Figure 1.--Merry Andrew starred Danny Kaye and Pier Angeli. Kaye is a teacher and house master at a posh private boarding school in Sussex. Three is a dance scene in their form room as well as other musical numbers.
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Figure 1.--Merry Andrew starred Danny Kaye and Pier Angeli. Kaye is a teacher and house master at a posh private boarding school in Sussex. Three is a dance scene in their form room as well as other musical numbers. |
Merry Andrew starred Danny Kaye and Pier Angeli. Kaye is a teacher and house master at a posh private boarding school in Sussex. I don't fully understand the plot. Kaye apparently went on an archaeology trip and discovered love and the circus. The students are about 12-13 years of age and wear a school uniform. This would mean a preparatory school. A HBC reader tells us, "The uniform is a knicker suit with proper peak caps." In the scenes that I have seen, the boys wear grey short pants suits and caps. The boys have English accents. Three is a dance scene in their form room as well as other musical numbers. The image here shows the dance scene in the form room (figure 1). Kaye apparently thought he was still the Pied Piper of Hamlin. The impage is black and white, byt the movie is a color film. Kaye falls for a circus performer, played by Pier Angeli. At the end of the film the boys run off to see the circus, fully dressed in their uniforms, and Kaye then runs off to join the circus.
The boys have English accents. This would mean a preparatory school. Presumably the film was shot in England, apparently Sussex.
Merry Andrew starred Danny Kaye and Pier Angeli.
Three is a dance scene in their form room as well as other musical numbers. The image here shows the dance scene in the form room (figure 1). Kaye apparently thought he was still the Pied Piper of Hamlin. The impage is black and white, byt the movie is a color film.
Dannie Kaye ("Andrew") is a teacher and house master at a posh, stuffy private boarding school. (This is a bit trite because Hollywood always seems to paint boarding schools in this same stale image.) Kaye apparently went on an archaeology trip and discovered love and the circus. His students are about 10-12 years of age and wear a school uniform. Danny Kaye )plays an instructor at a boys' preparatory school. He's not on the best of terms with the school's headmaster who is also his father. The father wants his son to eventually take over the school, but not until he was molded in his image. Fat chance. Andrew wanted to be an archaeologist. While on leave he meets a circus performer (Pier Angelli), who seems to be Andrew's first love. At the end of the film his students run off to see the circus, fully dressed in their uniforms, and Kaye then runs off to join the circus.
A HBC reader tells us, "The uniform is a knicker suit with proper peak caps." In the scenes that I have seen, the boys wear grey short pants suits and caps.
Another reader writes, "The boys do indeed wear short pants with their uniforms. In one some of the boys are at the circus, and they wear peaked caps, as well. In another scene the boys are dressed in white long-sleeved shirts, white shorts, knee socks, and shoes, and light-colored pith helmets, apparently ready for an archeological expedition, which turns into a Kaye-lead song and dance number.
A reader comments, "'Merry Andrew' has its moments. The plot
and characterizations are rather weak. Danny Kaye's fans will enjoy the film for his comic style, though this is surely not its best example."
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