Goodbye, Mr. Chips
This musical version of James Hilton's novel concerns shy, withdrawn English schoolteacher Arthur Chipping, who falls for flashy showgirl Katherine Bridges while teaching at Brookfield Boys' School outside London in the 1920's.
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 2h 35m
- Released
- 1969
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1969
Storyline
This musical version of James Hilton's novel concerns shy, withdrawn English schoolteacher Arthur Chipping, who falls for flashy showgirl Katherine Bridges while teaching at Brookfield Boys' School outside London in the 1920's.
Top credits
Peter O'Toole — Arthur Chipping
Petula Clark — Katherine Bridges
Michael Redgrave — The Headmaster
George Baker — Lord Sutterwick
Awards
0 wins & 2 nominations
See all awards →Did you know
• Originally cast in the lead roles were Sir Rex Harrison and Samantha Eggar, who were replaced by Richard Burton and Lee Remick. When MGM opted to replace Remick with Petula Clark, based on her reviews and Golden Globe nomination for Finian's Rainbow (1968), Burton balked at playing opposite a "singer" rather than an "actress", so Peter O'Toole was cast instead.
• When the character of Ursula gushes over Mr. Chips, asking Katherine to let her have him when she was done with him, there is some truth in the line. Ursula, played by Siân Phillips, was, in real life, Mrs. Peter O'Toole.
• In her memoir "Public Places", Siân Phillips wrote that her husband Peter O'Toole refused to rehearse their scenes together.
User reviews
A Musical Remake That Didn't Need The Songs
Very moving
Wonderful and unjustly neglected film
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- 70 mm 6-Track, Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 2.20 : 1, 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color
