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THEY SAW THE PICTURE
This advcrtisewent was prepared prior to publication oj the New York reviews
JAMES HILTON {author oj the novel) — "‘Goodbye Mr. Chips' is an author's dream fulfilled— a picture that does for him practically all that he would like to do for himself if he owned a studio and had a mil¬ lion dollars to spare.”
ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT {"The Town Crier," author and critic) — ‘‘The best moving picture I have ever seen.. .A beautiful and per¬ haps immortal story has been translated from one medium to another with tenderness and imagination and genius . . . the most moving of all moving pictures is the one called 'Goodbye Mr. Chips'."
SPENCER TRACYfac/or)— ‘‘lean remember
no greater performance."
LILLIAN GISH {actress) — "More appeal¬ ingly tender than the book.'
EDDIE CANTOR {actor) — “One of the greatest, if not the greatest motion picture I have ever seen.”
MARC CONNELLY {playwright) — “The best sentimental picture I've ever seen."
WALTER WINCHELL {columnist) — "Orchids to M-G-M's 'Goodbye Mr. Chips' — destined to make movie hit history.”
MOSS HART {playwright) — I have seen about four really great pictures in my life. ‘Goodbye Mr. Chips' is one of them."
JIMMIE FIDLER {radio commentator) “It's a picture to remember always.”
ED SULLIVAN {columnist) — ' Make a small bet that 'Goodbye Mr. Chips' will win the Academy Award.”
M-G-M’s STAR POWER in’39-’40!
The sensational Astor opening, launched i the same showmanship manner as “Pygmalion,” forecasts another nation¬ wide triumph.
HELLO MR. EXHIBITOR! GOODBYE MR.
CHIPS is the greatest
thing that could happen for the benefit of the entire
With Robert Donat’s performance as “Mr. Chips” already prophesied for the Academy Award — with Greer Garson, an overnight sensation — M-G-M’s galaxy of great stars is even further strengthened. Never in the history of films has any one company offered its customers such a wealth of personalities!
motion picture industry!
( and you’ll be prouder than ever to be an M-G-M showman!)