MGM had one of the finest actresses that ever graced a Hollywood sound stage. And putting her in flicks like this one is why her career suddenly faded in the early 1950s. Shame on MGM.
It's not that this is a bad film, but the role could have easily been played by a second rate actress. A teacher/house mother in a private boy's school. Brother! She must have been so happy that her contract was over. She does fine in an uninspiring script.
Her two male co-stars don't do so well. Robert Ryan as a love interest. No thank you. Not after playing all those villainous roles. It just didn't work. On the other hand, Barry Sullivan had very little to do here. Richard Haydn was as pompous as he always was, here as the headmaster. It is interesting to see James Arness in an early role as a P.E. teacher, and Tim Considine as one of the boys (although I was not impressed).
There are a dozen Greer Garson films so much better than this. Try my favorite -- "Random Harvest" with Ronald Colman. Now that was a real movie!
It's not that this is a bad film, but the role could have easily been played by a second rate actress. A teacher/house mother in a private boy's school. Brother! She must have been so happy that her contract was over. She does fine in an uninspiring script.
Her two male co-stars don't do so well. Robert Ryan as a love interest. No thank you. Not after playing all those villainous roles. It just didn't work. On the other hand, Barry Sullivan had very little to do here. Richard Haydn was as pompous as he always was, here as the headmaster. It is interesting to see James Arness in an early role as a P.E. teacher, and Tim Considine as one of the boys (although I was not impressed).
There are a dozen Greer Garson films so much better than this. Try my favorite -- "Random Harvest" with Ronald Colman. Now that was a real movie!