Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her ambitions to teach cause her to lose her only opportunity for true love. Ella's life becomes one of missed chances and wrong choices. As she reaches old age, she reflects back and realizes she allowed the years to go by without achieving what she believes to be her true fulfillment. However, her years have not been without glory, and her moment of triumph arrives when her numerous now-famous students from over the years, return to honor their beloved Miss Bishop.
Director:
Tay Garnett
Writers:
Adelaide Heilbron, Sheridan Gibney.
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Martha Scott as Ella Bishop |
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William Gargan as Sam Peters |
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Edmund Gwenn as President Corcoran |
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Sterling Holloway as Chris Jensen |
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Dorothy Peterson as Mrs. Bishop |
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Sidney Blackmer as John Stevens |
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Mary Anderson as Amy Saunders |
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Donald Douglas as Delbert Thompson |
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Marsha Hunt as Hope Thompson |
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John Archer as Richard Clark (as Ralph Bowman) |
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Lois Ranson as Gretchen Clark |
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Rosemary DeCamp as Minna Fields |
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Knox Manning as Anton Radcheck |
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Sue Moore as Stena |
| Directing | Tay Garnett | Director |
| Writing | Bess Streeter Aldrich | Novel |
| Writing | Stephen Vincent Benet | Adaptation |
| Writing | Adelaide Heilbron | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sheridan Gibney | Screenplay |
| Sound | Edward Ward | Original Music Composer |