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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Countries
United Kingdom USA
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Year
1939
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Genre
Drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Introduction
“Donat’s performance as Chips has gravity and distance. He has stood the test of time without dating in the slightest.”
Andrew Sarris, The Village Voice, 1975
In 1936, Hollywood major MGM acquired the studios at Denham in Buckinghamshire to serve the international market with films capitalising on British settings and subject matter. Subsequent offerings included 1938’s A Yank at Oxford, and this adaptation of James Hilton’s bestselling 1934 novel, tracing a reserved Latin teacher’s decades of faithful service at a venerable English public school.
A hugely effective tear-jerker, moving through personal tragedy towards a touching affirmation of a life’s worth, the film blends Hollywood storytelling expertise and British acting prowess. Greer Garson shines as the woman who broadens the sheltered protagonist’s horizons, yet the film belongs to Robert Donat, who ages convincingly and movingly conveys the deep well of humanity behind Mr Chipping’s crusty exterior.
The 1969 musical remake, starring Peter O’Toole, was scripted by Terence Rattigan, whose play The Browning Version (filmed in 1951 and 1994) is another touching story of a public-school master.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Charles Edward "Chips" Chipping
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Katherine Ellis Chipping
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John Colley/Peter Colley (I/II/III)
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Peter Colley (as a young man)
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Max Staefel
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Flora
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Dr John Hamilton Wetherby
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Chatteris
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Marsham
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Mrs Wickett
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Dr Ralston
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Jackson
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Colonel Morgan
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Helen Colley
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Sir John Colley
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[McCulloch]
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[John Forrester]
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[army general]
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[annoyed lady at Austrian inn]
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[teacher]
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[Perkins, the delivery boy]
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[teacher]
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[Raven]
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[doctor]
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[schoolboy extra]
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Credits
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Direction:
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Directed by
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[Assistant Director]
Production:
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©
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Presents
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Produced by
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Produced by
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Production Manager
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[Studio]
Writing:
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Screen Play by
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Screen Play by
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Screen Play by
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From the Book 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips!' by
Photography:
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Photographed by
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[Camera Assistant]
Editing:
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Film Editor
Design:
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Art Director
Music:
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Special Music by
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Musical Director
Sound:
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Recording
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Recording
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[Sound Assistant]
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Sound System
Consultant:
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Thanked in credits
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Thanked in credits
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