A Yank At Eton (1942)(dvd)

Synopsis: Adhering to the formula ensconced during Robert Taylor's sojourn in Oxford, this is as much a wartime treatise on Anglo-American relations as an adolescent entertainment. Yet it continues to amuse thanks to Mickey Rooney's well-honed blend of bluster and sentiment.

Arriving in Blighty with a sizeable chip on his shoulder, following his mother's remarriage to horse-breeding landowner Ian Hunter, Rooney embarks on bucking the system, until he comes to appreciate its values and traditions. His confrontations with school bully Peter Lawford and step-brother Freddie Bartholomew are pure corn, but his meetings with wily headmaster Edmund Gwenn are even purer MGM.

Cast: Mickey Rooney, Edmund Gwenn.
Runtime: 88 min