Comments on: Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) http://buttondown.mattalgren.com/2008/01/goodbye-mr-chips/ What does Matt think? Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ray http://buttondown.mattalgren.com/2008/01/goodbye-mr-chips/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Ray Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:47:33 +0000 http://buttondown.mattalgren.com/?p=9#comment-44 I think it's more that the excellent Robert Donat stars in the original version. Personally I'd happily watch anything he's in. Martin Clunes made a very good Mr Chips, much more personable and sympathetic. I think it’s more that the excellent Robert Donat stars in the original version. Personally I’d happily watch anything he’s in.

Martin Clunes made a very good Mr Chips, much more personable and sympathetic.

]]> By: Matt Algren http://buttondown.mattalgren.com/2008/01/goodbye-mr-chips/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Matt Algren Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:50:18 +0000 http://buttondown.mattalgren.com/?p=9#comment-45 <strong>psyche</strong>: You're gonna make me blush. <strong>Ray</strong>: I don't think it's <em>bad</em>, but I do think the overwhelming reverence comes from it being 1) old and 2) about a subject that people think of fondly. Thanks for the tip on the Masterpiece Theatre version. I'll have to check it out. psyche: You’re gonna make me blush.

Ray: I don’t think it’s bad, but I do think the overwhelming reverence comes from it being 1) old and 2) about a subject that people think of fondly.

Thanks for the tip on the Masterpiece Theatre version. I’ll have to check it out.

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