Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on March 11, 2022

In the winter of 1978, Scottish Television, a branch of ITV, released The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, a seven-part miniseries based on Muriel Spark's 1961 novella of the same name. The story centers on the life of Miss Jean Brodie ( Geraldine McEwan ), a Scottish schoolteacher, focusing primarily...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on March 30, 2020

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Directed by Ronald Neame Written by Jay Presson Allen from a novel by Muriel Sparks 1969/US IMDb link Repeat viewing/YouTube This study of delusion and comeuppance has held up very well over the years. The action takes place over several years in the mid-1930s....   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on April 8, 2016

"I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders and all of my girls are the créme de la créme" Miss Jean Brodie ( Maggie Smith ) has dedicated her life, the prime of her life, to her gairls, a class of impressionable students at Marcia Blain's...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on April 8, 2016

"I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders and all of my girls are the créme de la créme" Miss Jean Brodie ( Maggie Smith ) has dedicated her life, the prime of her life, to her gairls, a class of impressionable students at Marcia Blain's...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on April 8, 2016

"I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders and all of my girls are the créme de la créme" Miss Jean Brodie ( Maggie Smith ) has dedicated her life, the prime of her life, to her gairls, a class of impressionable students at Marcia Blain's...   read more

Sunset Blvd Posted by Rachel T on March 24, 2013

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is one of those movies I now realise I should have seen a long time ago. Like the girls of the film, I too attend an all-girls senior school in Edinburgh, Scotland. In fact, I believe the real ‘Jean Brodie’ taught at my school...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on February 15, 2012

"The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969) is one of those films that I am never quite done with. No matter how many times I see it, there are things about it that disturb me and make me want to go back for more. I have also changed my view...   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 30, -0001

A Primavera de uma Solteirona (1969) / The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) Edimburgo, 1932. Uma mulher sai de sua casa numa bicicleta. A mulher é a senhorita Jean Brodie (Maggie Smith), uma professora de uma escola só para garotas. Ela está em seu melhor momento, ela sabe disso...   read more