Wonderfully done British schmaltz from just before the war. Donat shines as he moves from young Latin scholar to doddering master emeritus. Chips spends 63 years at a "public" school - at first scorned by the student body, later a much-beloved institution.
His romance with GG is hopelessly cute but mercifully short...the treacle would have been unbearable without some leavening.
The down side of this educational system is ignored...loneliness, beatings, buggery. It's all presented as hail-fellows-well-met. But it works...beautifully. It is widely seen as a classic and deservedly so. A sentimental favorite.
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