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Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)

Cheers for Miss Bishop poster
Directed by
Tay Garnett
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A devoted teacher spends her entire career at a small-town college. The film follows her personal and professional life through decades of change.

poignantbittersweetnostalgicgentlereflectivetendersentimentalwarm

What happens

Cheers for Miss Bishop is a 1941 American drama film based on the novel Miss Bishop by Bess Streeter Aldrich. It was directed by Tay Garnett, produced by Richard A. Rowland and released through United Artists. Martha Scott stars in the title role, and the other cast members include William Gargan, Edmund Gwenn, Sterling Holloway, Dorothy Peterson, Marsha Hunt, Don Douglas and Sidney Blackmer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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