Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a 1939 film about an aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school who recalls his career and his personal life over the decades. Directed by Sam Wood. Written by R. C. Sherriff, Claudine West, and Eric Maschwitz, based on the 1934 novella by James Hilton. You Will Love Them in September As You Did in May Mr. Chips Well, remember me sometimes. I shall always remember you. "Haec olim meminisse iuvabit." I need not translate it for you. the phrase is from Virgil's Aeneid, circa 30-19 B.C.: "In the future, it will be pleasing to remember these things." Alternatively, "One day, we will look back on this and smile" [dying words] I thought I heard you saying it was a pity... pity I never had any children. But you're wrong. I have. Thousands of them. Thousands of them... and all boys. Katherine Ellis It must be tremendously interesting to be a schoolmaster, to watch boys grow up and help them along; to see their characters develop and what they become when they leave school and the world gets hold of them. I don't see how you could ever get old in a world that's always young. Other Ralston: [to Mr. Chips] And when you write that books of yours, remember that in addition to all those boys you taught, you managed to teach something to at least one headmaster. Dialogue Mr. Chips: [trying to bring his class under control on his first day] Silence! Silence! I'll have no more of it! John Colley: No more silence, sir? Army General: [watching the Officer Training Corps student parade] I congratulate you Mr. Chipping. A smart parade and a fine looking lot of boys. Mr. Chips: Thank you General, thank you. Army General: Very important this OTC work; these lads are the officers of tomorrow. Mr. Chips: I prefer to hope General, that tomorrow never comes. Ralston: A year ago, I told you I wanted the new style of Latin pronunciation taught. And you totally ignored it. Mr. Chips: Oh, that. Nonsense, in my opinion. Nonsense. [regarding Cicero.] What's the good of teaching boys to say 'Kikero', when, for the rest of their lives, they'll say 'Sissero'? If they say it a'tall. [about 'vicissim', an adverb] Instead of 'vy-sissum', you'd make them say 'we-kiss-'em. Ralston: There you are. I'm trying to make Brookfield an up-to-date school and you insist on clinging to the past. The world's changing, Mr. Chipping. Mr. Chips: I know the world's changing, Dr. Ralston. I've seen the old traditions die, one by one. Grace, dignity, feeling for the past - all that matters here today is a fat banking account. You're trying to run the school like a factory, for turning out money-making machine-made snobs. You've raised the fees. And in the end, the boys who really belong at Brookfield will be frozen out, frozen out. Modern methods, intensive training - poppycock! Give a boy a sense of humor and a sense of proportion and he'll stand up to anything. I'm not going to retire, you can do what you like about it. Cast Robert Donat - Charles "Mr. Chips" Chipping Greer Garson - Katherine Ellis Terry Kilburn - John Colley, Peter Colley I, II and III John Mills - Peter Colley (as a young man) Paul Henreid - Max Staeffel Judith Furse - Flora Lyn Harding - Dr. John Hamilton Wetherby Milton Rosmer - Mr. Chatteris Austin Trevor - Ralston Frederick Leister - Marsham Louise Hampton - Mrs. Wickett David Tree - Mr. Jackson Edmond Breon - Colonel Morgan Jill Furse as Helen Colley Scott Sunderland - Sir John Colley External links 0031385 1008627_goodbye_mr_chips Category:1939 British films Category:Romantic drama films Category:Films about educators Category:Films set in schools Category:Films based on English novels Category:Films set in England