Katherine Ann Watson has accepted a position teaching art history at the prestigious Wellesley College. Watson is a very modern woman, particularly for the 1950s, and has a passion not only for art but for her students. For the most part, the students all seem to be biding their time, waiting to find the right man to marry. The students are all very bright and Watson feels they are not reaching their potential. Altough a strong bond is formed between teacher and student, Watson's views are incompatible with the dominant culture of the college.
Written by garykmcd
In einer Welt, die ihnen vorschrieb, wie man lebt, lehrte sie sie, wie man denkt. (In a world that told them how to live, she taught them how to think.)
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Lecture Hall scenes were filmed at Columbia University, which maintains a 50-year-old lecture hall used in many different films.
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Goofs
Continuity:
At the Adam's Rib party, Giselle is sitting in the window, with her hair parted in the middle and her forehead visible. In the next shot, when she moves into the room, her hair is parted on one side and sweeping across her forehead.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Betty Warren:
[voiceover]
All her life, she had wanted to teach at Wellesley College. So, when a position opened in the Art History department, she pursued it single-mindedly until she was hired. It was whispered that Katherine Watson, a first-year teacher from Oakland State, made up in brains what she lacked in pedigree. Which was why this bohemian from California was on her way to the most conservative college in the nation. See more »
Crazy Credits
The end credits for the prominent cast and crew are set in front of vintage
footage and advertisements showing women in the 1940s and 50s.
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