Goodbye, Mr. Chips
At The Top Of The Year's "Ten Best" - The picture that earns for 1939 a proud place in motion-picture history!
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Oscar for Best Actor (1940) and the National Board of Review for Top Ten Films
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Nominations
6 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Film Editing (1940)
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Box office
Grossed $3.25M worldwide, about 3.1 times its $1.05M budget
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Based on
Based on Goodbye, Mr. Chips
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Setting
Set in England
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Music
Music by Richard Addinsell
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Freddie Young
Details
- Director
- Writers
- R.C. SherriffScreenplay
- Claudine WestScreenplay
- James HiltonNovel
- Eric MaschwitzScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 28, 1939
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.1M
- Revenue
- $3.3M
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Robert DonatCharles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
Greer GarsonKatherine 'Kathy'
Terry KilburnJohn Colley / Peter Colley I / Peter Colley II / Peter Colley III
John MillsPeter Colley as a Young Man
Paul HenreidMax Staefel
Judith FurseFlora
Lyn HardingDr. John Hamilton Wetherby
Milton RosmerChatteris
Frederick LeisterMarsham
Louise HamptonMrs. Wickett
Austin TrevorRalston
David TreeJackson
Edmund BreonColonel Morgan- Jill FurseHelen Colley
Scott SunderlandSir John Colley- Leonard Boucher(uncredited)
Henry CaineBit Role (uncredited)
David CroftGreengrocer's Boy Perkins (uncredited)- Leo de PokornyBit Role (uncredited)
Clive DunnYouth (uncredited)
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