Old Mother Riley Headmistress - Revision history

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	~~\| name = Old Mother Riley, Headmistress~~
	\| image = Old Mother Riley Headmistress.jpg		\| image = Old Mother Riley Headmistress.jpg
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	\| screenplay = [[w:Ted Kavanagh\|Ted Kavanagh]]<br> [[w:John Harlow (director)\|John Harlow]]		\| screenplay = [[w:Ted Kavanagh\|Ted Kavanagh]]<br> [[w:John Harlow (director)\|John Harlow]]
	\| story = [w:[Jack Marks (performer)\|Jackie Marks]]<br> Con West		\| story = [w:[Jack Marks (performer)\|Jackie Marks]]<br> Con West
	~~\| based_on =~~
	~~\| narrator =~~
	\| starring = [[Arthur Lucan]]<br>[[Kitty McShane]] <br>[[w:The Luton Girls Choir\|The Luton Girls Choir]]		\| starring = [[Arthur Lucan]]<br>[[Kitty McShane]] <br>[[w:The Luton Girls Choir\|The Luton Girls Choir]]
	\| music = [[w:George Melachrino\|George Melachrino]] <br> [[w:Arthur E. Davies\|Arthur E. Davies]] (Choral Director) [[w:Luton Girls Choir\|Luton Girls Choir]])		\| music = [[w:George Melachrino\|George Melachrino]] <br> [[w:Arthur E. Davies\|Arthur E. Davies]] (Choral Director) [[w:Luton Girls Choir\|Luton Girls Choir]])

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	==Critical reception==		==Critical reception==
	*Anthony Nield wrote in ''The Digital Fix'', " whilst the idea of Old Mother Riley owning her own girls’ school should provide plenty of comic mileage, we’re still faced with some pointless musical numbers to pad things out...(but) there’s a chirpiness and a punch in the screenplay which is hard not to enjoy. Of course, any level of sophistication is kept at a bare minimum (Lucan was never the subtlest of actors; he performed for the camera just as he did on the stage), but in its own way …Headmistress has an energy equal to that of, say, ''[[Hellzapoppin' (film)\|Hellzapoppin']]'' or the [[Marx Brothers]] ''[[A Night in Casablanca]]'', even if both are far superior and much funnier. There’s a non-stop quality to the gags which, whilst the film may ultimately be forgettable, amounts to great deal of fun. Certainly, for a thirteenth entry in a big screen franchise (and one made almost as many years after the first), it’s far better than we should rightfully expect."<ref>{{cite web\|last=Nield \|first=Anthony \|url=http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/59930/old-mother-riley-meets-the-vampire--old-mother-riley-headmistress.html \|title=Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire / Old Mother Riley Headmistress \| DVD Video Review \| Film @ The Digital Fix \|publisher=Film.thedigitalfix.com \|date=2006-01-11 \|accessdate=2014-02-22}}</ref>		*Anthony Nield wrote in ''The Digital Fix'', " whilst the idea of Old Mother Riley owning her own girls’ school should provide plenty of comic mileage, we’re still faced with some pointless musical numbers to pad things out...(but) there’s a chirpiness and a punch in the screenplay which is hard not to enjoy. Of course, any level of sophistication is kept at a bare minimum (Lucan was never the subtlest of actors; he performed for the camera just as he did on the stage), but in its own way …Headmistress has an energy equal to that of, say, ''[[w:Hellzapoppin' (film)\|Hellzapoppin']]'' or the [[w:Marx Brothers\|Marx Brothers]] ''[[w:A Night in Casablanca\|A Night in Casablanca]]'', even if both are far superior and much funnier. There’s a non-stop quality to the gags which, whilst the film may ultimately be forgettable, amounts to great deal of fun. Certainly, for a thirteenth entry in a big screen franchise (and one made almost as many years after the first), it’s far better than we should rightfully expect."<ref>{{cite web\|last=Nield \|first=Anthony \|url=http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/59930/old-mother-riley-meets-the-vampire--old-mother-riley-headmistress.html \|title=Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire / Old Mother Riley Headmistress \| DVD Video Review \| Film @ The Digital Fix \|publisher=Film.thedigitalfix.com \|date=2006-01-11 \|accessdate=2014-02-22}}</ref>
	*''[[TV Guide]]'' noted, "a poor addition to the "Old Mother Riley" stable...If you see only one "Old Mother Riley" film in your lifetime, don't make it this one."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/old-mother-riley-headmistress/review/108054 \|title=Old Mother Riley, Headmistress Review \|publisher=Movies.tvguide.com \|date= \|accessdate=2014-02-22}}</ref>		*''[[w:TV Guide\|TV Guide]]'' noted, "a poor addition to the "Old Mother Riley" stable...If you see only one "Old Mother Riley" film in your lifetime, don't make it this one."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/old-mother-riley-headmistress/review/108054 \|title=Old Mother Riley, Headmistress Review \|publisher=Movies.tvguide.com \|date= \|accessdate=2014-02-22}}</ref>
	*"Fielding's Review" wrote, "lots of fun gags in this one. Along with [[Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire]], it’s the best of the set."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://fieldingsreview.com/oldmotherriley.html \|title=Old Mother Riley \|publisher=Fieldingsreview.com \|date=1954-05-17 \|accessdate=2014-02-22}}</ref>		*"Fielding's Review" wrote, "lots of fun gags in this one. Along with [[Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire]], it’s the best of the set."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://fieldingsreview.com/oldmotherriley.html \|title=Old Mother Riley \|publisher=Fieldingsreview.com \|date=1954-05-17 \|accessdate=2014-02-22}}</ref>

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	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{IMDb title\|0042802}}		* {{IMDb title\|0042802}}

	~~{{John Harlow}}~~

	[[Category:1950 films]]		[[Category:1950 films]]

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	{{Infobox film		{{Infobox film
	\| name = Old Mother Riley, Headmistress		\| name = Old Mother Riley, Headmistress
	\| image = ~~"Old_Mother_Riley,_Headmistress"~~.jpg		\| image = Old Mother Riley Headmistress.jpg
	\| image_size =		\| image_size =
	\| border =		\| border =
	\| alt =		\| alt =
	\| caption = UK theatrical poster		\| caption = UK theatrical poster
	\| director = [[John Harlow (director)\|John Harlow]]		\| director = [[w:John Harlow (director)\|John Harlow]]
	\| producer = Gordon D. Myers		\| producer = Gordon D. Myers
	\| writer =		\| writer =
	\| screenplay = [[Ted Kavanagh]]<br> [[John Harlow (director)\|John Harlow]]		\| screenplay = [[w:Ted Kavanagh\|Ted Kavanagh]]<br> [[w:John Harlow (director)\|John Harlow]]
	\| story = [[Jack Marks (performer)\|Jackie Marks]]<br> Con West		\| story = [w:[Jack Marks (performer)\|Jackie Marks]]<br> Con West
	\| based_on =		\| based_on =
	\| narrator =		\| narrator =
	\| starring = [[Arthur Lucan]]<br>[[Kitty McShane]] <br>[[The Luton Girls Choir]]		\| starring = [[Arthur Lucan]]<br>[[Kitty McShane]] <br>[[w:The Luton Girls Choir\|The Luton Girls Choir]]
	\| music = [[George Melachrino]] <br> [[Arthur E. Davies]] (Choral Director) [[Luton Girls Choir]])		\| music = [[w:George Melachrino\|George Melachrino]] <br> [[w:Arthur E. Davies\|Arthur E. Davies]] (Choral Director) [[w:Luton Girls Choir\|Luton Girls Choir]])
	\| cinematography = [[James Wilson (cinematographer)\|James Wilson]]		\| cinematography = [[w:James Wilson (cinematographer)\|James Wilson]]
	\| editing = [[Douglas Myers (film editor)\|Douglas Myers]]		\| editing = [[w:Douglas Myers (film editor)\|Douglas Myers]]
	\| studio = Harry Reynolds Productions		\| studio = Harry Reynolds Productions
	\| distributor = [[Renown Pictures]]		\| distributor = [[w:Renown Pictures\|Renown Pictures]]
	\| released = 1950		\| released = 1950
	\| runtime = 75 minutes		\| runtime = 75 minutes
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	}}		}}
	'''''Old Mother Riley, Headmistress''''' is a low budget black and white 1950 British [[comedy film]], starring [[Arthur Lucan]] and [[Kitty McShane]]. The 13th film in the [[Old Mother Riley]] series, it features the [[Luton Girls Choir]] playing many of Mother Riley's pupils.		'''''Old Mother Riley, Headmistress''''' is a low budget black and white 1950 British [[w:comedy film\|comedy film]], starring [[Arthur Lucan]] and [[Kitty McShane]]. The 13th film in the [[Old Mother Riley]] series, it features the [[w:Luton Girls Choir\|Luton Girls Choir]] playing many of Mother Riley's pupils.

	==Plot summary==		==Plot summary==

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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Old Mother Riley, Headmistress
| image = "Old_Mother_Riley,_Headmistress".jpg
| image_size =
| border =
| alt =
| caption = UK theatrical poster
| director = [[John Harlow (director)|John Harlow]]
| producer = Gordon D. Myers
| writer =
| screenplay = [[Ted Kavanagh]] [[John Harlow (director)|John Harlow]]
| story = [[Jack Marks (performer)|Jackie Marks]] Con West
| based_on =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Arthur Lucan]] [[Kitty McShane]] [[The Luton Girls Choir]]
| music = [[George Melachrino]] [[Arthur E. Davies]] (Choral Director) [[Luton Girls Choir]])
| cinematography = [[James Wilson (cinematographer)|James Wilson]]
| editing = [[Douglas Myers (film editor)|Douglas Myers]]
| studio = Harry Reynolds Productions
| distributor = [[Renown Pictures]]
| released = 1950
| runtime = 75 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Old Mother Riley, Headmistress''''' is a low budget black and white 1950 British [[comedy film]], starring [[Arthur Lucan]] and [[Kitty McShane]]. The 13th film in the [[Old Mother Riley]] series, it features the [[Luton Girls Choir]] playing many of Mother Riley's pupils.

==Plot summary==
Daughter Kitty is sacked from her job as music teacher at an exclusive girls school, but Mother Riley unexpectedly comes into an inheritance, and decides to buy the girls finishing school and give Kitty her job back. Mother Riley soon establishes herself as headmistress at St. Mildred's School for Young Ladies, and throws herself into her new role with vigour, whether it's taking P.E. lessons, brazenly cheating on Sports Day, or confronting the haunted school piano.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mother-Riley-Meets-Vampire-Headmistress/dp/B000E1YVHS |title=Old Mother Riley Meets The Vampire/Old Mother Riley Headmistress DVD: Amazon.co.uk: Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane: Film & TV |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-02-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://fieldingsreview.com/oldmotherriley.html |title=Old Mother Riley |publisher=Fieldingsreview.com |date=1954-05-17 |accessdate=2014-02-22}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Arthur Lucan]] as Daphne Snowdrop Bluebell Riley
* [[Kitty McShane]] as Kitty Riley
* [[The Luton Girls Choir]] as School choir
* Willer Neal as Bill Travers
* [[Cyril Smith (actor)|Cyril Smith]] as Maltby
* [[C. Denier Warren]] as Clifton Hill
* Enid Hewitt as Miss Helen Carruthers
* Paul Sheridan as Nixon
* Harry Herbert as Simon
* Oswald Waller as Copeland
* Jenny Mathot as Mlle Leblanc
* Myrette Morven as Miss Chester
* Ethel Royal as Lady Meersham
* Bill Stephens as Mayor
* [[Katie Boyle|Catherine Carleton]] as Miss Ashton
* Dorothy Darke as Mrs Shaw
* [[Vi Kaley]] as 1st laundry girl
* Jaqueline Stanley as 2nd laundry girl
* Maisie ... Beth Ross as Maisie
* Madge Brindley as Mrs Clarke
* Pamela Hill as Woman
* Graham Tonbridge as Chauffeur
* [[Patricia Owens]], [[Genine Graham]], Joy Frankau, Betty Benson, Mary Thompson, Suzanne Wilde, Doorn Van Steyne, Coral Woods, Joy Adams, Cora Farrel, Sally Owen, [[Lyn James]], Ursula Hopwood, and Diana Connell as girls

==Critical reception==
*Anthony Nield wrote in ''The Digital Fix'', " whilst the idea of Old Mother Riley owning her own girls’ school should provide plenty of comic mileage, we’re still faced with some pointless musical numbers to pad things out...(but) there’s a chirpiness and a punch in the screenplay which is hard not to enjoy. Of course, any level of sophistication is kept at a bare minimum (Lucan was never the subtlest of actors; he performed for the camera just as he did on the stage), but in its own way …Headmistress has an energy equal to that of, say, ''[[Hellzapoppin' (film)|Hellzapoppin']]'' or the [[Marx Brothers]] ''[[A Night in Casablanca]]'', even if both are far superior and much funnier. There’s a non-stop quality to the gags which, whilst the film may ultimately be forgettable, amounts to great deal of fun. Certainly, for a thirteenth entry in a big screen franchise (and one made almost as many years after the first), it’s far better than we should rightfully expect."<ref>{{cite web|last=Nield |first=Anthony |url=http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/59930/old-mother-riley-meets-the-vampire--old-mother-riley-headmistress.html |title=Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire / Old Mother Riley Headmistress | DVD Video Review | Film @ The Digital Fix |publisher=Film.thedigitalfix.com |date=2006-01-11 |accessdate=2014-02-22}}</ref>
*''[[TV Guide]]'' noted, "a poor addition to the "Old Mother Riley" stable...If you see only one "Old Mother Riley" film in your lifetime, don't make it this one."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/old-mother-riley-headmistress/review/108054 |title=Old Mother Riley, Headmistress Review |publisher=Movies.tvguide.com |date= |accessdate=2014-02-22}}</ref>
*"Fielding's Review" wrote, "lots of fun gags in this one. Along with [[Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire]], it’s the best of the set."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fieldingsreview.com/oldmotherriley.html |title=Old Mother Riley |publisher=Fieldingsreview.com |date=1954-05-17 |accessdate=2014-02-22}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0042802}}

{{John Harlow}}

[[Category:1950 films]]
[[Category:1950 comedy films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by John Harlow]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]
[[Category:1950s British films]]

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	{{Infobox film		{{Infobox film
	~~\| name = Old Mother Riley, Headmistress~~
	\| image = Old Mother Riley Headmistress.jpg		\| image = Old Mother Riley Headmistress.jpg
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	\| screenplay = [[w:Ted Kavanagh\|Ted Kavanagh]]<br> [[w:John Harlow (director)\|John Harlow]]		\| screenplay = [[w:Ted Kavanagh\|Ted Kavanagh]]<br> [[w:John Harlow (director)\|John Harlow]]
	\| story = [w:[Jack Marks (performer)\|Jackie Marks]]<br> Con West		\| story = [w:[Jack Marks (performer)\|Jackie Marks]]<br> Con West
	~~\| based_on =~~
	~~\| narrator =~~
	\| starring = [[Arthur Lucan]]<br>[[Kitty McShane]] <br>[[w:The Luton Girls Choir\|The Luton Girls Choir]]		\| starring = [[Arthur Lucan]]<br>[[Kitty McShane]] <br>[[w:The Luton Girls Choir\|The Luton Girls Choir]]
	\| music = [[w:George Melachrino\|George Melachrino]] <br> [[w:Arthur E. Davies\|Arthur E. Davies]] (Choral Director) [[w:Luton Girls Choir\|Luton Girls Choir]])		\| music = [[w:George Melachrino\|George Melachrino]] <br> [[w:Arthur E. Davies\|Arthur E. Davies]] (Choral Director) [[w:Luton Girls Choir\|Luton Girls Choir]])