--- title: 'High School (1940)' type: 'film' director: 'George Nicholls, Jr.' released: '1940-01-01' genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/high-school-1940' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032595/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # High School (1940) 1940 · Drama · United States ## Synopsis High School is a 1940 American teen comedy film directed by George Nicholls, Jr. and written by Jack Jungmeyer, Edith Skouras, and Harold Tarshis. The film stars Jane Withers as a spirited 13-year-old tomboy who is sent from her widowed father's ranch to learn at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio, Texas, where she alienates her fellow students with her arrogant and know-it-all personality. The script draws from the real-life activities of the high school's JROTC, band, and "Lassos" girls pep squad. ## Credits - **Director:** [George Nicholls, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-nicholls-jr) - **Original Music Composer:** [Gene Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-rose) - **Producer:** [Sol M. Wurtzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sol-m-wurtzel) - **Director of Photography:** [Lucien Andriot](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-andriot) ## Cast - [Harold Goodwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-goodwin) - [Paul Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-harvey) - [Wade Boteler](https://cinepixo.com/people/wade-boteler) - [Claire Du Brey](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-du-brey) - [John Kellogg](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-kellogg) - [Lon McCallister](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-mccallister) - [Cliff Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/cliff-edwards) - [Luis Alberni](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-alberni) - [Joan Leslie](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-leslie) - [Frank McGrath](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mcgrath) - [Fred Kelsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-kelsey) - [Emma Dunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-dunn) - [Heinie Conklin](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinie-conklin) - [Lloyd Corrigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lloyd-corrigan) - [Grace Hayle](https://cinepixo.com/people/grace-hayle) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/high-school-1940 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3135385); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.