Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)

Directed by

Henry Koster

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A schoolteacher becomes ill and is hospitalized. While in the hospital she thinks back on her life and the students she taught.

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What happens

Good Morning, Miss Dove is a 1955 American CinemaScope drama film that tells the sentimental story of a beloved schoolteacher who reflects back on her life and former students when she is hospitalized. It stars Jennifer Jones, Robert Stack, Kipp Hamilton, Robert Douglas, Peggy Knudsen, Marshall Thompson, Chuck Connors, and Mary Wickes. The screenplay was adapted by Eleanore Griffin and based on the bestselling novel Good Morning, Miss Dove by Frances Gray Patton, which was based on three short stories she had written for The Ladies Home Journal: "The Terrible Miss Dove", '"Miss Dove and Judgment Day" and "Miss Dove and the Maternal Instinct". The film was directed by Henry Koster. A 60-minute TV adaptation, with Phyllis Kirk in the main role, was seen in 1956 as part of the weekly anthology The 20th Century Fox Hour. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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