The Corn Is Green

US (1945): Drama

Schoolteacher Miss Lilly Moffat (Bette Davis) is dismayed by conditions in a Welsh mining town. She sets up a school to teach fundamental education to the villagers. Her housekeeper and daughter (Rosalind Ivan & Joan Lorring) oppose the project, as does the local Squire (Nigel Bruce) who will not rent her space. Using part of her own home, she goes ahead with Miss Moffat's School. One of her students Morgan Evans (John Dall) turns from bully to brilliant student. Irving Rapper directs this Warner Bros., adapted by Frank Cavett and Casey Robinson from the Broadway play by Emylyn Williams that starred Ethel Barrymore. (IMDb)

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2 nominations