Tom Brown's School Days

Prologue, then East (Freddie Bartholomew) joins Tom (Jimmy Lydon), and they together join a flashback regarding their beloved schoolmaster Dr. Arnold (Cedric Hardwicke), also his wife (Josephine Hutchinson), in the 1940 RKO version of Tom Brown's School Days.

New boy Tom (Jimmy Lydon), about to undergo hazing, friend East (Freddie Bartholomew) advising, when headmaster Dr. Arnold (Cedric Hardwicke) interrupts, finishing with a stern talk with head boy Brook (Hughie Green), in Tom Brown's School Days, 1940, from the Thomas Hughes novel.

New boy Tom (Jimmy Lydon) arrives at Rugby School, met by East (Freddie Bartholomew) and pals (Charles Smith, Dick Chandlee) and chef Sally (Polly Moran), then getting in trouble with "Old Grimey" (Barlowe Borland), in Tom Brown's School Days, 1940.