Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySam Wood
Screenplay by
Based onGoodbye, Mr. Chips
1934 novel
by James Hilton
Produced byVictor Saville
Starring
CinematographyFreddie Young
Edited byCharles Frend
Music byRichard Addinsell
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.[1]
Release date
  • 15 May 1939 (1939-05-15) (New York)
Running time
114 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,051,000[2] or £243,340[3]
Box office$3,252,000[2]

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.[4][5] Produced for the British division of MGM at Denham Studios, the film was dedicated to Irving Thalberg, who died on 14 September 1936. At the 12th Academy Awards, it was nominated for seven awards, including Best Picture, and Donat, for his performance as Mr. Chipping, won the award for Best Actor.

At the time of its release, the picture appeared on Film Daily's and the National Board of Review's ten best lists for 1939 and received the "best picture" distinction in The Hollywood Reporter Preview Poll of May 1939.[6]

  1. ^ Goodbye, Mr Chips at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  3. ^ Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 481.
  4. ^ Variety film review; 17 May 1939, page 12.
  5. ^ Harrison's Reports film review; 17 June 1939, page 94.
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