Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
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Something of a distaff Mr. Chips, schoolteacher Ella Bishop (Martha Scott) devotes her life to her work, ageing 50 years (from 19 to 69) in the course of the film. At a testimonial dinner on the occasion of her retirement, Miss Bishop's former students wonder why their beloved teacher never married. In flashback, the audience learns that town grocer Sam (William Gargan) has carried a torch for her for five decades, while she obliviously pursued unfortunate romantic relationships with weak-willed Delbert Thompson (Donald Douglas) and unhappily married John Stevens (Sidney Blackmer). Adapted by Stephen Vincent Benet from the melancholy novel by Bess Streeter Aldrich, Cheers for Miss Bishop was not only a tour de force for Scott, but also represented the screen debut of another young character actress, Rosemary De Camp. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 93 mins
Complete Cast:
- Martha Scott - Ella Bishop
- Edmund Gwenn - President Corcoran
- Sidney Blackmer - John Stevens
- Dorothy Peterson - Mrs. Bishop
- Marsha Hunt - Hope Thompson
- Rosemary de Camp - Minna Fields
- John Arledge - Snapper MacRae
- Howard Hickman - Prof. Lancaster
- William Farnum - Judge Peters
- Pierre Watkin - President Crowder
- Sue Moore - Stena
- Charles Smith - Buddy Warner
- William Gargan - Sam Peters
- Sterling Holloway - Chris Jensen
- Mary Anderson - Amy Saunders
- Donald Douglas - Delbert Thompson
- Lois Ranson - Gretchen Clark
- Knox Manning - Anton Radcheck
- Jack Mulhall - Prof. Carter
- Helen MacKellar - Miss Patton
- John Hamilton - President Watts
- Charles Judels - Cecco
- Rand Brooks - Buzz Wheelwright
- Ralph Bowman - Richard Clark
- Director(s):
- Tay Garnett
- Writer(s):
- Stephen Vincent Benét, Adelaide Heilbron, Sheridan Gibney
- Producer(s):
- Richard A. Rowland
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