Expert: Barbara L. Baker - 9/8/2006

Question
You are amazing!  It was St Trinians.  I think Alec Guiness may have been in one but I am not sure. Thanks very much!!!!!
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I know there were two British comedy movies about a school called St Scholastica.  The first was funnier than the second (in my opinion, from what I remember)  The second was about St Scholastica trying to raise money via basketball.  I have tried to find these movies with no success.  Any help appreciated.

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Dear Theresa--I've not been able to locate a British comedy film series set in a school called St. Scholastica, despite a search on the Internet Movie Data Base,  searches on various British comedy sites, and a google search.

I did discover a British comedy series of four films from the 1950s-1960s set in a school called St. Trinians, which was a girls' school. The second film (the sequel) apparently involved some type of competition in Europe. There also were a couple of U.S. films with sequels set in various catholic schools, but no school had this name. Both "The Trouble With Angels" (1966) and "Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows" were set in the St. Francis Academy for Girls.  It was not clear if either film fit this sketchy description.  There is, BTW, some real schools with this name (including a college in Duluth, Michigan).

So, I am asking if you are sure this is the correct name of the school?  Was it secondary or university?  Was it all girls, all boys, or coed? Are you sure it is British?  I ask because basketball is not usually a sport associated with the U.K.  Do you when it was made (or at least tell me when you saw it)?  Can you recall anything else about the plot or characters?  Without additional information, I doubt I will have any luck finding the title, either.

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You are welcome, Theresa. I'm relieved to know I was able to get the correct answer for you, after all.

I wondered if that was the series you were thinking of.  The first two films starred Alastair Sims.  The 1954 film was called "The Belles of St. Trinians" and the second was "Blue Murder at St. Trinians" (1957). There were two more, "The Pure Hell of St. Trinians" (1960) and "The Great St. Trinians Train Robbery" (1966--without the original cast).