Girls School (Columbia Pictures) (1938)

GIRLS SCHOOL OFFICIAL BILLING COLUMBIA PICTURES —25% presents Gone Sir SCHOOL —100% starring JOYCE REYNOLDS aoe with Ross Ford ° Laura Elliot * Julia Dean * Thurston Hall 25% Screen Play by Brenda Weisberg —1l0% Story by Jack Henley a0, Directed by LEW LANDERS * Produced by WALLACE MacDONALD vam Ys Love and Intrigue in “Girls’ School” The shocking scandals which shake a fashionable “Girls’ School” are depicted in the new Columbia drama starring Joyce Reynolds and coming ........ to the Theatre. Important supporting assignments are carried out by Ross Ford, Laura Elliot, Julia Dean and Thurston Hall. Baring the secrets of an exclusive girls’ school, the forthCOMING 60.05 si Theatre movie is said to go behind the scenes to show the cruel snobbery and secret loves of its students. The gripping human drama of the girls’ heartaches is said to be relieved by lighter moments as er Mat 1-A; Still No. 43 LOVING COMBINATION. Ross Ford is featured with star Joyce Reynolds in “Girls’ School,” Columbia film baring intimate seCrets; ati thew ois ate co Theatre. Copyright 1949 Columbia Pictures Corp. they are also seen at play and in their moments of relaxation. The story of “Girls’ School” concerns the stir that Miss Reynolds, a new student who enters a fashionable school that is in financial straits, creates when $30,000 is discovered in her luggage. Assuring Hall, the school’s headmaster, that the money rightfully belongs to her, Miss Reynolds then generously offers to assist the school financially. This offer is acceptable until the money is revealed to stem from some ill-gotten gambling winnings, compelling proud Hall to reject it for his school. How Miss Reynolds is able to save the school and clear her name, thus enabling her to win the love of Ford, marks the engrossing climax of “Girls’ School.” Miss Reynolds, who will be remembered for her splendid work in the “Janie” pictures, is said to bring authority to her present starring role in “Girls’ School.” Ford makes a_ handsome young leading man opposite Miss Reynolds; Miss Dean is Hall’s sister and co-proprietor of the school, while Hall again is a Southern type. Lew Landers. directed from Brenda Weisberg’s screen play, based on a story by Jack Henley. Wallace MacDonald acted as producer. Southern Exposure Character actor Thurston Hall, specialist in Southern roles, is featured in Columbia’s “Girls’ School,” starring Joyce Reynolds at the ...... Theatre, as an impoverished Southern colonel who operates an exclusive academy for young ladies. Thurston presides over the school when it is jolted by scandal as a result of a mysterious $30,000 possessed by student Joyce Reynolds. Lurid Scandal Jolts Dormitory In Fashionable Girls’ School (Review) Going behind the scenes for an intimate glimpse of a fashionable girls’ school and _ the scandals that rocked it, Columbia’s “Girls’ School,” starring Joyce Reynolds, opened yesterday at the Theatre. The cruel snobbery and secret loves that beset the school have been captured in absorbing fashion in the new Columbia Pictures’ drama. Brenda Weisberg’s screen play, from a story by Jack Henley, recounts in gripping style the plight that Miss Reynolds finds herself in. Seeking admission to a ritzy, but povertystricken, school run by Thurston Hall, Miss Reynolds is discovered by snooty Laura Elliot to have $30,000 in her possession. Joyce defends her right to the money, declaring that it has been left to her by her late father and offers to put up part of it to save the school from financial ruin. Meanwhile, it develops, that the money was derived from gambling by her late father and another gambler arrives to claim part of the money as his. Hall, who has agreed to use the money to save the school, regretfully decides to assign these ill-gotten gains to the police. Joyce’s gallant effort to save the school and her flourishing romance with handsome Ross Ford are jeopardized, but, in a final ingenius effort, she is able to save the school and put her romance in order. As the schoolgirl, Miss Reynolds is just right, bringing much charm to her role. As her romantic vis-a-vis, Ford is impressive. Laura Elliot makes a suave “heavy” who tries to get Joyce into trouble; Julia Dean is outstanding as the dignified co-owner of the school with Hall, who gives another noteworthy performance. Lew Landers, who directed, has extracted many good performances from the cast. Wallace MacDonald produced. ee eeee “Girls’ School”’ Columbia Pictures’ “Girls’ School,” starring Joyce ReynOlds;awil open. ac at the The new Columbia drama, which bares the secrets of an exclusive girls’ school, includes Ross Ford, Laura Elliot, Julia Dean and Thurston Hall in its cast. Brenda Weisberg’s screen play, from a story by Jack Henley, was directed by Lew Landers. Wallace MacDonald produced. intriguing drama, currently at the “Girls’ School” Mat 2-A; Still No. 35 MYSTERY GIRL Joyce Reynolds (right), starring in Columbia's “Girls” School.” has most of her room-mates baffled as to her intentions. The ASRS. as MO oP gS a el Theatre, bares the shocking scandals of an exclusive school. Perfect Film Role For Joyce Reynolds Joyce Reynolds had the best possible background for her starring role in Columbia’s “Girls’ School,” the drama about an exclusive girls’ finishing school, now on view at the .. Theatre. Just before starting work in the film, Joyce took her final examinations at the close of her sophomore year at U.C.L.A.,, and, after this ordeal, she was able to tackle anything pertaining to scholastic activity. It was a U.C.L.A. production, incidentally, that won Joyce her first film contract. At that time she dropped out of school temporarily, but later returned. Express to Fame Handsome Ross Ford who makes Joyce Reynolds’ heart miss a good many beats in Columbia’s “Girls’ School,” once worked as a brakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad and holds a card in the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen to prove it. The actor, who can be seen as Miss Reynolds’ male lead in the Theatre drama, earned his living as a railroader before he got his Hollywood break. Scandal Pervades “Girls’ School’”’ “Girls’ School,” Columbia Pictures’ dramastarring Joyce Reynolds; is arriving’ 20.4... at the Theatre. Important supporting players include Ross Ford, Laura Elliot, Julia Dean and Thurston Hall. The story is said to coneern the cruel snobbery and the secret loves that rock an exelusive “Girls School,” going behind the scenes to tell its gripping story. Miss Reynolds plays a glamorous “mystery” student; Ross Ford is her romantic interest; Miss Elliot is the “heavy”; while Miss Dean and Hall are the school’s proprietors. Lew Landers directed from Brenda Weisberg’s screen play, based on a story by Jack Henley. Wallace MacDonald was the producer. The former Chatsworth, Calif., estate of famed producer-director John Ford, now the Field Photo Memorial Home, a gift from Ford to veterans of World War II, was used for location sequences of Columbia’s “Girls’ School,” starring Joyce Reynolds and now appearing on the screen Of “the neon Theatre. ere COLUMBIA PRESS BOOK Printed in U.S.A.