Goodbye, Mr. Chips Movie Review 1939

An MGM classic, the sentimental rendering of the James Hilton novel about shy Latin professor Charles Chipping (Donat), who teaches in an English public school, marrying the vivacious Katherine (Garson) only to tragically lose her. He spends the rest of his life devoting himself to his students and becoming a school legend. Multi award-winning soaper featuring Garson's first screen appearance, which was Oscar nominated. Remade in 1969 as a fairly awful musical starring Peter O'Toole.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS
Running time 115 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Tearjerkers, School Daze, Elementary School/Junior High, School Daze, Dedicated Teachers

Screenplay

R.C. Sherriff, Sidney Franklin, Claudine West, Eric Maschwitz

Cast

Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Paul Henreid, John Mills, Terence (Terry) Kilburn

Cinematography

Frederick A. (Freddie) Young

Director

Sam Wood

Producer

Inc. Loew's

Awards

Oscars 1939: Actor (Donat).