Goodbye Mr Chips (1939)

Date: 1939
Director: Sam Wood and Sidney Franklin
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

Stars: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills
Location(s): Derbyshire

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Storyline:

A retired teacher of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life.

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Just a few second unit shots in this feature. The spire of St Wystan's Church in Repton, Derbyshire.

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The camera moves to bring the roof and frontage of the school library into view. East of St Wystan's Church in Repton.

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The cross stands in the centre of the lawned garden at Repton.

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Mr Charles Edward Chipping reminisces about his long career at Brookfield School. The playing fields at Repton School in Derbyshire with Brook End and buildings on Milton Road in the distance.

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A rugby match is recalled. Facing the south-east corner of the playing field.

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Looking across the playing field towards the main school buildings at Repton, Derbyshire.

Tony Baird provides this shot of the school from a similar angle. Has anything changed in nearly 80 years? (RL)

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Mr Chipping visits the Austrian Tyrol Mountains where he first meets Katherine Ellis, his future wife. Another second unit or stock shot . . . but not of the Repton area.