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Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a novella about the life of a school teacher, Mr. Chipping, written by English writer James Hilton and first published by Hodder & Stoughton in October 1934. It has been adapted into two feature films and two television presentations.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a 1969 British-American musical film directed by Herbert Ross. The screenplay by Terence Rattigan is based on James Hilton 's 1934 novella Goodbye, Mr. Chips, which was first adapted for the screen in 1939.
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 This musical version of James Hilton's novel concerns shy, withdrawn English schoolteacher Arthur Chipping, who falls for flashy showgirl Katherine Bridges while teaching at Brookfield Boys' School outside London in the 1920's.
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- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Herbert Ross
- 1969-11-25
James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was an English novelist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for his novels Lost Horizon, Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Random Harvest, as well as co-writing screenplays for the films Camille (1936) and Mrs. Miniver (1942), the latter earning him an Academy Award.
James Hilton tells us the heartwarming story of a lovable schoolmaster named Mr. Chips who taught at the Brookfield boarding school for over four decades. The book is fiction, but Mr. Chips is an amalgamation of many public school schoolmasters of his time.
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- Hardbound
It is shocking how modern ‘Goodbye, Mr Chips’ feels to me given that it was written by James Hilton in 1934. According to the blurb at the back Hilton, “became famous in the United States on the eighth day of June, 1934, when his little masterpiece ‘Goodbye, Mr Chips’ first appeared.”
Nov 11, 2016 · James Hilton wrote Goodbye, Mr. Chips in loving memory of his schoolmaster father and in tribute to his profession. Over the years it has won an enduring place in world literature and made...
