Storyline

Schoolteacher Lilly Moffat is dismayed by conditions in a Welsh mining town. She sets up a school to teach fundamental education to the villagers. Her housekeeper and daughter oppose the project, as does the local Squire who will not rent her space. Using part of her own home, she goes ahead with Miss Moffat's School. One of her students Morgan Evans turns from bully to brilliant student.—Ed Stephan

Plot Keywords

based on play, implied nudity, implied sex, ringing a bell, solicitor, school bell, 1890s, illegitimate child, illiteracy, orchestral music score, female protagonist, claim in title, wales, education, new school, rain, fireplace, kiss, servant, maid

Short Review

Irving Rapper's screen version of Emlyn Williams semi-autobiographical play is well acted by Bette Davis as the spinster-teacher, but is too theatrical, sentimental and conventional.

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