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Tom Brown's School Days

Alphabetical Listing of Movie Reviews

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Tom Brown's School Days -- Sturdy version of the Thomas Hughes novel about the troubles of a new boy (Jimmy Lydon) in 19th-century England's Rugby where he's tormented by the house bully (Billy Halop), then ostracized mistakenly as a tattle-tale by classmates, but makes it through thanks to the school's reformist headmaster (Cedric Hardwicke). Director Robert Stevenson provides a robust period picture of life in a boys' boarding school and the struggle to end the tyranny of the older students. (A-I) (br) ( 1940 )

These movies have been evaluated for artistic merit and moral suitability by the media reviewing division of Catholic News Service. The reviews include the CNS rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.

The classifications are as follows:

A-I -- general patronage;
A-II -- adults and adolescents;
A-III -- adults;
L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
O -- morally offensive.

Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.