Editing Please Teacher (film)

{{distinguish|text=the anime series [[Please Teacher!]]}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Please Teacher
| image          = Please_Teacher_(1937_film).jpg
| caption        = Opening title card
| director       = [[Stafford Dickens]]
| producer       = [[Walter C. Mycroft]]
| screenplay     = Stafford Dickens
| based_on       = an original musical play by K.R.G. Browne,<br>[[R.P. Weston]]<br>& [[Bert Lee]]
| starring       = [[Bobby Howes]]<br>[[Vera Pearce]]<br>[[René Ray]]
| music          = Jack Waller<br>Joseph Tunbridge<br>[[Harry Acres]] (musical director)
| cinematography = [[Otto Kanturek]]
| editing        = Lionel Tomlinson
| studio         = [[Associated British Picture Corporation]]
| distributor    = [[Wardour Films]] {{small|(UK)}}
| released       = {{film date|1937|2|16|London, UK|df=y}}
| runtime        = 75 minutes
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}
'''''Please Teacher''''' is a 1937 [[British comedy]] film, based on a musical play by KRG Browne, [[Bert Lee]] and [[RP Weston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b32af58|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222113143/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b32af58|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 February 2017|title=Please Teacher (1937)|publisher=}}</ref> This was adapted into a screenplay by [[Stafford Dickens]], who also directed.

==Plot==
On his 30th birthday, unemployed rogue Tommy Deacon (Bobby Howes) inherits his aunt's fortune, but is informed it has been hidden in a bust of Napoleon in a country house he has also inherited. On discovering the house is now an Academy for Young Ladies, Tommy pretends to be the brother of Anne (René Ray), one of the girls, in order to gain admittance.

==Cast==
*Tommy Deacon - 	[[Bobby Howes]]
*Petunia Trundle - 	[[Vera Pearce]]
*Ann Trent - 	[[René Ray]]
*Round - 	[[Arthur Chesney]]
*Oswald Clutterbuck - 	[[Wylie Watson]]
*Agatha Pink - 	[[Bertha Belmore]]
*Wing Foo - 	[[Lyn Harding]]
*Reeves	- [[Aubrey Dexter]]

==Critical reception==
In 1937, ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' wrote, "Although a little slow in getting in to their stride, because of the sluggish opening of the story, the actors manage to vitalise a feeble plot with enough comical characterisation to make it acceptable as average entertainment."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17379622|title=09 Aug 1937 - "PLEASE TEACHER."|publisher=}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0029410}}

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[[Category:1937 films]]
[[Category:1937 comedy films]]
[[Category:1930s British films]]
[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:English-language comedy films]]
[[Category:Films shot at Associated British Studios]]

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