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Holiday's End (1937)

Holiday's End poster
Directed by
John Paddy Carstairs
Genre
mystery film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boy king arrives at a boarding school, and his presence sets off a chain of events in this British mystery. The film follows the students and staff as they deal with the royal newcomer.

lightold-fashionedwhimsicalmysteriousfast-pacedbreezyplayfulquirkyunpretentious

What happens

Holiday's End is a 1937 British mystery film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Sally Stewart, Rosalyn Boulter and Wally Patch. It was written by Gerald Elliot, and was made at Pinewood Studios as a quota quickie. The film follows the arrival at boarding school of a boy king. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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