What is The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie / California Suite about?

Double Feature: THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE, 1969, 20th Century Fox, 116 min. Dir. Ronald Neame. Miss Jean Brodie (Maggie Smith, who earned a Best Actress Oscar in the role) is a teacher at a Scottish girls’ school in the 1930s who rankles fellow faculty members with her eccentric lessons. One of her prize pupils is Sandy (Pamela Franklin), who eventually learns that her teacher has a manipulative side. CALIFORNIA SUITE, 1978, Sony Repertory, 103 min. Dir. Herbert Ross. An all-star cast - including Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Richard Pryor and Supporting Actress Oscar winner Maggie Smith - sparkles in this Neil Simon-penned comedy, which follows couples at the Beverly Hills Hotel through four vignettes.

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What is The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie / California Suite about?: Double Feature: THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE, 1969, 20th Century Fox, 116 min. Dir. Ronald Neame. Miss Jean Brodie (Maggie Smith, who earned a Best Actress Oscar in the role) is a teacher at a Scottish girls’ school in the 1930s who rankles fellow faculty members with her eccentric lessons. One of her prize pupils is Sandy (Pamela Franklin), who eventually learns that her teacher has a manipulative side.

CALIFORNIA SUITE, 1978, Sony Repertory, 103 min. Dir. Herbert Ross. An all-star cast - including Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Richard Pryor and Supporting Actress Oscar winner Maggie Smith - sparkles in this Neil Simon-penned comedy, which follows couples at the Beverly Hills Hotel through four vignettes.