Finishing School Discipline
The first in an excellent series of films from Paradox.
Review from spankingfilmreview.com:
M/2f; time: 59 minutes
There are several films in this series. We reviewed them a
few years ago for another site, and now we have the delightful task of
re-watching them all for review here. Put simply, these films are in the top
rank of the most enjoyable vintage British spanking CP we have ever seen. We
would assume from the acting and settings that the performers must have melted
down in laughter many times.
Open with the typical British exterior — a forbidding
castle-like structure in the distance, seen through barbed wire.
The academic character Basil Sterling smokes a pipe at his
desk. A knock at the door. ‘Come!’ Miss Thompson reports, a morsel of a
schoolgirl in red blazer, blond pigtails. Basil is consulting his punishment
book — it seems Thompson has now been summoned 14 times. Thompson fidgets, sullen,
deadly cute. Basil explains the CP procedure, not a surprise to Thompson. ‘I’m
going to spank your bottom.’ He slaps his palm with the ping pong paddle. ‘I
represent the County of Ping Pong.’
This actor never needed scriptwriters. He could prattle his
way through any film, adding just enough insouciant irony that we know this is
not going to be a gynaecology study. After a scolding, Thompson must report
back at 5pm.
[this is where my version starts] Thompson returns,
intentionally slovenly. ‘If you complain, the punishment will be repeated next
week… we don’t beat around the bush here, we beat the pupil.’ OTK in Basil’s
office, blazer off, ‘Lift your skirt,’ regulation knickers. Struggle, squeals,
facials.
Thompson stands. ‘Take your pants down.’ She stands in
front of his desk and strips — jumper, tie, shirt (button trouble),
non-regulation bra ‘get it off!’ When Thompson is naked, Basil pauses a moment
and lets his eyes wander. With a tape measure, he does the official
measurements and is quite pleased with himself.
Over the desk again for the ping pong paddle. The spanking
concludes — she shows her bottom to Basil and her student pussy to us. Basil
makes some punishment book entries and Thompson runs off naked.
FADE. This long film continues. Another knock. ‘Come!’ It
is Katie Pringle-Paterson, a brunette with two ponytails. She’s been dallying
with boys in the village, led on by Thompson, who, Basil prattles on, ‘is now
in the dormitory applying ice packs to her backside.’ Long scolding, Basil gets
his cane, Katie reflexively goes to her bottom with her hands.
Over the desk. ‘I’m not going to pre-determine the
strokes… I’m going to feel my way.’ A half-dozen on her shorts, the same on
bare skin. With his tape measure, he measures the diameter of her bare bottom.
Why? Can’t hurt. More bottom examination and frontals. Katie gets a ‘rousing
finale’ from Basil. Closeups of marks and weals, varied and random, looks good
to us. She runs off in tears. [this is where my version ends]
FADE. We’re not finished. That evening, Thompson returns
in two-piece flannel pyjamas. One of Basil’s snitches heard her say ‘Silly
softy Old Sterling’ in the shower (or maybe he has camera and microphones in
the shower). She is shaking. He takes her OTK. ‘This time I’m really going to
drive the point home.’ Pyjama bottoms down, very loose panties down. Top off,
bra off — Basil files her bra in the top drawer of a cabinet.
A moment in just panties, then more spanking. Thompson
gets to touch the cane, in preparation for her inevitable next visit.
Part 1 Thompson:
Part 2 Pringle-Paterson:
A pretty good caning in part 2, the girl obviously felt it and gave just the right amount of reaction to my liking. Would have been nice to see her face though and the rest of her naked. As to the master, all that ridiculous twaddle rather ruined things for me. I want to see the lascivious enjoyment to be had punishing and otherwise embarrassing the hapless girl. No need to say much. Bring back Alan Bell!
ReplyDeleteAgreed. The over the top, fancy dress, Basil Fawlty pantomime act just doesn't work. You just see someone pretending to be an 'old school' headmaster type rather than believing in him and the situation. That ridiculous moustache too! Contrast with the old chap in 'Impertinence' or the schoolmaster in 'In Loco Parentis' (both elsewhere on this blog) or indeed Alan Bell himself to see the difference. There's a horribly flat quality to the film also, admittedly more in Part 1 than Part 2. I put that down to the very static nature of the camerawork. Everything's held in fixed long or wide shot for quite some time. Just not very good film-making, in my view. Things do pick up a bit in Part 2, I have to agree though, as you say, it would have been nice to have properly seen the actress's face. I can only think that she would either only appear if her face was mostly obscured or, in reality, she was a lot older than the part she was playing and this might have been apparent if her face was in full view. Or maybe it was due to both reasons? Funny really because if there's one things this series of films does usually provide it's pretty young women who very much look 'the part'. There's a brunette in one of these films who I reckon to be a good candidate for the prettiest and most convincing 'schoolgirl' to ever appear in a spanking video, certainly a British one anyway. Just a shame she wasn't in a film made by someone else.
DeleteI agree that the master's Basil Fawlty persona is well over the top and pointlessly distracting. This fellow had a long-term presence in the pages of Janus magazine and appeared in a number of videos from their stable. I assume he was a key person in the Janus fold. He probably should have known better than to opt for outright caricature in this particular line of videos. Thompson, meanwhile, is very attractive to me...
ReplyDeleteThe static shots remind me a little of the set-ups typical in American Nu-West spanking videos by Ed Lee. An example of that possible influence would be the close-up on Thompson's face when she's over the knee. It's a pleasure to focus on her pretty face screwed up with pain, not to mention her shapely bum and authentic looking uniform.
Not a big fan of those Nu-West videos either, now you mention them.
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