Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)

Director:

Tay Garnett

Writers:

Bess Streeter Aldrich (novel)
Stephen Vincent Benet (screen adaptation)
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Release Date:

21 February 1941 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her...

Plot Keywords:

Student | Teacher | College | Retirement | Teaching

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Martha Scott	...	Ella Bishop
William Gargan	...	Sam Peters
Edmund Gwenn	...	President Corcoran
Sterling Holloway	...	Chris Jensen
Dorothy Peterson	...	Mrs. Bishop
Sidney Blackmer	...	John Stevens
Mary Anderson	...	Amy Saunders
Donald Douglas	...	Delbert Thompson
Marsha Hunt	...	Hope Thompson
John Archer	...	Richard Clark (as Ralph Bowman)
Lois Ranson	...	Gretchen Clark
Rosemary DeCamp	...	Minna Fields
Knox Manning	...	Anton Radcheck
John Arledge	...	'Snapper' MacRae
Jack Mulhall	...	Professor Carter
Howard C. Hickman	...	Professor Lancaster (as Howard Hickman)
Helen MacKellar	...	Miss Patton
William Farnum	...	Judge Peters
Anna Mills	...	Mrs. Peters
John Hamilton	...	President Watts
Pierre Watkin	...	President Crowder
Charles Judels	...	Cecco
Sue Moore	...	Stena
Rand Brooks	...	'Buzz' Wheelwright
Charles Smith	...	'Buddy' Warner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Morris Ankrum	...	Professor at Minna's Hearing (uncredited)
William Bakewell	...	Jim Forbes (uncredited)
Mary Field	...	Mary, the Dressmaker (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer	...	Dinner Guest (uncredited)
John Sheehan	...	Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Irene Tedrow	...	Teacher Waiving from Window (uncredited)
Joanne Tree	...	Student (uncredited)
Tom Wilson	...	Dance Caller (uncredited)

Directed by
Tay Garnett

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

Produced by
Richard A. Rowland	....	producer

Original Music by
Edward Ward

Cinematography by
Hal Mohr		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
William F. Claxton		(as William Claxton)

Casting by
David C. Werner

Art Direction by
John DuCasse Schulze

Set Decoration by
Julia Heron

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

Production Management
Sherman A. Harris	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joseph Boyle	....	assistant director (as Joseph C. Boyle)

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

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Irene Saltern	....	costumes: Ms. Scott

Other crew
Grant Whytock	....	assistant to producer

Production Companies

• Richard A. Rowland Productions

Distributors

• United Artists (1941) (USA) (theatrical)
• Astor Pictures Corporation (1947) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Alpha-Omega Publications (2002) (USA) (VHS)
• Unicorn Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Moviecraft (2005) (USA) (VHS)
• Unicorn Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Max Factor  wigmaker (uncredited)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #6839) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Company:

Richard A. Rowland Productions

Trivia:

Debut of Rosemary DeCamp.

Quotes:

James Corcoran, Midwestern U. President: [addresses registering students] I know some of you have walked miles to get here, and that everyday for four years you'll have to walk those miles; through rain, sleet and snow. But I know this: the end will pay you for those hardships; because the end is wisdom. Wisdom is first cousin to freedom...

Great Classic 1941 Film

Enjoyed this picture which deals with a young woman, Martha Scott,(Ella Bishop) who is bound and determined to go to college and become a teacher. Ella accomplishes her goal and is given the position of a freshman English teacher in her home town college. Edmund Quenn,(James Cocoran) "Miracle on 34th Street" who played the role as the college president and gave Ella this job at the college and grew very fond of her. Ella meets a young man and falls in love with him, however, he runs off with her sister and destroys her marriage plans and her thinking about ever getting married again. Sidney Blackmer,"Rosemary's Baby", gave a great supporting role along with Marsha Hunt. There is another romance that Ella experiences except it is with a married man and his wife will not give him a divorce, so poor Ellas has to make a big decision about which way she is going to take. William Gargan, (Sam Peters) is deeply in love with Ella and wants to marry her and stands by her when life's troubles came her way.

The sad part about this film is that Martha Scott never received an Academy Award for her great acting performance role in this picture.