Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
1940 · Feature film · 80 min · dir. Robert Stevenson
- Drama
- Family
Synopsis
In 1830s England, Tom Brown attends a rugby boys' school, where his moral and personal growth is formed through friendship, bullying–particularly from the cruel Flashman–and the influence of headmaster Dr Thomas Arnold.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Robert Stevenson
- Writer
- Thomas Hughes
- Composer
- Anthony Collins
- Cinematography
- Nicholas Musuraca
- Released
- 1940-06-26
- Awards
- 2 wins total
- Running time
- 80 minutes
Cast & crew
Robert Stevenson Director
Cedric Hardwicke
Freddie Bartholomew
Jimmy Lydon
Josephine Hutchinson
Billy Halop
Polly Moran
Hughie Green
Ernest Cossart
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Jimmy Lydon vs Billy Halop · MPDMedia · 2020-09-24
I like the way they portrayed boarding school life with all its brutality intact. Handsome young Halop, (who resembles George Clooney at that age) tries to bully Lydon (still alive at this writing) into submission in some incredibly ruthless ways. Freddie Bartholomew barely attempts to help roommate Brown, again very realistic. That's probably why the film was a relative bomb at the box office in pre-war US. Tis a pity: Hardwicke didn't even get an Oscar nod that year for one of his best roles.
