Cheers for Miss Bishop

Feb 21, 1941

1h 35m

★ 5.6

The WOMAN you'll never forget! The LOVE STORY you'll never forget! The PICTURE you'll never forget!

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

United Artists

Richard A. Rowland Productions

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Cast

Ella Bishop

Martha Scott

Sam Peters

William Gargan

President Corcoran

Edmund Gwenn

Chris Jensen

Sterling Holloway

Mrs. Bishop

Dorothy Peterson

John Stevens

Sidney Blackmer

Amy Saunders

Mary Anderson

Delbert Thompson

Donald Douglas

Hope Thompson

Marsha Hunt

Richard Clark (as Ralph Bowman)

John Archer

Gretchen Clark

Lois Ranson

Minna Fields

Rosemary DeCamp

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