The old time radio series continued until 1957, a year after its television life ended. Our audiences had a great time, and we received amazing feedback from school board members and the administration. Another instance where a star was indelibly matched to a role, eve arden simply was our miss brooks, the tarttounged, longsuffering, ultimately warmhearted english teacher at madison high school. Eve arden starred as connie brooks in the longrunning radio and tv series about a wisecracking high school english teacher. Our miss brooks tv series season 1 volume 2 dvd 19 episodes. Our miss brooks is a 1956 american comedy film based on the radio and tv sitcom hit on cbs of the same name. Arden had actually been the third choice to play the title role. With eve arden, gale gordon, don porter, robert rockwell. The our miss brooks tv show, like many other comedy series of the day, began on the radio in 1948.
Perhaps a certain episode of a particular series coincided with a. The original regulars were all back together at madison high. The film version of our miss brooks is likely to be best appreciated by those who have been exposed to the tv series or possibly the radio series from which it is drawn, although devotees may be thrown a bit by the movies rewriting history a little bit by having miss brooks a brand new teacher at good old madison high. Unfollow our miss brooks dvd to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Watch our miss brooks episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. On decades, you can watch our miss brooks weekdays at 10am. Remembering the cast from our miss brooks 1952 this show aired from 1031952 to 771957 5 seasons. Our miss brooks tv series 19521956 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Our miss brooks is an american sitcom starring eve arden as a. Mar 18, 2018 season 4, episode 80 our miss brooks first aired. Our miss brooks is an american situation comedy starring eve arden as a sardonic high school english teacher. Our miss brooks began as a radio series in 1948 and migrated to television in 1952 and soon became one of the first hits of the socalled golden age of television, and making famous eve arden 19081990 as comely, a wisecracking, but humane high school english teacher connie brooks.
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 storyline. When the show was adapted to television 195256, it became one of the mediums earliest hits. If remastering from the 35mm prints, i think it would list the transfers as network 4x3 hd. Davis and rode to school each morning with one of her students. Actually, our miss brooks wasnt a desilu production. Love that bob, private secretary and the tim conway show even though, originally airing in 1970, it was filmed in color, all. Davis, gets rides to school with student walter, fights with principal conklin, and tries to snag shy biology teacher boynton. I wonder how many fans were upset that they had to go to the movies to see miss brooks finally get engaged to her longtime beau rather than see it happen on television, for free.
A goodlooking new football coach starts at madison high. The problem with this movie, the tv series, and the later episodes of the radio series was that the cast was getting too old. The trials and tribulations of connie brooks, the wisecracking english teacher at madison high school. The thirteen best our miss brooks episodes of season one. March 18, 2018 a new student spreads the bartering fever, and soon everyone is trading everyone for someones junk. Emmy winner eve arden starred as connie brooks in the longrunning radio and tv series about a wisecracking high school english. They must go a full day witnout encountering a quarreling couple. Besides cbs our miss brooks, i have also found some bleachedout, pastel colorizations of some other cbs sitcoms, among them december bride and its spinoff, pete and gladys, as well as the bob cummings show a. In the case of very popular series, such as andy griffith, they have network as well as syndication masters in hd. Our miss brooks had been a radio and tv sitcom hit thanks to the considerable input of star eve arden. Stories depict her romantic misadventures as she struggles to impress philip boynton, the biologyinstructor. Our miss brooks dvdr 1956 warner archive collection mod. Mooney, on balls second television situation comedy, the lucy show. Jan 04, 2018 remembering the cast from our miss brooks 1952 this show aired from 1031952 to 771957 5 seasons.
Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of of our miss brooks with exclusive news, photos, videos and more at. For its entire radio life, the show was sponsored by colgatepalmolivepeet. 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. Review by drama director, franklin heights high school, columbus, ohio this is one of our most delightful productions. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. Boynton seems less reluctant to make things official with miss brooks but he has one caveat. Watch our miss brooks season 3, episode 5 angelas wedding. It also aired on radio from 1946 to 1957 and was also the subject of a 1956 film. Gordon succeeded him for the rest of the series run. Remembering the cast from our miss brooks 1952 youtube. The film also adds a bittersweet edge to the comedy as connie mends a rift. It was a comedy about a wisecracking, spinster english teacher at madison high school who yearns for love with philip boynton, a. The film version of our miss brooks was not quite as successful why pay for something that. In the radio series, minerva had the habit of sleeping inside mrs.
Our miss brooks show featured a number of memorable and unique characters, whose trials and tribulations offered zany humor for old time millions of listeners. Miss brooks teaches english at madison high, rents a room from mrs. She eve arden teaches english, flusters the principal gale gordon and flirts with a colleague robert rockwell. In 1956, the sitcom was adapted for big screen in the film of the same name. Our miss brooks was the only film made by the newly formed lute productions, inc. Boynton, after becoming jealous of a rival don porter, proposes to miss brooks and gives her an engagement ring. 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. A spinoff of the tv series that hit theaters just as the series was wrapping up. Conklin was played by joseph forte in the shows first episode. It was a comedy about a wisecracking, spinster english teacher at madison high school who yearns for love with philip boynton, a biology teacher. Tv series never resolved the boyntonbrooks romance, the 1956 film did.
And, gmburns said he hasnt yet seen miss brooks in a classroom. Our miss brooks is an american situation comedy starring eve arden as. Harry ackerman, at the time cbss west coast director. 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. Our miss brooks is an american sitcom starring eve arden as a sardonic highschool english. The movie provides all the tv shows charm and laughter plus a dividend for fans. As far as i can tell, its the second feature film ever to be adapted from an episodic television series dragnet beat it by two years, perhaps the first theatrical movie to serve as an expanded series finale its not clear to me when exactly the film was released in 1956, the year that the fourth and final season of our miss brooks aired on.
Our miss brooks is an american sitcom starring eve arden as a sardonic high school english. Our miss brooks tv series 19521956 plot summary imdb. Eve arden and robert rockwell in our miss brooks 1956 jane morgan and robert. On radio from 1948, and then in a television version that ran concurrently until the series close in 1956, our miss. Overview of our miss brooks, 1956, directed by al lewis, with eve arden, gale gorden, don porter, at turner classic movies. Two new characters, larry nolan and gary nolan, were. Twentytwo years after the final episode of our miss brooks aired, eve arden finally climbed to the top rung of the ladder. The film also adds a bittersweet edge to the comedy as connie mends a rift between a. It began as a radio show broadcast on cbs from 1948 to 1957. The radio series continued until 1957, a year after its television life ended. Popular videos our miss brooks our miss brooks topic. This category is for photos from the television program our miss brooks which aired on us television from 1952 to 1956.
Between gentle wisecracks, miss brooks doted on nerdish student walter denton, and frequently locked horns with crusty, cranky principal mr. Davis parlor piano, leading to a running gag of an. It was a simple play to put on with a lot of good humor. However, in the theatrical film our miss brooks released by warner bros. Emmy winner eve arden starred as connie brooks in the longrunning radio and tv series about a wisecracking high school english teacher. Overview full credits full synopsis notes music screenplay info original print info. Sep 18, 20 in the 1950s, america adopted our miss brooks as its very own. Our miss brooks by al lewis al lewis, eve arden, gale gordon. Arden starred as connie brooks in the longrunning radio and tv series about.
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