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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
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7.4Over several decades throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, revered headmaster of Brookfield School, with his life and career shaped by his love for his wife and his unwavering dedication to his students.
Cast
- Robert Donat as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
- Greer Garson as Katherine 'Kathy'
- Terry Kilburn as John Colley / Peter Colley I / Peter Colley II / Peter Colley III
- John Mills as Peter Colley as a Young Man
- Paul Henreid as Max Staefel
- Judith Furse as Flora
Themes
- world war i
- teacher
- school
- black and white
- schoolteacher
- boys' boarding school
- headmaster
- boys' school
- 19th century
- 1900s
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Ratings
IMDb
7.9/10
11,777 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
- Year
- 1939
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 8 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Sam Wood
- Screenplay by
- R. C. Sherriff Claudine West Eric Maschwitz
- Based on
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips , 1934 novella, by James Hilton
- Produced by
- Victor Saville
- Starring
- Robert Donat Greer Garson
- Cinematography
- Freddie Young
- Edited by
- Charles Frend
- Music by
- Richard Addinsell
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Distributed by
- Loew's Inc.
- Release date
- 15 May 1939 ( 1939-05-15 ) (New York)
- Running time
- 114 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1,051,000 or £243,340
- Box office
- $3,252,000
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 385035
- Image
- Garson-Donat-Goodbye-Mr-Chips.jpg
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- publication date
- 1939-01-01
- Commons category
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film)
- title
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- review score
- 85%
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Article
Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a 1939 romantic drama film starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson, and directed by Sam Wood. Based on the 1934 novella of the same name by James Hilton, the film is about Mr. Chipping, a beloved aged school teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school, who recalls his career and his personal life over the decades. Produced for the British division of MGM at Denham Studios, the film was dedicated to Irving Thalberg, who died on 14 September 1936. At the 12th Academy Awards, it was nominated for seven awards, including Best Picture, and Donat, for his performance as Mr. Chipping, won the award for Best Actor.
At the time of its release, the picture appeared on Film Daily's and the National Board of Review's ten best lists for 1939 and received the "best picture" distinction in The Hollywood Reporter Preview Poll of May 1939.