Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) | |
| Director(s) | Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | Victor Saville |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Teachers |
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips Overview:
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Sam Wood and Sidney Franklin and produced by Victor Saville.
The film was based on the novel Goodbye Mr. Chips and also The Atlantic Magazine Short Story written by James Hilton published in 1934 (novel); April 1934 (magazine).
SYNOPSIS
Book Summary of 1969 remake: Musical remake of the 1939 film about a proper British schoolmaster (O'Toole) who falls in love with a music-hall girl (pop star Petula Clark in a rare film role). Director Ross's debut. Based on James Hilton's 1934 novel.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
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Academy Awards 1939 --- Ceremony Number 12 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Robert Donat | Won |
| Best Actress | Greer Garson | Nominated |
| Best Director | Sam Wood | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | Charles Frend | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Nominated |
| Best Writing | R. C. Sherriff, Claudine West, Eric Maschwitz | Nominated |
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Katherine:
It must be tremendously interesting to be a schoolmaster, to watch boys grow up and help them along; to see their characters develop and what they become when they leave school and the world gets hold of them. I don't see how you could ever get old in a world that's always young.
Katherine: I'm sorry, I wasn't in any danger.
[on his first day at Brookfield School, Mr. Chipping is attempting to bring his unruly class under his control]
Mr. Chipping 'Mr. Chips': Silence! Silence! I'll have no more of it!
John Colley: No more silence, sir?
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Katherine: I'm sorry, I wasn't in any danger.
[on his first day at Brookfield School, Mr. Chipping is attempting to bring his unruly class under his control]
Mr. Chipping 'Mr. Chips': Silence! Silence! I'll have no more of it!
John Colley: No more silence, sir?
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Facts about
Mr. Chips was modeled on W.H. Balgarnie, James Hilton's old classics master who taught for over 50 years at The Leys public school in Cambridge.
The poster art depicts a youthful Robert Donat (as he appears in the early scenes of the film) with the young Greer Garson. However, the two never appear together like this in the film. Chips is about fifty when he first meets Katherine, who is about half his age.
34-year-old Robert Donat ages 63 years (1870-1933) over the course of the film. He remarked: "As soon as I put the mustache on, I felt the part, even if I did look like a great Airedale come out of a puddle."
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The poster art depicts a youthful Robert Donat (as he appears in the early scenes of the film) with the young Greer Garson. However, the two never appear together like this in the film. Chips is about fifty when he first meets Katherine, who is about half his age.
34-year-old Robert Donat ages 63 years (1870-1933) over the course of the film. He remarked: "As soon as I put the mustache on, I felt the part, even if I did look like a great Airedale come out of a puddle."
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