The Bells of St. Mary's
by Leo McCarey
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Actor: Bing Crosby, Henry Travers, Ingrid Bergman, Ruth Donnelly, William GarganDirector: Leo McCarey
Brand: Lions Gate
Cinematographer: George Barnes
Producer: Leo McCarey
Writer: Leo McCarey
Editor: Harry Marker
Writer: Dudley Nichols
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 126 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Republic Pictures
Movie Reviews of The Bells of St. Mary's
Movie Review: Old-Fashioned (Which Means Pretty Good)
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a just a plain, nice story, one of those kind I tend to favor simply because there are no "bad guys" yet the story is still interesting. Sometimes that's nice to see.
I expected Ingrid Bergman's character, "Sister Mary," from what the liner notes on the video box said, to be a sort-of villain portraying a hard-line rigid nun but that wasn't the case at all. In fact, in her several philosophical disputes with "Father Chuck O'Malley" (Bing Crosby) I sided with her because she made more sense than the too-Liberal priest who never wanted any misbehaving kid to be disciplined.
The story is a little unrealistic in that a strong-willed business tycoon would not abandon all his business plans and hand over a brand-new million-dollar (today it would be many millions) building to a church. However, it's nice to see!
These kind of old-fashioned films are almost collector's items today.
Summary of The Bells of St. Mary's
A parish pastors leadership style is in sharp conflict with the sister superior of the school. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 09/06/2005 Starring: Bing Crosby Ingrid Bergman Run time: 126 minutesThe Bells of St. Mary's works much better for its battle of wills between a parish priest and a head nun than the dopey musical interludes that pepper it, but Bells is still a winning, emotionally satisfying film. This sequel to Going My Way has Father O'Malley (Bing Crosby) taking over the St. Mary's parochial school and finding himself at loggerheads with Sister Benedict (Ingrid Bergman, looking gorgeous even in a habit). There's a wonderful balance to all of this: O'Malley takes a more worldly approach to administration and is wrong just as many times as the nun is when she insists on a more biblical approach. About four subplots suffuse the film, including the story of a young charge from the wrong side of the tracks, and the deteriorating state of St. Mary's in the shadow of a brand-new building (the owner is played by the avuncular Henry Travers). A dear film. --Keith Simanton
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