Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1969 123movies

#123movies #fmovies #putlocker #gomovies #solarmovie #soap2day Watch Full Movie Online Free – Arthur Chipping (Peter O’Toole) is an academic teaching at Brookfield Boys’ School outside of London in the 1920’s. Although he does what he considers best for his students, they don’t much like him, nicknaming him “Ditchy”, short for “dull as ditch water”. His life changes when he meets Katherine Bridges (Petula Clark), a music-hall actress with a questionable past. She affectionately calls him Mr. Chips. Despite their differences they fall in love. He realizes that their relationship will have many obstacles to overcome. He doesn’t particularly like the world she’s part of, including her friends and profession, and she doesn’t exactly fit the mold of a teacher’s wife. They decide to get married and she foregoes her career to be Mrs. Chips, living on campus at the wife of a teacher at a proper boys’ school. She needs to learn the rules, or at least bend them to her sensibilities, although she vows to never embarrass him. Katherine’s arrival at Brookfield might change Chips’ standing at the school. Further changes ensue for the Chips and Brookfield with the onset of World War II.
Plot: Academy Award-honoree Peter O’Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O’Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by ’60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.
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A Musical Remake That Didn’t Need The Songs
Thirty years after the 1939 classic film won Robert Donat an Oscar and made Greer Garson a star, “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” overcame a multitude of problems before stumbling to the screen in this musical version. Original stars Rex Harrison and Samantha Eggar were replaced by Richard Burton and Lee Remick, who in turn were given the heave-ho in favor of – thankfully – Peter O’Toole and Petula Clark. Andre Previn’s score was rejected, and the one eventually used was composed by – unfortunately – Leslie Bricusse. First-time director Herbert Ross was handed the monumental task of transforming a simple love story – that of a man for both his wife and students – into a big-budget extravaganza. That it succeeds as well as it does despite the many obstacles in its way is a testament to its two stars.

Arthur Chipping is a Latin teacher at Brookfield, a boys’ school in suburban England where he himself was educated. Introverted and socially inept, he is dedicated to his students but unable to inspire them. Prior to summer holiday, a former student takes him to a London music hall to see an entertainment starring Katharine Bridges, the young lady he hopes to wed. The post-performance meeting is awkward for all, and Chips – as he is commonly known – sets off to explore some of Italy’s ancient ruins. Unexpectedly, he runs into Katharine, who has booked a Mediterranean cruise to allow her time to mourn a failed love affair and ponder the direction of her career. In the time they spend together, she discovers a kind and gentle man beneath the befuddled exterior, and upon returning to London pursues him in earnest. When the fall term begins, Chips returns to Brookfield with his young bride, and the two settle into a life of quiet domesticity. Complications arise when aspects of Katharine’s past surface, and again when World War II intrudes in their lives, but Chips is bolstered by his wife’s support, and his new-found confidence makes him a favorite among the students.

Aside from a couple of musical interludes – the delightful music hall production number “London is London” and Katharine’s declaration of love, “You and I” – most of Bricusse’s songs, some of them performed in voice-over as the characters explore their emotions, are easily forgettable and in no way enhance the film. Eliminate the score entirely, and “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” works quite well as a drama. Terrence Rattigan’s script retains elements of the original while expanding upon it and updating it by a couple of decades. He has crafted several scenes between Chips and Katharine that beautifully delineate their devotion to each other, and infused a few with comic relief courtesy of Katharine’s friend and cohort, over-the-top actress Ursula Mossbank (delightfully played by Sian Phillips, O’Toole’s real-life wife at the time). He also captures life at a British public school – the equivalent of a private academy here in the States – with unerring perfection.

Ross does well as a first-time director, liberally sprinkling the film with breathtakingly photographed moments – the opening credits sequence, during which the school anthem echoes in the vast stone hallways of the school, perfectly sets the tone for the film. Costumes and sets are true to the period. The students, portrayed by non-professionals who were enrolled at the school used as Brookfield, handle their various small supporting roles well.

Highest praise is reserved for Peter O’Toole and Petula Clark in the lead roles. O’Toole was long-established as a first-class dramatic actor, so his Academy Award-nominated performance here comes as no surprise. Clark, a veteran of some two dozen B-movies in the UK and the previous year’s “Finian’s Rainbow,” is absolutely luminous as the music hall soubrette who forsakes a theatrical career in favor of life as a schoolmaster’s wife. Her golden voice enriches her songs and almost allows us to overlook how insipid most of them are, and she more than matches O’Toole in their dramatic scenes together. The chemistry between the two is palpable and leaves us with no doubt that this is a couple very much in love.

This version of “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” is no classic like its predecessor, but hardly the disaster many critics described when it was released. Ignore the score, concentrate on the performances, and revel in the atmosphere Ross has put on the screen. It’s a pleasant way to spend a rainy afternoon with someone you love.

Very moving
Great, very moving story. Not perfect – the musical interludes were unnecessary (then again, I generally dislike musicals). Struggles to get going, but once it does it is fantastic. Final quarter is incredibly emotional.

Great performances by Peter O’Toole and Petula Clark.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 35 min (155 min) (USA), 2 hr 32 min (152 min) (original), 2 hr 28 min (148 min) (video)
Budget 9000000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated G
Genre Drama, Musical, Romance
Director Herbert Ross
Writer James Hilton, Terence Rattigan
Actors Peter O’Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 2 Oscars. 6 wins & 5 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints), Mono (35 mm prints)
Aspect Ratio 2.20 : 1 (70 mm prints), 2.35 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Metrocolor, London, UK
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Eastman Color Negative Film, 50T, Type 5251, 35 mm (Eastman 100T 5254)
Cinematographic Process Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 70 mm (blow-up), 35 mm