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The setting for Goodbye, Mr. Chips is probably based on The Leys School, Cambridge, where James Hilton was a pupil (1915–18).Hilton is reported to have said that the inspiration for the protagonist, Mr. Chips, came from many sources, including his father, who was the headmaster of Chapel End School.
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.
A draft of a musical adaptation of Goodbye, Mr. Chips was on file in the MGM script department as early as 1951. [2] In 1964, trade magazine advertisements announced that Julie Andrews, fresh from her success in Mary Poppins, was to star in a Mr. Chips musical opposite Rex Harrison, with Vincente Minnelli as director, but nothing came of the project.
A novel by Caroline Alexander, Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat, was published by Bloomsbury in 1997. The book provides an account of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, covering the period 15 January 1914 to 29 October 1915, in the form of a journal written from Mrs. Chippy’s point of view. [7]
Larry Dee Wilcox (born August 8, 1947) is an American actor best known for his role as California Highway Patrol officer (later captain) Jonathan "Jon" Baker in the television series CHiPs, which ran from 1977 to 1983 on NBC.
In 1970, Estrada made his film debut in the role of Nicky Cruz, alongside Pat Boone, in the independent film The Cross and the Switchblade.In 1972, he appeared in a small role as a police officer in The New Centurions, which was followed by a significant role in a major motion picture, the Jack Smight disaster film, Airport 1975, where he played Julio, the womanizing flight engineer on a ...
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and other AI stocks plunged on Monday, Jan. 27, as investors responded to the threat from DeepSeek, the Chinese AI chatbot that rivals top models like ChatGPT for a fraction ...
Mr. Chips is the central character in the 1934 novella Goodbye, Mr. Chips and its adaptations. Mr. Chips may also refer to: Mr. Chips, a 1984 album by Hank Crawford; Mr Chips, the mascot of the game show Catchphrase