Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)

Michael Redgrave: The Headmaster

Quotes 

• Katie : No, the allusion was to the stage which used to be my profession.

  Headmaster : Indeed.

  Headmaster's Wife : You're an actress, Mrs. Chipping?

  Katie : Well, not even my best friends would call me that.

  Headmaster's Wife : [snidely]  Aw, and what would they call you?

  Katie : A soubrette. That's the girl in musical comedy who sings the big number and, in the end, loses the man.

  [Chuckles] 

  Katie : In real life, they nearly always end up the wives of earls. I nearly did. But luckily... I met Chips.

• Headmaster : Clipping's waiting for his wife, I think.

  Headmaster's Wife : [skeptical]  His wife?

  Sutterwick : Flabbergasting. Who on earth?

  Headmaster's Wife : Who on earth indeed?

  [hoots] 

  Headmaster's Wife : It's what we've all been asking ourselves ever since we heard the news.

  Headmaster : It's apparently someone he met on one of his excursions to the ancient ruins of Pompeii.

  Headmaster's Wife : Somewhat of an ancient ruin herself, no doubt.

  [chuckles] 

• Headmaster : An ancient ruin did you say, my dear?

  Sutterwick : [upon seeing Katie]  This isn't a joke, is it?

  Headmaster's Wife : Chipping's lost all sense of proportion.

  Headmaster : Some people might think he'd found it.

• Katie : I'm so terribly sorry about being late. Chips says it's almost as bad as being off your number.

  Headmaster : I'm afraid I don't quite understand that allusion, Mrs. Chipping.

  Katie : Oh, Mrs. Chipping! I just love when I'm called that.

  Headmaster : And you are that, yes?

  Katie : Oh, yes! Well and truly! Well, unless Chips is a bigamist which I rather suspect. How else could he have escaped... until now?