This nostalgic drama follows the life and career of Miss Ella Bishop (Martha Scott), a beloved Midwestern University teacher whose former students gather to pay tribute to her at a retirement ceremony honoring her 50 years of dedicated service. Based on a novel by Bess Streeter Aldrich and told via flashback, the film also stars Sterling Holloway, Rosemary DeCamp (in her big-screen bow) and Edmund Gwenn as the college president.