"DO YOU LIKE SWING"? A CLASSIC....... OH DADDY O!

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	• Blackboard Jungle Richard Brooks, Glenn Ford Warner Home Video, 2005 average customer review:based on 29 reviews view larger image
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Teaching at the Bottom Rung

Is there a problem with "juvenile delinquency" in our schools? Is "rock and roll" destroying the youth of America? Would Hollywood exploit this concern? The film starts by showing an elevated subway train in New York city. Richard Dadier applies for job as an English teacher at North Manual High School. "There is no discipline problem." The students assemble to meet the new teachers. Some students have an attitude problem. Dadier takes charge of his class. Later he rescues a new teacher from unwanted attention, and establishes a reputation. One teacher is devoted to jazz music; is he too naive? Two teachers take a short cut and are ambushed. The police arrive to rescue them. It was too dark to identify anyone.

Dadier sees other classes where students care about their education. Dadier wants to reach young minds. Unattended children do not get a decent home life, and join gangs for companionship. Is it just a lack of parental control? They have to work long hours and can't be home all day. [No church or relatives?] Some students hijack a newspaper truck. A teacher brings rare recordings to class - someone gets an education about this. The teachers have different ways of coping with their students. Dadier is challenged by this school. The students have a discussion about "Jack and the Beanstalk". What is the real meaning of this story? Can students be reached by "visual education'? What about reading, writing, and arithmetic? One scene shows Miller working on a 1930s car, a side-valve six with an oil bath air cleaner.

Dadier's wife is brought to the hospital. Ann has some worries about something. Their son is born premature. Richard learns about the poison pen letters and considers quitting. Their pay rate then was $2 an hour, many earned far more. [Teacher's unions have solved this problem.] A crisis develops when West is caught cheating. Most of the students back Dadier, and two will be brought to the Principal. "Everybody learns something in school, even the teachers."

"Evan Hunter" went on to write many more novels, as well as "Ed McBain". But Aldous Huxley wrote an earlier novel about a class-based educational system - "Brave New World". Were there such schools in the 19th century? This film has remained entertaining and educational. Was it based on the author's experiences? The name "Hunter" may be a tribute to his college.

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It's So Fifties!

This is a fun movie if you like cult films of the 1950's. The acting style and dialogue have changed so much over time and it's fun to watch high school movies of that genre. You get to see the wonderful and young Vic Morrow and Sidney Poitier and Glenn Ford is always steady and intense.

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a clasic

this movie began rock and roll in movies.with 1st rate actors the story is strong and played well.if over 50 i recommend.

Blackboard Jungle

an excellent movie with a good cast.
subject of this movie is a real today issue and was good to see that this subject was as real back then as it is today

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"DO YOU LIKE SWING"? A CLASSIC....... OH DADDY O!

Blackboard Jungle is an interesting film that features Glen Ford and some young new talent that would find bigger fame in later years. Sidney Poitier,Vic Marrow and Jamie Farr(Jameel Farrah then) all play teens in this tale of juvenile delinquents in a lower class school that Ford comes to teach in. Still holds up well considering it's age. Poitier would later do "To Sir With Love" and switch roles by playing the teacher. This film is basically a remake of that film, but not exactly. The DVD transfer looks very good and there are a few extras.

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Glen Ford is riveting as a dedicated teacher whose idealism fades under the tensions that rip his classroom apart. Anne Francis and Sidney Poitier co-star. Year: 1955 Director: Richard Brooks Starring: Glenn Ford Anne Francis Louis Calhern Maggie HayesRunning Time: 101 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 012569690325

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