Goodbye, Miss Turlock

1/24/194811m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

Narrator John Nesbitt laments the disappearance of the rural one-room schoolhouse in America. He reminisces about his own days as a student in such a school and how his teacher, Miss Turlock, influenced so many students. Many of them reunite at the school on Miss Turlock's last day, when the school was closed in 1940.

Director:

Edward L. Cahn

Status:

Released

Language:

English

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Key words:

retirement
rural area
detention
school teacher
americana
spitball
country school
school kids
one room schoolhouse
future leader
short film

Cast

John Nesbitt

~ as ~

Narrator (voice)

Nana Bryant

~ as ~

Miss Turlock (uncredited)

Norman Ollestad

~ as ~

'Irish' the Spitball Shooter (uncredited)

Fred Fisher

~ as ~

Skinny (uncredited)

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 5 month(s) ago
6
There is something of the “How Green Was My Valley” about this engaging little retrospective from a narrator who recalls his childhood in a one-room school built in 1902. He can’t recall everyone’s name from the time, but that doesn’t really matter as we see kids of different ages play merrily in the playground before being summoned by the bell of the stern and fastidious “Miss Turlock” (Nana Bryant). She puts up with no nonsense and seems to have eyes in the back of her head! Didn’t we all have one like that? It’s a subtle little reminder that a century ago, education was sometimes a bit of a luxury and that in many ways those often rather solitary looking figures helped to make us who we are today. Worth ten minutes.