Goodbye, Mr. Chips was a British romantic drama released in the year 1939 based on the 1934 novel of the same name by James Hilton. It starred Greer Garson. It was one of the favorite films of Lynn Dickinson, a 20th century resident of Hayden, South Carolina and a great admirer of Garson's work. (TOS - Crucible novel: Provenance of Shadows)