School, Music Teacher, Piano, Pub... And a trumpet.

[spyder]

Good morning.



There was a British film in the late 50's - early 60's (ish) about a new music teacher at a school, who inspires his charges to do great things...etc.



He also resorts to playing pub piano for cash (for some reason) and is sacked from his job. The children rebel in his support... Blah, blah...



It also featured a well-scrubbed, Brylcreemed, trumpet-playing youth.



In my mind, I have always had Kenneth More as the teacher, and Jeremy Brett as the juvenile lead; I also had the the title as something obvious, like, "The Happiest Days of Your Life" (or a variation thereon).



But I can find no such film in the filmography of either of he above, and searches for every possible title that I can think of are fruitless.



I know I didn't imagine it - I even remember at which cinema I saw it!



Does the above ring a bell with anyone?



Cheers,

s.

[Geoffers]

name='spyder' date='07 July 2010 - 08:04 AM' timestamp='1278486241' post='448739']

Good morning.



There was a British film in the late 50's - early 60's (ish) about a new music teacher at a school, who inspires his charges to do great things...etc.



He also resorts to playing pub piano for cash (for some reason) and is sacked from his job. The children rebel in his support... Blah, blah...



It also featured a well-scrubbed, Brylcreemed, trumpet-playing youth.



In my mind, I have always had Kenneth More as the teacher, and Jeremy Brett as the juvenile lead; I also had the the title as something obvious, like, "The Happiest Days of Your Life" (or a variation thereon).



But I can find no such film in the filmography of either of he above, and searches for every possible title that I can think of are fruitless.



I know I didn't imagine it - I even remember at which cinema I saw it!



Does the above ring a bell with anyone?



Cheers,

s.

It's Great To Be Young!, starring John Mills. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049372/ - one of the first films I saw at a cinema!

[julian_craster]

It certainly does !



Ir's Great to be Young ! (1956) - it is available to buy/rent on a R2 DVD



Here is the pub scene with Sir John Mills.....













John Mills with the lovely Dorothy......







The trumpet playing teenager was Jeremy Spenser (really Humphrey Lyttleton....) :

[spyder]

name='julian_craster' date='07 July 2010 - 08:40 AM' timestamp='1278488417' post='448745']

It certainly does !



Ir's Great to be Young ! (1956) - it is available to buy/rent on a R2 DVD



Here is the pub scene with Sir John Mills.....













John Mills with the lovely Dorothy......







The trumpet playing teenager was Jeremy Spenser (really Humphrey Lyttleton....) :

Yes! Thank you!

John Mills - Kenneth More... I can see my confusion!



And Jeremy Spenser! (Of course, Humph - as a trumpet player myself, I wasn't fooled for a moment!)



Interesting how a lot of these faces become inter-changeable.



Cheers,

s.