Say What You Need To Say
Having just previously caught a re-run of “Girls in uniform” (one of my favorite movies :cute:), I thought it was time to compare it to the updated version called “Loving Annabelle”. Movie Death Match!
The semi-original
“Girls in uniform” with Romy Schneider and Lilli Palmer was shot in 1958 by Géza von Radványi, it being the remake of a 1931 version of the same plot. This version was already based on a play by Christa Winsloe called “Gestern und heute” (”Yesterday and today”). It’s about a young girl called Manuela who is sent to boarding school after her mother dies. She doesn’t fit in very well, being sensitive and shy, until she meets one special teacher: Fräulein von Bernburg, whom she falls in love with. The Fräulein seems to reciprocate in a very restraint manner but things turn sour when Manuela declares her love publicly. Being reprimanded by the head mistress and threatened by the prospect of being forever separated from her beloved Fräulein, Manuela wants to kill herself…
The new remake
“Loving Annabelle” is only loosely based on this plot – in an all girls boarding school, a student and teacher fall in love – but since there haven’t been exactly many movies about this, it will have to live with the comparison 
. Starring Erin Kelly and Diane Gaidry and being written by Katherine Brooks, “Loving Annabelle” promises to be an updated version which will hopefully go much further than the smoldering yet rather bashful looks Romy Schneider and Lilli Palmer were forced to exchange in the “clean” 50s film 
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Round 1: The student
Romy Schneider in “Girls in uniform” (1958), left / Erin Kelly in “Loving Annabelle” (2006), right
Just from the looks I can’t decide who I like better. Erin Kelly is hot, but so is Romy Schneider, especially with that cute Austrian accent of hers :cute:. It’s stalemate here.
Round 2: The teacher
Lilli Palmer in “Girls in uniform” (1958), left / Diane Gaidry in “Loving Annabelle” (2006), right
Again just judging by the looks, Lilli Palmer (those eye lashes!) wins by far. Diane Gaidry’s face is too angular for my taste, and she has a weak, thin voice which doesn’t suit her at all. 1958 wins this round!
Round 3: The kiss
Comparing “Girls in uniform” (1958), left, with “Loving Annabelle” (2006), right
This one is really tough since I haven’t really seen the kiss from “Loving Annabelle”. However, as in the original movie it’s only about 3 seconds and I reckon the 2006 movie will be a bit more liberal 
, “Loving Annabelle” is the winner here.
Round 1: tie; Round 2: 1958; Round 3: 2006: it looks like we have a tie! Until I have actually seen all of “Loving Annabelle”, which will be released in December 2006 on DVD in North America, this battle will remain open.
