Top billed cast

1. 

   John Nesbitt

   Narrator (voice)

2. 

   Nana Bryant

   Miss Turlock (uncredited)

3. 

   Norman Ollestad

   'Irish' the Spitball Shooter (uncredited)

4. 

   Fred Fisher

   Skinny (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-13

There is something of the “How Green Was My Valley” about this engaging little retrospective from a narrator who recalls his childhood in a one-room school built in 1902. He can’t recall everyone’s name from the time, but that doesn’t really matter as we see kids of different ages play merrily in the playground before being summoned by the bell of the stern and fastidious “Miss Turlock” (Nana Bryant). She puts up with no nonsense and seems to have eyes in the back of her head! Didn’t we all have one like that? It’s a subtle little reminder that a century ago, education was so...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• retirement
• rural area
• detention
• school teacher
• americana
• spitball
• country school
• school kids
• one room schoolhouse
• future leader
• short film