Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Original title)Goodbye, Mister Chips (Help search title)
Date: 1939 (Copyright)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Sam Wood
Synopsis: Study of the career of a well-loved schoolmaster from a young man starting teaching at a public school into old age, still teaching at the same school, and living near it after retirement.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Teachers (religious sect)
Releases
Date: 1939Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 113 mins Length: 10227 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: Home moviesAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2467 7 Oct 1954
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2467 7 Oct 1954: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v83 n7109 30 Sep 1954
Title: [Today's Cinema - v83 n7109 30 Sep 1954: no known title]Language: English
Description: Re-issue.
In: Today's Cinema v63 n5118 1 Dec 1944
Title: [Today's Cinema - v63 n5118 1 Dec 1944: no known title]Language: English
Description: Re-issue.
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1922 17 Feb 1944
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1922 17 Feb 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Weekly v21 n557 17 Jun 1939 Page: 31
Title: [Film Weekly - v21 n557 17 Jun 1939: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v6 n66 June 1939 Page: 112
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v6 n66 June 1939: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v8 n30 Summer 1939 Page: 75
Title: [Sight and Sound - v8 n30 Summer 1939: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1678 15 Jun 1939
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1678 15 Jun 1939: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v9 n422 24 Jun 1939
Title: [The Picturegoer - v9 n422 24 Jun 1939: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v9 n441 4 Nov 1939
Title: [The Picturegoer - v9 n441 4 Nov 1939: no known title]Language: English
Description: Supplement.
In: Photoplay v53 n8 August 1939 Page: 54
Title: [Photoplay - v53 n8 August 1939: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 10171 FeetBFI identifier: C-70377
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 10175 FeetStock date: 1990BFI identifier: C-633294
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(6)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 10177 FeetStock date: 1944BFI identifier: C-70375
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 10138 FeetStock date: 1929BFI identifier: C-70376
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 10171 FeetBFI identifier: C-70377
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 10175 FeetStock date: 1990BFI identifier: C-633294
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 10171 FeetStock date: 1982BFI identifier: C-70373
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 10533 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-70374
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1939 (Copyright)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Sam Wood
Synopsis: Study of the career of a well-loved schoolmaster from a young man starting teaching at a public school into old age, still teaching at the same school, and living near it after retirement.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Teachers (religious sect)
Releases
Date: 1939Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 113 mins Length: 10227 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(24)
©: Loew's Incorporated, Presents: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Produced by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Victor Saville, Production Manager: Harold Boxall, [Assistant Director]: E.M. Smedley Aston, Screen Play by: R.C. Sherriff, Screen Play by: Claudine West, Eric Maschwitz, From the Book 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips!' by: James Hilton, Photographed by: F.A. Young, [Camera Assistant]: Gerry Massey-Collier, Film Editor: Charles Frend, Art Director: Alfred Junge, Special Music by: Richard Addinsell, Musical Director: Louis Levy, Recording: A.W. Watkins, C.C. Stevens, [Sound Assistant]: John W. Mitchell, Sound System: Western Electric, Thanked in credits: Sidney Franklin, Irving Thalberg, [Studio]: Denham Studios
Cast
(33)
Robert Donat (Charles Edward "Chips" Chipping), Greer Garson (Katherine Ellis Chipping), Terry Kilburn (John Colley/Peter Colley (I/II/III)), John Mills (Peter Colley (as a young man)), Paul von Hernried (Max Staefel), Judith Furse (Flora), Lyn Harding (Dr John Hamilton Wetherby), Milton Rosmer (Chatteris), Frederick Leister (Marsham), Louise Hampton (Mrs Wickett), Austin Trevor (Dr Ralston), David Tree (Jackson), Edmond Breon (Colonel Morgan), Jill Furse (Helen Colley), Scott Sunderland (Sir John Colley), Guy Middleton ([McCulloch]), Nigel Stock ([John Forrester]), Peter Gawthorne ([army general]), Martita Hunt ([annoyed lady at Austrian inn]), Cyril Raymond ([teacher]), David Croft ([Perkins, the delivery boy]), Michael Shepley ([teacher]), John Longden ([Raven]), J.H. Roberts ([doctor]), Cyril Frankel ([schoolboy extra]), Ronald Ward, Patrick Ludlow, Simon Lack, Cavan Watson, Phyllis Morris, Leo De Pokorny, J.H. Roberts, Henry Caine ([uncredited])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(12)
In: Sight and Sound v14 n5 May 2004 Pages: 83-84Title: Home moviesAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2467 7 Oct 1954
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2467 7 Oct 1954: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v83 n7109 30 Sep 1954
Title: [Today's Cinema - v83 n7109 30 Sep 1954: no known title]Language: English
Description: Re-issue.
In: Today's Cinema v63 n5118 1 Dec 1944
Title: [Today's Cinema - v63 n5118 1 Dec 1944: no known title]Language: English
Description: Re-issue.
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1922 17 Feb 1944
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1922 17 Feb 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Weekly v21 n557 17 Jun 1939 Page: 31
Title: [Film Weekly - v21 n557 17 Jun 1939: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v6 n66 June 1939 Page: 112
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v6 n66 June 1939: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v8 n30 Summer 1939 Page: 75
Title: [Sight and Sound - v8 n30 Summer 1939: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1678 15 Jun 1939
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1678 15 Jun 1939: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v9 n422 24 Jun 1939
Title: [The Picturegoer - v9 n422 24 Jun 1939: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v9 n441 4 Nov 1939
Title: [The Picturegoer - v9 n441 4 Nov 1939: no known title]Language: English
Description: Supplement.
In: Photoplay v53 n8 August 1939 Page: 54
Title: [Photoplay - v53 n8 August 1939: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 10171 FeetBFI identifier: C-70377
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 10175 FeetStock date: 1990BFI identifier: C-633294
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(6)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 10177 FeetStock date: 1944BFI identifier: C-70375
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 10138 FeetStock date: 1929BFI identifier: C-70376
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 10171 FeetBFI identifier: C-70377
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 10175 FeetStock date: 1990BFI identifier: C-633294
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 10171 FeetStock date: 1982BFI identifier: C-70373
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 10533 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-70374
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film