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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!

A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.

Release Date : 1939-07-28

Language :EnglishItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-MayerLoew's Incorporated

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Goodbye Mr. Chips

Cast

Character Name : Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'

Original Name : Robert Donat

Gender : Male

Character Name : Katherine 'Kathy'

Original Name : Greer Garson

Gender : Female

Character Name : John Colley / Peter Colley I / Peter Colley II / Peter Colley III

Original Name : Terry Kilburn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peter Colley as a Young Man

Original Name : John Mills

Gender : Male

Character Name : Max Staefel

Original Name : Paul Henreid

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flora

Original Name : Judith Furse

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. John Hamilton Wetherby

Original Name : Lyn Harding

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chatteris

Original Name : Milton Rosmer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marsham

Original Name : Frederick Leister

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Wickett

Original Name : Louise Hampton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ralston

Original Name : Austin Trevor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jackson

Original Name : David Tree

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel Morgan

Original Name : Edmund Breon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helen Colley

Original Name : Jill Furse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir John Colley

Original Name : Scott Sunderland

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Leonard Boucher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bit Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Henry Caine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Greengrocer's Boy Perkins (uncredited)

Original Name : David Croft

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bit Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Leo de Pokorny

Gender : Male

Character Name : Youth (uncredited)

Original Name : Clive Dunn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Schoolboy Extra (uncredited)

Original Name : Cyril Frankel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Army General (uncredited)

Original Name : Peter Gawthorne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cast Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Dane Gordon

Gender : Male

Character Name : British Tourist on Bicycle (uncredited)

Original Name : Martita Hunt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wainwright (uncredited)

Original Name : Simon Lack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Raven (uncredited)

Original Name : John Longden

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Patrick Ludlow

Gender : Male

Character Name : McCulloch (uncredited)

Original Name : Guy Middleton

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Phyllis Morris

Gender : Female

Character Name : Teacher (uncredited)

Original Name : Cyril Raymond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor (uncredited)

Original Name : J.H. Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teacher (uncredited)

Original Name : Michael Shepley

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Forrester (uncredited)

Original Name : Nigel Stock

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Ronald Ward

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Caven Watson

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Open the dictionary, under the word charming it says Goodbye, Mr Chips. Mr Charles Chipping is a very shy young man, he starts teaching at Brookfield, an all boys English school. His early days at the school don't go very well at all, after coming close to losing his job he goes too far by way of discipline and costs the school dearly by way of a sporting tradition. It seems that all the school is against him, be it the children or his fellow teachers, Mr Chipping can't do right for doing wrong. Whilst taking a holiday in the Austrian Alps, Chipping meets Katherine Ellis, from there his life and general manner will change dramatically - for the better. Goodbye Mr Chips just oozes classic status, from every single frame you get a wonderful vibe that takes you back to a time when innocence was all we had. I think that Goodbye Mr Chips surely touches most people? Maybe some folk in their make up have no time for such sweet sentimentality? But just maybe those people could do far worse than letting Mr Chips into their lives. It has taken me nigh on 30 years to actually get around to watching this film in its entirety, and having sat through it recently I feel rewarded beyond what I had originally hoped for. From the bumbling fear that Mr Chipping shows in the opening reel, to the closing scene that brings the whole damn film to its wonderful point, Goodbye Mr Chips is a truly beautiful, charming and joyous picture. Of all the Oscars that have been given over the years, Robert Donat's is one of the most deserved. It's a performance that fuses all the emotional traits required to outlay a character that's finding itself, be it shy and retiring, or a man driven by a willingness to succeed, Robert Donat layers this turn to such a point that it may well be a 30s standard. Greer Garson only has something like 20 minutes of screen time, but as 20 minute performances go - well it leaves a long and special impression. There is a scene as Donat and Garson dance with carefree abandon, this alone makes the film worth watching. Still, a film is only as good as its ending, and it's here that Goodbye Mr Chips delivers the crown to its royal subject, an ending that ties up all the emotional strings that make for a wonderful film. So if you haven't got a warm glow come the final credit? Well there is no hope for you really. Thank you Mr Starkey and Mr Lowry, this film reminded me of your good teachings many years ago in my primary school years. 9/10

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-22

What a gorgeous, gentle, film about the end of empire and of an era that showed a culture of respect and deference that has now long since vanished. Robert Donat always managed to portray the quintessential Englishman well - if, at times, in a little overly stilted fashion; and with Greer Garson's beautiful representation of a lady of the times this leaves us with a slightly warm feeling. Certainly, it doesn't not promote any equality amongst the sexes, but the "Blue Danube" scene has to be amongst the most romantic ever committed to film.