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Old Mother Riley Headmistress

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Old Mother Riley, Headmistress
UK theatrical poster
Directed byJohn Harlow
Screenplay byTed Kavanagh
John Harlow
Story byJackie Marks
Con West
Produced byGordon D. Myers
StarringArthur Lucan
Kitty McShane
The Luton Girls Choir
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited byDouglas Myers
Music byGeorge Melachrino
Arthur E. Davies (Choral Director) Luton Girls Choir)
Production
company
Harry Reynolds Productions
Distributed byRenown Pictures
Release date
1950
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Old Mother Riley, Headmistress is a low-budget black-and-white 1950 British comedy film, starring Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane. The 13th film in the Old Mother Riley series, it features the Luton Girls Choir playing many of Mother Riley's pupils.

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Plot summary

Daughter Kitty is sacked from her job as music teacher at an exclusive girls' school, but Mother Riley unexpectedly comes into an inheritance, and decides to buy the girls finishing school and give Kitty her job back. Mother Riley soon establishes herself as headmistress at St. Mildred's School for Young Ladies, and throws herself into her new role with vigour, whether it is taking P.E. lessons, brazenly cheating on Sports Day, or confronting the haunted school piano.[1][2]

Cast

Critical reception

  • Anthony Nield wrote in The Digital Fix, "whilst the idea of Old Mother Riley owning her own girls' school should provide plenty of comic mileage, we're still faced with some pointless musical numbers to pad things out...(but) there's a chirpiness and a punch in the screenplay which is hard not to enjoy. Of course, any level of sophistication is kept at a bare minimum (Lucan was never the subtlest of actors; he performed for the camera just as he did on the stage), but in its own way …Headmistress has an energy equal to that of, say, Hellzapoppin' or the Marx Brothers A Night in Casablanca, even if both are far superior and much funnier. There's a non-stop quality to the gags which, whilst the film may ultimately be forgettable, amounts to great deal of fun. Certainly, for a thirteenth entry in a big screen franchise (and one made almost as many years after the first), it's far better than we should rightfully expect."[3]
  • TV Guide noted, "a poor addition to the "Old Mother Riley" stable...If you see only one "Old Mother Riley" film in your lifetime, don't make it this one."[4]
  • "Fielding's Review" wrote, "lots of fun gags in this one. Along with Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire, it's the best of the set."[5]

References

  1. ^ "Old Mother Riley Meets The Vampire/Old Mother Riley Headmistress DVD: Amazon.co.uk: Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane: Film & TV". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Old Mother Riley". Fieldingsreview.com. 17 May 1954. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. ^ Nield, Anthony (11 January 2006). "Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire / Old Mother Riley Headmistress | DVD Video Review | Film @ The Digital Fix". Film.thedigitalfix.com. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Old Mother Riley, Headmistress Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Old Mother Riley". Fieldingsreview.com. 17 May 1954. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

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