The most famous teacher ever on radio, connie brooks was a wonderful combination of sincere and smart, and eve arden played her perfectly. Arden had actually been the third choice to play the title role. Eve arden was wonderful in just about everything she appeared in and the television series our miss brooks was a major highlight in her career and a pleasing situation comedy from 1952 through 1956. Directed by al lewis, who was the chief writer for the radio and tv editions, and written by both him and joseph quillan, the movie disregarded the past four years of television and started with a new. Our miss brooks was a hit on radio from the outset. Mostly, the movie is skimpy, and perhaps most interesting as a cultural artifact, except, of course, for eve arden, whose wry, warm presence is the pictures chief asset and raison detre.
The movie provides all the tv shows charm and laughter plus a dividend for fans. Watch full episodes of our miss brooks and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. Nndb has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. This movie version, made just after the series finished is o. Our miss brooks, was a radio sitcom that first aired on cbs radio on july 19, 1948.
A goodlooking new football coach starts at madison high. Our miss brooks was a situation comedy show heard on radio and seen on television and in films starring oscar winner eve arden. Weekly planner october 19 october 25 antenna tv remembers bill macy with a maude marathon today from 110pm. Watch our miss brooks episodes online season 1 tv guide. Perhaps 30 years later, the final season of the tv show would have been dismissed as a dream. The film version of our miss brooks was not quite as successful why pay. In the 1950s, america adopted our miss brooks as its very own. Davis, gets rides to school with student walter, fights with principal conklin, and tries to snag shy biology teacher boynton. Oct 19, 2019 this is a pair of releases that comes as a complete surprise to us.
This early sitcom featured a wisecracking english teacher, her interactions with students and faculty and her unrequited crush on the biology teacher. Although phillip boynton was not completely oblivious to connies advances, their relationship never moved further during the course of the old time radio show. She filled the memorable role of principal mcgee in the movies grease and its sequel grease ii. It was a comedy about a wisecracking, spinster english teacher at madison high school who yearns for love with philip boynton, a biology teacher. The film version of our miss brooks was not quite as successful why pay for something that. Voyeurchamp com mrs brooks nude beach setup by hubby. Their courtship, their ups and downs and their finally story book ending. Our miss brooks tv series 19521952 the movie database. Miss brooks was cancelled at the end of the 5556 season, yet a full length movie version was produced and released that year, an odd end to the series to say the least. Full season and episodes free online streaming fast high quality legal movies and tv television shows.
The film version of our miss brooks was not quite as successful why pay for something that you can get at home every week for free. Her skill with the wicked oneliner and acid aside had begun to lead to typecasting, so, to find a new image, arden signed on for the lead in radios our miss brooks. Al lewis, eve arden, gale gordon, don porter, robert rockwell, jane morgan. Every movie hitting ondemand early due to coronavirus. Our miss brooks tv series 19521956 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This film version was made at the end of the series and is a nice keepsake for fans of the actors and the characters they portrayed.
Our miss brooks 501008 100 radio bombay aka hurricane aka walters radio aka rainy day walter, old. From the episode living statues of the 1950s sitcom our miss brooks. Our miss brooks is a 1956 american comedy film based on the radio and tv sitcom hit on cbs of the same name. In the film version of our miss brooks, she finally married mr boyton. The movie ignored all this and all the original regular characters were back at madison high school for the conclusion of the brooksboynton courtship. She eve arden teaches english, flusters the principal gale gordon and flirts with a colleague robert rockwell.
In 1956, the sitcom was adapted for the big screen in the film of the same name. Watch our miss brooks episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Although the tvversion utilizes a lot of the same scripts, the results are often quite lacking. Eve arden starred as connie brooks in the longrunning radio and tv series about a. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Released 1956, our miss brooks stars eve arden, gale gordon, robert rockwell, don porter the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 25 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Jeff chandler later robert rockwell played the role of biology teacher mr. Our miss brooks had been a radio and tv sitcom hit thanks to the considerable input of star eve arden. Boynton was the object of miss brooks perpetual affection. The radio version of our miss brooks is a fourstar classic, brilliantly written and performed. Our miss brooks dvd movie video at cd universe, in the 1950s, america adopted our miss brooks as its very own, emmy winner eve arden starred as connie brooks in the. When the show was adapted to television 195256, it became one of the mediums earliest hits. Emmy winner eve arden starred as connie brooks in the longrunning radio and tv series about a wisecracking high school english. Watch our miss brooks season 3, episode 5 angelas wedding.
Beginning on radio in 1948, our miss brooks was successfully transferred to television beginning in 1952 it ran on both media, with largely the same cast, for several months in 1952. Our miss brooks online using any of the 3 radio players below. The movie ignored all this and all the original regular characters were back at madison high school for the conclusion of the brooks boynton courtship. Connie constance brooks eve arden, an english teacher at. Arden stars as connie brooks, wisecracking english teacher at madison high school, still hoping to tie the knot with shy biology teacher philip boynton robert rockwell. John smith in our miss brooks 1952 eve arden and robert rockwell in our miss brooks 1952. The series began as a radio show, transitioned into television, and later, became a movie and a. Eve arden starred as connie brooks in the longrunning radio and tv series about a wisecracking high school english teacher. Our miss brooks 1956 cast and crew she eve arden teaches english, flusters the principal gale gordon and flirts with a colleague robert rockwell. It was a comedy about a wisecracking, spinster english teacher at madison high school who yearns for love with philip boynton, a. With eve arden, gale gordon, jane morgan, robert rockwell.
Between gentle wisecracks, miss brooks doted on nerdish student walter denton, and frequently locked horns with crusty, cranky principal mr. English teacher connie brooks, science teacher phillip boynton, and student walter denton refurbish principal conklins. The movie interweaves a few plot threads, with its main story being miss brookss romance with a. Essentially, their only interest in our miss brooks right now, anyway is giving metv something to play that looks fairly good. Our miss brooks 1956 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Ball, according to numerous radio historians, suggested arden for our miss brooks after shirley booth auditioned for but failed to land the role and ballcommitted at the time to my favorite husbandcould not. It told the story of an english teacher connie brooks, which was portrayed by american actress eve arden. The successful 1950s sitcom our miss brooks was, heart and soul, actor eve arden. Cbs has released in mod format our miss brooks season 1, volume 1 and our miss brooks season 1, volume 2.
This movie takes you back to where they first met a madison high. The bigscreen translation of the successful television show of the 1950s. Our miss brooks 1956 stream and watch online moviefone. Miss brooks teaches english at madison high, rents a room from mrs. Conklin moved to a private elementary school in the san fernando valley. Watch our miss brooks free tv series full seasons online.
Watch full episodes of our miss brooks and get the latest breaking news. Read the full synopsis of our miss brooks, 1956, directed by al lewis, with eve arden, gale gorden, don porter, at turner classic movies. In 1956, the sitcom was adapted for big screen in the film of the same name. The our miss brooks tv show, like many other comedy series of the day, began on the radio in 1948.
Madison mascotcomicweb classic tvreleased 19521956 comedy sitcom tv showour miss brooks is an american sitcom starring eve arden as a sardonic highschool english teacher. Directed by al lewis, who was the chief writer for the radio and tv editions, and written by both him and joseph quillan, the movie disregarded the. If youre a fan of miss brooks and mr boynton youll love this movie. Eve arden and leonard smith in our miss brooks 1956 jane morgan in our miss brooks 1956 don porter.
It began as a radio show broadcast on cbs from 1948 to 1957. Our miss brooks on dvd bluray movie discussion, expert. The movie provides all the tv shows charm and laughter. A hollywood film and new york stage veteran, arden specialized in playing. Emmy winner eve arden starred as connie brooks in the longrunning radio and tv series about a wisecracking high school english teacher.
Eve arden played the funloving but sometimes frazzled english teacher at madison high school, our miss brooks. Our miss brooks old time radio golden age of radio. Our miss brooks dvdr 1956 warner archive collection mod. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Sep 18, 20 in the 1950s, america adopted our miss brooks as its very own. Our miss brooks is an american sitcom starring eve arden as a sardonic highschool english teacher. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show our miss brooks anytime, anywhere. Arden tried another series in the fall of 1957, the eve arden show, but it was. Our miss brooks on me tv the danfield tribune the lucy. Boynton has gone to a movie with miss enright, and miss brooks gets gussied up to please him, in the hair do.
Our miss brooks our miss brooks our miss brooks richard diamond, private detective. Our miss brooks dvdr 1956 warner archive collection. Our miss brooks is an american situation comedy starring eve arden as a sardonic high school english teacher. And for as long as our miss brooks was permitted to bring sunshine to us as enemies of pomposity, stupidity, empty ordergiving and pragmatic violators of individual liberties 19521956 we had the female champion we had been waiting half a century to hear from on our screensthe woman who could put up with anything, but chose instead to. Our miss brooks 1956 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It was such a hit among many listeners that during its run, it received several awards including arden winning the radio mirror magazines poll for the best radio comedienne of the year for the years 1948. When the show was adapted to television, it became one of the mediums earliest hits. Overview of our miss brooks, 1956, directed by al lewis, with eve arden, gale gorden, don porter, at turner classic movies. We offer 3 different ways for you to listen to our old time radio shows so that no matter what device you are using pc, laptop, android phone, iphone, ipad, kindle, tablet, etc.
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