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Cheers for Miss Bishop ()

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Dedicated Midwestern teacher Ella Bishop is distressed when her fiancé runs off with her vixenish cousin Amy. After Amy dies in childbirth, Ella is left to care for Amy's daughter Hope.
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Ella Bishop
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Sam Peters
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President Corcoran
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Chris Jensen
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Mrs. Bishop
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John Stevens
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Amy Saunders
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Delbert Thompson
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Hope Thompson
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Richard Clark (as Ralph Bowman)
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Gretchen Clark
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Minna Fields
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Anton Radcheck
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'Snapper' MacRae
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Professor Carter
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Professor Lancaster
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Miss Patton
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Judge Peters
Anna Mills ...
Mrs. Peters
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President Watts
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President Crowder
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Cecco
Sue Moore ...
Stena
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'Buzz' Wheelwright
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'Buddy' Warner
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Professor at Minna's Hearing (uncredited)
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Jim Forbes (uncredited)
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Mary (uncredited)
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Robert Locke Lorraine ...
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Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
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Teacher Waving from Window (uncredited)
Joanne Tree ...
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Directed by

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Tay Garnett

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Bess Streeter Aldrich ... (novel "Miss Bishop")
 
Stephen Vincent Benet ... (screen adaptation)
 
Adelaide Heilbron ... (screenplay) and
Sheridan Gibney ... (screenplay)

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Richard A. Rowland ... producer

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Edward Ward

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Hal Mohr ... director of photography

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William F. Claxton ... (as William Claxton)

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David C. Werner

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John DuCasse Schulze

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Julia Heron

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Irene Saltern

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Don L. Cash ... makeup director (as Don Cash)

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Sherman A. Harris ... production manager

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Joseph Boyle ... assistant director (as Joseph C. Boyle)

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Richard V. Heermance ... sound re-recording editor (as Richard Heermance)
Earl Sitar ... sound

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William Wallace ... still photographer (uncredited)

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Irene Saltern ... costumes: Ms. Scott
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Grant Whytock ... assistant to producer
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Plot Summary

Spinster septuagenarian Ella Bishop, on the brink of retirement from her 52-year career as freshman-English teacher at small-town Midwestern University, her alma mater, wants to look toward the future, but can't help reflect upon her past, what brought her to this point. Although she always wanted to be a teacher and was both surprised and ecstatic when her mentor, Midwestern's then-President James Corcoran, offered her the English teacher opening upon graduation, she only saw it as one short phase of her life until she got married and had a family, unlike her younger cousin Amy Saunders, who solely needed romance and love to feel fulfilled. She thinks about the two men with whom she was mutually in love and would have married if she could have, if not for one circumstance or another, and the one man whose love for her was--and is--unrequited, at least in the romantic sense, but who was and has always been there for her. Although she never birthed her own child, she thinks about the many to whom she acted as mother or grandmother, practically or emotionally: her many students, some of whom have gone on to great things; her niece Hope whom she practically raised; and her great-niece Gretchen. She also thinks about having stayed at Midwestern in her hometown, in her career which was not always smooth sailing, especially with the changing times. Written by Huggo

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Taglines One of the year's most inspired pictures...a warm, glowing story of real American people...their gayety and laughter, the dreams and desires, their problems, their loves...all the poignant romance and exciting drama of living...manifold elements that make up the very fabric of American life...brilliantly combined in a great film. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Dueña de su destino (Spain)
  • За здоровье мисс Бишоп (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • 美しき生涯 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Farväl miss Bishop (Sweden)
  • En kvindeskæbne (Denmark)
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  • 95 min
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Trivia The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film. See more »
Quotes James Corcoran, Midwestern U. President: You see, I heard Abe Lincoln talk at Gettysburg - and he talked sense. You know Ella, we've got something here in this country - the idea of people being free. But it's got to be taught and retaught, Ella, to each new crop of youngsters: the value of freedom.
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