

70 minutes
2/15/1937
The two leading ladies are cast as Prudence and Agatha, a pair of old-fashioned schoolteachers in an old-fashioned small town. Disdaining the wimpy theories of "progressive" education, Prudence and Agatha stick to the reliable "Three R's," often teaching to the tune of a hickory stick. Though ridiculed for their so-called outmoded methods, the heroines manage to turn out quite a few prize students, earning the undying gratitude of the local citizenry.

Alison Skipworth
as Agatha Stanton / Old Lady Ironsides

Polly Moran
as Prudence Matthews

Irene Manning
as Ellen Southard

Donald Cook
as Bruce Arnold

Jackie Searl
as Elliot 'Wet Mouth' Braxton

Lila Lee
as Ethel Harriman

Luis Alberni
as Guili

Maxie Rosenbloom
as Max Handler

Marcia Mae Jones
as Geraldine 'Jerry ' Karns

Harry Burns
as Nicky Zackorackus

Clarence Wilson
as Twitchell

Selmer Jackson
as Dr. MacIntyre

John Hamilton
as Grover Wentworth