too soon. Fight to the death in the mire of November, Last wicket rattles on evenings in June, Grey granite walls that were gay with our laughter, Green of the fields where our feet used to roam. We shall remember, whate’er may come after, Brookfield our mother and Brookfield our home. Box office According to MGM records, the film earned $1,717,000 in the US and Canada and $1,535,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $1,305,000. Reception In May 1939, The New York Times critic Frank S. Nugent praised the film at length, particularly the adaptation and the performances of Donat and Garson, among others. In December 1939, Variety summed up the film as "a charming, quaintly sophisticated account [from the novel Goodbye, Mr. Chips! by James Hilton] of the life of a schoolteacher, highlighted by a remarkably fine performance from Robert Donat . . . The character he etches creates a bloodstream for the picture that keeps it intensely alive.” Legacy The film was re-released in the United Kingdom in 1944 and again in 1954. In 1999, Goodbye, Mr. Chips was voted the 72nd greatest British film ever in the British Film Institute Top 100 British films poll. In 2003, the American Film Institute ranked Mr. Chipping the 41st greatest film hero of all time. On TCM.com, Leonard Maltin gave the film 3.5 stars out of 4. Academy Awards and nominations The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards: for Outstanding Production, Best Director, Actor, Actress, Best Writing, Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound. It was up against Gone with the Wind in all seven categories; Robert Donat won for Best Actor, beating Laurence Olivier, Clark Gable and James Stewart, though Goodbye, Mr. Chips lost to Gone With the Wind in five of the six remaining categories, while Mr. Smith Goes to Washington won Best Original Story. (Best Sound went to When Tomorrow Comes.) 1969 remake Goodbye, Mr. Chips was remade as a musical in 1969, starring Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark. The James Hilton novel has also been adapted for television twice as serials in 1984 (starring Roy Marsden) and 2002 (starring Martin Clunes). See also BFI Top 100 British films Notes External links Streaming audio Goodbye, Mr. Chips on Lux Radio Theater: 20 November 1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips on Hallmark Playhouse: 16 September 1948 Goodbye, Mr. Chips on NBC University Theater: 9 July 1949 1939 films British