The Children’s Hour (1961)

Romance, Audrey Hepburn
–Year: 1961
–Year in film: 1960s ?
–Country: USA
–Who in bedroom: girls ~11 ?
–Kind of beds: dorm, separate beds
–Available on DVD: yes
–I own: no
–Rating: 4/10
–Rating: ****
–Comment: Looks like a rather small attic room/dorm with I think at least ~3 or 4 beds. Probably set in the girls’ boarding school. Starring Veronica Cartwright (“The Birds”) and Karen Balkin as girls.

I found this some time ago and don’t remember much.

Quite interesting room. But I prefer color movies and brothers.

Rating ~3-4 only.

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A Swarm in May

Drama
–Year: 1983
–Year in film: 1980s
–Country: UK
–Who in bedroom: boys ~ 9-10 ?
–Kind of beds: bunk beds
–Available on DVD: VHS only ?
–I own: no
–Rating: 6/10
–Rating: ******
–Comment: First I think a boy in a room with s single bed, then a small dorm with 5 or 6 or even more wooden bunk beds at a boarding school. At least 3 bunk beds on this right side and at least 2 on the opposite side. Plot is a bout choir boys.

Not sure about the time setting. Could be the 1950s but the furnitures in pic 2 look like the 70s. 1955 novel by William Mayne.

Also on my shiny shorts blog, rating 4.

For the bedrooms, rating 6-7.

Little Men (1998)

Drama starring Kathleen Fee
–Year: 1998
–Year in film: 1871
–Country: Canada
–Who in bedroom: boys ~10-12 ?
–Kind of beds: separate beds
–Available on DVD: yes
–I own: no
–Rating: 6/10 ??
–Rating: ******
–Comment: Some orphaned boys, at least 5 boys including 12 or 13 yo Nat played by Michael Caloz (“Escape From Wildcat Canyon” 1998) in night shirts in this dorm. Set in 1871. Nice pillow fight.

I don’t know the complete movie, yet. But looks verys interesting. Also nice schoolhouse scenes (but probably not showing overalls) and Christmas plot.

Rating maybe 6-7 for now.

Not to be confused with the (related) Canadian TV series of the same year starring Corey Sevier, which also needs to be checked. I also have the 1940 b&w movie, which was the 2nd remake on my sailor suit blog (boy rating 3). Novel by Louisa May Alcott, sequel of Little Women.

Some more pics and name infos on this period blog

http://old-fashionedcharm.blogspot.com/2013/02/little-men-1998.html

The Tomorrow People (1973)

Sci-Fi series, 68 ep
–Year: 1973-1979
–Year in film: 1970s, Future
–Country: UK
–Who in bedroom: boys ~11-16 ?
–Kind of beds: dorm, separate beds. Single
–Available on DVD: yes
–I own: no
–Rating: 6/10 ?
–Rating: ******
–Comment: Some single beds but also this dorm (Scottish boarding school) with at least 8, 10 or more beds in 2 rows. Metal beds, but one in the lower row is larger and wooden. Pic 1 from s2e10 (also shown up to s2e13). Starring Simon Gipps-Kent, Peter Vaughan-Clarke and others. Pic 2 from beginning of season 1. Some more beds (future setting, space station and regular setting) like a blue room of a man (same ep like pic 2).

Very interesting series, although I don’t like the early 70s. Also nice kilts, shorts and silver coveralls. And shirtless scenes.

After finding a trailer of Thursday’s Child (soon on my sailor suit blog) starring Simon Gipps-Kent, I found this one.

I don’t know the complete series, yet.

Rating 6 for now.

Unknown 8: French or Italian movie, bedwetting Chinese orphan ? 1980s ?

Unknown family film
–Year: 1980s ??
–Year in film: 1980s ?
–Country: French ?
–Who in bedroom: boys ~8-11 ?
–Kind of beds: separate beds, dorm
–Available on DVD: yes ?
–I own: yes, partly TV recording
–Rating: 5/10
–Rating: *****
–Comment: I found these screenshots on my old PC. Aired probably in the early 90s, (movie could be older, maybe late 80s ?). There’s a dorm in an orphanage and a younger, maybe Chinese bedwetting boy. 2 other kids laying his hand in a bowl of water while he sleeps. I think, the boy later tried to escape while the others sleep. And I think is caught by a man. Could also be Spanish or similar.

Does anybody remembers the title?

Heimweh… dort wo die Blumen blüh’n

Heimatfilm, Rudolf Prack
–Year: 1957
–Year in film: 1950s
–Country: Austria
–Who in bedroom: boys ~9-11 ?
–Kind of beds: separate, dorm
–Available on DVD: VHS only
–I own: no
–Rating: 3/10
–Rating: ***
–Comment: Several choir boys in a large dorm with typical simple 1950s metal beds.

I think, according to the plot this should be the Vienna Boys Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben), but credited as Mozart Sängerknaben. Probably only dubbed.

Few good scenes and not even Lederhosen (nor sailor suits).

Also on my bib overalls blog (woman, rating 2).

Quite poor movie and not on DVD either.

For the “bedroom” rating 3-4 only.

Das doppelte Lottchen (2017)

Family TV film, remake, novel by Erich Kästner
–Year: 2017
–Year in film: 2010s ?
–Country: Germany
–Who in bedroom: 10 girls ?
–Kind of beds: bunk beds
–Available on DVD: yes ?
–I own: yes, partly TV recording
–Rating: 3/10
–Rating: ***
–Comment: At least 5, maybe 6 or 7 bunk beds in this girls’ room of this boarding school. At least one on the opposite side (right) next some lockers. There are also boys in this boarding school shown, but I haven’t noticed any other dorm. Probably the others look the same. Primitive bunk beds (metal ?).

Has been aired today. The first half is quite good, also showing boys and girls in swimwear (soon on my shiny shorts blog, rating 4). And girls in pigtails (other blog, rating 6).

But besides that, the movie is quite poor and there are several other movies with this plot of the twins.

For bedrooms rating 3-4 only.

Happy Easter!

Schloss Einstein – season 20

German TV series about a boarding school
–Year: 1998-
–Year in film: (1990s)-2010s
–Country: Germany
–Who in bedroom: ~3 teen boys / girls each
–Kind of beds: single beds
–Available on DVD: no, partly
–I own: yes, partly TV recordings
–Rating: 8 /10
–Rating: ********
–Comment: Some boys and girls, aged 12 and older in different rooms. Room pictured in ep 871 sharing Dominik and 2 new actors (Henri and Jannis).

It’s on a new, third location (since season 19). All very fresh and colorful. I never liked the episodes set in Erfurt.

In yesterday’s ep 872, all 3 boys are shown in their beds talking to each other (bird’s view) and photoshopped next each other on a window. First I thought, that they would share one large bed. One is homesick. Also a funny plot about a friendship contract. Rebroadcasting today. New episodes weekdays on Kika.

Although in the studio, I prefer the first, fictional location in Seelitz (s1-10).

Also on all my other blogs, including the new shiny shorts and pigtail blog but most entries on my bib overalls blog.

Main entry here including a bunk bed

/2012/12/08/schloss-einstein/

Summerhill (1967)

PD documentary. Producer Cecily Burwash
–Year: 1967
–Year in film: 1960s
–Country: Canada, (UK)
–Who in bedroom: boys ~12 ?
–Kind of beds: bunk beds
–Available on DVD: no, online
–I own: no
–Rating: 5/10
–Rating: *****
–Comment: 2 boys, in a steel bunk bed. 28 minutes. Scene at 14 minutes. Discussion with many, mostly older teen boys and girls. I don’t know how many beds in each room. I only have seen one.

As announced another documentary, I found on archive.org. National Film Board of Canada, about the English school in Leiston/Suffolk after 45 years of foundation.

I don’t like the late 60s and early 70s. But it’s quite interesting. Rating 5.

No entry on IMDb. Full movie at

https://archive.org/details/summerhill_201701

Das fliegende Klassenzimmer (1954)

Family film, novel by Erich Kästner
–Year: 1954
–Year in film: 1950s
–Country: Germany
–Who in bedroom: boys ~9-13 ?
–Kind of beds: separate beds, dorm
–Available on DVD: yes
–I own: no
–Rating: 7/10
–Rating: *******
–Comment: Several boys in this boarding school (I think also shirtless) in a quite large large, nice 1950s dorm. Not sure if there are more dorms. At least 2 rows (or maybe 3) of white metal beds horizontally aligned, separated by low cupboards. There are also tables and high cupboards in the room.

I like classics and this is much better than the remakes. I think rather few scenes in the middle of the movie. I have few entries about boarding schools, especially with early settings. The novel is set even earlier but the plot is timeless and always set in the presence.

Also on my Lederhosen blog (rating 4) and my pigtails blog (boy, rating 8).

Rating 6-7 for this dorm.