Cheers for Miss Bishop

Cheers for Miss Bishop

Original title: Cheers for Miss Bishop
Production: Richard A. Rowland Productions
Country: United States
Director: Tay Garnett
Script: Sheridan Gibney; Adelaide Heilbron; Stephen Vincent Benet
Photography: Hal Mohr
Music: Edward Ward
Cast: Martha Scott; William Gargan; Edmund Gwenn; Sterling Holloway; Sidney Blackmer; Dorothy Peterson; Mary Anderson; Donald Douglas; Marsha Hunt
Year: 1941
Duration: 95
Genre: Drama
Color: BW
Original language: English
Languages available: English

Synopsis:

Dedicated Midwestern teacher Ella Bishop is distressed when her fiancé runs off with her cousin Amy, who is pregnant by him. After Amy dies in childbirth, Ella is left to care for Amy's daughter Hope.

Based on the novel "Miss Bishop", by Bess Streeter Aldrich.

Awards:

Nominated for an Oscar, 1942: Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture (Edward Ward)