Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a 1939 romantic drama nominated for Best Picture and Best Director, starring Robert Donat, Greer Garson and directed by Sam Wood. Based on the 1934 novella Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton, the film is about Mr Chipping, a beloved aged school teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school, who recalls his career and his personal life over the decades. Produced for the British division of MGM at Denham Studios, the film was dedicated to Irving Thalberg, who had died on 14 September 1936. Greer Garson earned a nomination for Best Actress and for his performance as Mr. Chipping, Donat won the Academy Award for Best Actor. At the time of its release, the picture appeared on FIlm Daily's and the National Board of Review's ten best lists for 1939, and received the "be