Peter O'Toole
Arthur Chipping
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips: Directed by Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin. With Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills. An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.
- (12K)
- Drama, Romance
- Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin
- 1939-07-28
Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a 1939 romantic drama film starring Robert Donat, 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.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a 1969 British musical film directed by Herbert Ross. The screenplay by Terence Rattigan is based on James Hilton's 1934 novella Goodbye, Mr. Chips, which was first adapted for the screen in 1939.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a novella about the life of a school teacher, Mr. Chipping, written by English writer James Hilton and first published by Hodder & Stoughton in October 1934. It has been adapted into two feature films and two television presentations.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips: Directed by Herbert Ross. With Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave, George Baker. This musical version of James Hilton's novel concerns shy, withdrawn English schoolteacher Arthur Chipping, who falls for flashy showgirl Katherine Bridges while teaching at Brookfield Boys' School outside London in the 1920's.
- (3.9K)
- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Herbert Ross
- 1969-11-25
Goodbye, Mr. Chips. Sure, big-budget road-show musicals are on their way out. But that’s no reason to dislike them on principle, and some of the silliest reviews of “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” have criticized it for costing too much.
In 1870, Mr. Charles Chipping, an unsophisticated, dour young man, embarks on a teaching career at Brookfield, an English boys school steeped in tradition. Chipping is a kindhearted man who takes pity on a homesick young boy he meets on the train to Brookfield. His initial lack of authority in the classroom, however, results in a chaotic ...
