Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film)
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| Directed by | Sam Wood |
| Produced by | Victor Saville |
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1934 novel by James Hilton |
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| Music by | Richard Addinsell |
| Cinematography | Freddie Young |
| Edited by | Charles Frend |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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114 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,051,000 |
| Box office | $3,252,000 |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a 1939 British romantic drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson. Based on the 1934 novel Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton, the film is about an 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, Goodbye, Mr. Chips was voted the 72nd greatest British film ever in the BFI Top 100 British films poll.
For the first time in 58 years, because of a cold, retired schoolteacher Mr. Chipping (Robert Donat) misses a first-day assembly at the Brookfield Public School. That evening he falls asleep in his chair and his teaching career is related in flashback.
When 25-year-old Charles Edward Chipping first arrives as a Latin teacher in 1870, he becomes a target of many practical jokes on his first day. He reacts by imposing strict discipline in his classroom, making him disliked but respected. Twenty years pass, his relationship with his pupils improves and he becomes the senior master. He is disappointed in not receiving an appointment as a house master within the school for the following year. However, the new German teacher, Max Staefel (Paul Henreid), saves him from despair by inviting him to share a walking holiday to his native Austria.
While mountain climbing, Chipping encounters Kathy Ellis (Greer Garson), a feisty English suffragette on a cycling holiday. They meet again in Vienna and dance to the Blue Danube Waltz. This piece of music is used as a leitmotif, symbolizing Chipping's love for her. Staefel remarks that the Danube does not appear blue, but Chipping remarks it only appears so to those who are in love. On another part of the same boat, as Kathy looks at the river, she notices that it is blue. Even though Kathy is considerably younger and livelier than Chipping, she loves and marries him. They return to England, where Kathy takes up residence at the school, charming everyone with her warmth.
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