“Good-Bye, Mr. Chips”
Amusements
“Good-Bye, Mr Chips,” James Hilton’s charming novel of the life of an English school teacher, is now playing at the Plaza Theatre. The story of “Mr Chips” is the story of education the world over. Robert Donat plays the kindly schoomaster, who comes to a large English school as a young man and passes his entire life there, shaping the careers of boys destined to become great men. To the difficult role of “Chips,” Donat brings a forthright and sincere acting talent. The role carries him through four periods, and Donat makes him at once a human, breathing man, eccentric at times, but always understandable and lovable, and a symbol of the great profession of teaching. There are some 2000 English boys in the cast. Dramatic highlights include the rescue of the heroine (Greer Garson) in the Tyrolean Alps, a spectacular air raid during the last war, with football and cricket games at famous English schools adding thrilling and exciting moments.
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Northern Advocate, 29 April 1940, Page 8
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165“Good-Bye, Mr. Chips” Northern Advocate, 29 April 1940, Page 8
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