This is about the tenth Will Hay film I have seen and it's among the best (my favorite still being "Convict 99"). It's all very silly and if you try to think too much about the plot, it will make your brain explode---but it is fun.
The film begins with a short prologue with some crooks. However, this quickly stops and the setting is a boys schools in England. Will Hay runs the place and is a complete moron--sort of like the blind leading the blind. As for the ill-educated kids, they're mostly a bunch of junior delinquents--spending much of their time gambling and doing anything but studying. When the school receives a surprise visit from the superintendent, it sure looks like Hay will be fired and the kids sent to real schools. Well, none of them wanted this and the hope is that if the kids (I say 'kids' but some of them look as old as 30) do well, they'll let Hay keep his school. So they only do what any ordinary group of school kids would do in this situation--they cheat. Unfortunately, they do so well on the exam that they are invited to go to Paris for a big award ceremony--where people are sure to realize that the kids and Hay are all a bunch of boobs. However, where the film goes next is quite a surprise--and like all Hay films, something things turn out just swell at the end.
The film compares well to the goofy comedies of Hollywood from the era--such as the Marx Brothers or Abbott & Costello. It also helps that Hay had the support of Graham Moffatt as the leader of his school of miscreants. Good writing and a lot of fun.
Oh, and if you care, older paintings are almost always on wood panel--never on canvas. See the film, you'll know what I mean.
The film begins with a short prologue with some crooks. However, this quickly stops and the setting is a boys schools in England. Will Hay runs the place and is a complete moron--sort of like the blind leading the blind. As for the ill-educated kids, they're mostly a bunch of junior delinquents--spending much of their time gambling and doing anything but studying. When the school receives a surprise visit from the superintendent, it sure looks like Hay will be fired and the kids sent to real schools. Well, none of them wanted this and the hope is that if the kids (I say 'kids' but some of them look as old as 30) do well, they'll let Hay keep his school. So they only do what any ordinary group of school kids would do in this situation--they cheat. Unfortunately, they do so well on the exam that they are invited to go to Paris for a big award ceremony--where people are sure to realize that the kids and Hay are all a bunch of boobs. However, where the film goes next is quite a surprise--and like all Hay films, something things turn out just swell at the end.
The film compares well to the goofy comedies of Hollywood from the era--such as the Marx Brothers or Abbott & Costello. It also helps that Hay had the support of Graham Moffatt as the leader of his school of miscreants. Good writing and a lot of fun.
Oh, and if you care, older paintings are almost always on wood panel--never on canvas. See the film, you'll know what I mean.