Bill Raison

Who wants to see 'It's Great to be Young' (John Mills as Mr Pringle, the teacher who lives for music) as a video or DVD?

Geoff

Its Great to be young , I have memories of being taken to see it; and the ruby murray song you are my first love .Which still to this day pops in and out of my musical memories.I would like to see it again ,Has any one got a copy ???

Russ

Isn't this the one with the old kids tv quiz prog theme tune played with rulers and other school room stuff

DB7

A jazz loving music teacher battles with a stuffy headmaster. It's fun in an inoffensive middle class St Trinian's style.

Yvonne

Jeremy Spencer was the romantic lead, I remember, and Richard O'Sullivan was a very small boy who was amazingly gifted on the French horn. Their big finale was "L'Arlesienne" by Bizet. I loved this film; it was a sort of early Dead Poets' Society without the schtick.

Yvonne

Jim

This film was on not too long ago. I recorded it and have watched it several times.

As a lad of 14 or 15 I saw it many times as my mother worked at the local 'flea pit' called the Belgrave Cinema in Leicester, now a Sari shop! It must have been 1954/55. I think I knew the script word for word! I used to get in for nothing on the pretext of walking my mum home after the cinema closed for the night. I saw most of 'our' films in this way. Lucky eh?

Never saw 'Dead Poets' Society' though, I shall have to look out for it.

Kids don't wear proper school uniform these days do they? wink

Good morning boys.

DaveB

Did you ever see such colourful school uniforms in real life? Mine was black. Other local colours were maroon, chocolate brown and royal blue. I saw it during the Summer holidays just prior to starting at grammar school - and I wondered what I was letting myself in for! (I also remember noticing that the school caps didn't feature a school badge.)

Does anyone know the correct aspect ratio of this movie. The IMDB doesn't say - and the recent airing on TV was in full-screen.

Oh, by the way, it's one of my favourite kid pictures - made just before rock'n'roll. A couple of years later, and the music class would have been playing rhythm & blues.

handlaj

Is it possible to obtain a video or a dvd of "It's Great to Be Young"?

Jim

There's always play.com or Amazon; they sometimes surprise you! Beware of second handers though, I got caught with 'The 1st Men in the Moon' - lovely picture - rubbish sound; fortunately one of members came to my rescue. ;

Good morning boys.

chio

Hi! Do you have the film?? I would love to have it. I saw it when I was a child and made me to discover he music world. Now I´m a musician and would like to watch it again.

hankoler

This film is a lovely , clean fun film with loads of innocence and plenty of happiness, they dont make them like this anymore ,a bit dated now but still great.

rayburns

Need a copy or DVD of this lovely film-can anybody help???????????????

foha80

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Jim

Sorry for the delay in replying chio, but no, I don't have this film, sorry!

Good morning boys.

hankoler

I believe the girl who played the lead roll in this film, was, last time i read it was or is the head of some sort of museum in dorset, i know her her first name was dorothy but i cant remember her last.