Interesteg What makes it different from others?

Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

HotToastyRag Glenn Ford is a teacher, sent to a boys' high school in a bad neighborhood. After a disastrous first day, he's temped to leave and try and find work in another area. But, as he and his pregnant wife Anne Francis know, there's no position available anywhere else. If there were, he would have gone there in the first place. So, as his fellow teachers Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes, and Richard Kiley, advise him, he just has to keep his head down and survive the school year. They're not teaching boys who have dreams of college, a career, or a lustrous life; their students are hoodlums who get in daily fights and bring knives to class.Glenn Ford was such a prolific actor and made memorable classics in several genres, but Blackboard Jungle is one of his most iconic roles. He's naturally sincere and passionate and delivers his lines so convincingly it's as if he thought of them on the spot instead of reciting Richard Brooks's script. When he tries to help the lost-cause students, you're inspired, when he singles out one of the kids to try and get an ally in the classroom, you see the same potential, and when he finally looses his temper, you're similarly enraged.While there have been dozens of remakes throughout the decades about a do-good-er teacher who is sent to a school in the slums and tries to make a difference, Blackboard Jungle was the first. It was particularly gritty for its time, but even now it's still extremely suspenseful and hard to watch. As if the boundary-pushing subject matter wasn't reason enough to make this classic famous, it propelled Sidney Poitier to stardom. It wasn't his first movie, but the film was nominated for four Oscars and became very famous. In case you've never seen this film and naturally assumed Sidney was cast as the noble teacher because of his famous classic To Sir, with Love, which is one of the more famous remakes in the genre, he's actually one of the unruly students! So if you've only seen him in strictly good-guy roles, you might want to rent this one and see him in a different part.Kiddy Warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to gritty violence I wouldn't let my kids watch it. Also, there may or may not be a rape scene.

ma-cortes This is an original classic picture dealing with a teacher fighting troubled students and violent confrontation in the classroom titled ¨Blackboard jungle¨ written by Evan Hunter and displays a very good cast such as with Glenn Ford , Anne Francis , Louis Calhern , Sidney Poitier , Vic Morrow , Paul Mazurski , among others . Being very worthy in its intention and including faith in American youth . It begins with the following sentences : ¨Today we are concerned with juvenile delinquency , its causes and its effects . We are especially concerned when this delinquency boils over into our schools , the scenes and incidents depicted here are fictional . However , we believe that public awareness a first step toward a remedy for any problem and with this faith that ¨Blackboard jungle¨ was produced . It is a violent and strong movie by its time about a bunch of cruel teens who terrorize the entire school and a new English teacher at an inner-city school is determined to do his job , despite resistance from both students and faculty . Tough as well as thoughtful entertainment , set in the fifties , and dealing with Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) , a man happily married to a pregnant wife called Anne (Anne Francis). He is a new English teacher who has his own ideas of discipline . He goes to work at an inner city as well as violent, unruly high school that is like nothing he has ever seen before , as he must face off a motley crew of adolescents in the classroom . Ring leader is a student psychopath (Vic Morrow) , a baddie who doesn't seem human , he leads his groupies on a reign of terror through the high school halls . There takes place some violent events and a police inspector starts investigating with no results . The ominous group carries out threats , robbing , then the English teacher pulls off his owns objectives , leading to an ever higher tension . As a high school teacher determines to enforce law and order by using all kind of means .Well-remembered violent school drama from the 50s in which teenager gangs terrorize the entire high school and surroundings executing crimes and violence at random . Interesting script , screen-written by the Principal of a teacher's harrowing experiences in N.Y. school system . This entertaining as well as thought-provoking film contains thrills , intense drama , upsetting scenes , and with quite convincing , studious atmosphere . In fact , due to the film violent content had great notoriety and important impression as well as some problems with censorship . This was the first movie to feature Rock music , as ¨Bill Haley's ¨Rock around the clock¨ , being played on the opening credits . Highlights of the movie include baddie knife-wielding Vic Morrow taking on Glenn Ford in some breathtaking scenes . Nice acting by Glenn Ford as an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to dominate his unruly students . Memorable support cast , full of veteran actors such as Margaret Hayes , Richard Kiley , Louis Calhern , Emile Meyer , Richard Deacon , John Hoyt and newcomers such as Sidney Poitier , Rafael Campos , Paul Mazursky , many of them in brief roles , and look for Virginian's James Drury and Jamie Farr billed as Jameel Farah . Special mention to Vic Morrow playing as one of the worst villains of the cinema history . Evocative cinematography in Black and White by Russell Harlan , though is also shown in horrible computer-colored version . The picture was well directed by Richard Brooks and achieved great success . Rating : Above average for its thrilling premise as well as hard-hitting entertainment and had the youthful ripping up the seats on its first release . It was followed by ¨Class 1984¨ with Marl L. Lester with Perry King , Michael J Fox , Timothy Van Patten , this is a bloody and gory remake update ; continued by ¨Class of 1999¨ by Mark Lester with Malcolm McDowell , Bradley Gregg , Tracy Lind , Stacy Keach , Pam Grier , Patrick Kilpatrick ; and another sequel titled ¨Class of 1992¨ by Spiro Razatos with Sasha Mitchell , Nick Cassavetes ,and Richard Hill .

kapelusznik18 ***SPOILERS*** As the new English teacher Richard Dadier, or Daddy-O as his students call him , played by Glenn Ford soon finds out he has his hands full in dealing with those he's assigned to teach the fine points of the English language. Not listening to his instructions as well as throwing paper airplanes all around the classroom and smoking in the rest room was nothing compared to what was in store for him when he checked into, after classes, the school library. To Mr. Dadier's shock & surprise there was the sex crazed and hopped up red blooded all American Boy Joe Murray, Peter Miller, attempting to rape and ravage pretty and provocatively dressed music teacher Lois Hammond, Margaret Hayes, right in front of his eyes! With Murray trying to escape Dadier he tried to jump out the window breaking the glass and messing up his handsome face in the process! What happened to Murray didn't stand well with school bully and class joker Artie West, Vic Morrow, who rightfully felt that his position of power and leadership in the school was being threatened by Daddy-O or Mr.Dadier. Determined to put Dadier in his place as a see hear and know nothing high school teacher West has his gang of thugs do everything to make his life miserable and get him to quit his job at the school. It's when Dadier stands up to West & Co. dirty tactics he become even more extreme. That all leads to the destruction of Dadier's fellow mathematics teacher Josh Edwards', Richard Kiley, priceless 78MP record collection, that he brought to show his students, by West's gang " The Westies" that not only lead him to quit the school but teaching altogether! The tipping point in all this violence by West was when he tried to break up Dadier's marriage to his about to give birth wife Anne, Anne Francis, by sending her racy letters, with no return addresses, and phoning her about an affair her husband was having with music teacher Lois Hammond which as it turned out was nothing but a load of horse sh*t! This set the stage for the showdown at the school with an outraged Dadier and and switchblade wheeling West that ended the movie with a bang! We get to see that the macho and I don't give a damn West was nothing but a coward when he had to face Dadier all by himself with his gang, by coming to their senses, having deserted him. And like the wimpy coward that he is all West could do is cry like a little baby when he was taken to the principle's office to get his behind tanned for all the trouble he caused in school! There's also actor Sidney Poitier as Grge "The knife" Miller who we find out is really a good not bad boy, he plays a mean piano and is a member of the high school glee club, who just happened to have felling in with the wrong crowd!P.S The film's theme song "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haily and the Comets was the first Rock & Roll song to be put into a major motion picture and zoomed, after the movie "Blackboard Jungle" was released, to the top of the music charts staying at the #1 spot for some eight weeks! The song made Rock & Roll which was thought to be a major cause for juvenile delinquency, by most of the public, respectable.

popcorninhell Teachers deserve a lot of credit. Of course, if we paid them well they wouldn't need all that credit. Such is the life of new English teacher Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) who at one point lists the salaries of municipal workers in comparison to teachers. "You didn't prepare me for this," he laments to one of his University professors. He's speaks with the frustrated tone of a desperate field marshal in formation for a losing battle. Such is the life of today's overworked, underpaid inner city professional educators. It was the same way back in 1955 as it is now in 2014.Mr. Dadier or "Daddio" as the kids call him comes to school as a bright-eyed novice English teacher. His wife is pregnant with their first child so he's eager to be a success in a school where according to the principle, there are no discipline problems. Within the first five minutes of the first class however, Dadier discovers just how dangerous things can be. Can he reach his students which include streetwise Gregory Miller (Sidney Poitier) and simmering gangbanger Artie West (Vic Morrow)? Or will he succumb to the cynicism and laziness of his fellow peers? Blackboard Jungle (1955) has the look and feel of an after-school special only with the added bonus of salty language and adult situations. Everything happens to this poor teacher throughout the year from being beaten down by students to being accused of racism to risking the loss of his would be son. The film exposes problems associated with urban schools in a concentrated amount of drama, played for keeps. If you yourself haven't experienced this kind of mayhem, you may find the entire exercise hyperbolic.Yet there's no denying problems in the American Public School system need to be addressed. Speaking from personal experience I think it's a shame that the issues exposed in Blackboard Jungle are very much the exact same issues schools, particularly urban schools still face today. Gang violence, bad learning conditions, discipline problems it's all there and effects potential childhood development. Blackboard Jungle doesn't presume to know the answers to these problems and the only solid victory that Dadier is given is inspiring other teachers to try to reach their kids again.Okay, I'm off my soapbox: what of the acting, cinematography, etc. Well for starters Glenn Ford does a find job. In an ideal classroom his Dadier would command attention yet in his classroom, his imposing stride is out of place among ruffians. Any first year teacher would identify with Ford's Dadier. He's always thinking and occasionally slow to react, mostly shocked by the attitudes and comments of his class. Another standout is Sidney Poitier who became a breakout star after his role as the too-cool-for school Miller. It's ironic to think that only twelve years later, Poitier would play an inner-city teacher himself in the film To Sir, With Love (1967).I sometimes put director/writer Richard Brooks in the same category as William Wyler and Robert Wise. All filmmakers were immensely successful during their time and did a lot behind the scenes to change the face of Hollywood. Yet their styles are incredibly malleable almost to a fault. Their stories and their actors take precedence over the movie and the director's specific style. As a result I never knowingly watch a Richard Brooks movie like I would, say a Martin Scorsese joint. I can only tell only by his writing style which is descriptive and complex without being verbose or overbearing. You can draw parallels from Vic Morrow's sly character to Edward G. Robinson's character in Key Largo (1948) and Burt Lancaster's Elmer Gantry in the film Elmer Gantry (1960).What you get out of Blackboard Jungle largely depends on your experience in grade school and beyond. To the average and the uninformed, the social problems in Blackboard may seem exaggerated. To the informed, the film is preaching to the choir. Though for teachers Blackboard Jungle may be the call for solidarity they need.https://www.theyservepopcorninhell.blogspot.com