby-Gore attempts to sack the incompetent Twist but is foiled when he and his boys, after fraudulently gaining resounding success in a French examination, are invited to Paris by the French ministry of education.

In Paris they become involved with a gang of criminals, including escaped convict Arty Jones, father of one of the boys, and Yvette, a night club singer, who are attempting to steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre and replace it with a duplicate.

Cast

Will Hay as Dr Benjamin Twist
Martita Hunt as Lady Bagshott
Peter Gawthorne as Col. Willoughby-Gore
Graham Moffatt as Albert Brown
Fewlass Llewellyn as The Dean
Mark Daly as Arty Jones
Peter Godfrey as Cliquot
C. Denier Warren as Minister of Education
Lilli Palmer as Yvette
Charles Hawtrey as Septimus
George Ravenscroft as one of the boys

Critical reception

Allmovie wrote, "the magnificent Will Hay re-creates his vaudeville characterization of a supercilious schoolmaster...But the inimitable, toothless Moore Marriott (aka "Harbottle") is conspicuous by his absence."^[2]