The Bells of St. Mary's (Colorized) [VHS]

The Bells of St. Mary's (Colorized) [VHS]
by Leo McCarey

The Bells of St. Mary's (Colorized) [VHS]

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Actor: Bing Crosby, Henry Travers, Ingrid Bergman, Ruth Donnelly, William Gargan
Director: Leo McCarey
Cinematographer: George Barnes
Producer: Leo McCarey
Writer: Leo McCarey
Editor: Harry Marker
Writer: Dudley Nichols
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 126 minutes
Release Date: 1994-09-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Republic Pictures
Studio: Republic Pictures

VHS Movie Reviews of The Bells of St. Mary's (Colorized) [VHS]

Movie Review: Bells of St. Mary's
Summary: 5 Stars

My husband's favorite movie. Your speedy processing allowed me to put it in his stocking for Christmas!

Movie Review: A Beautiful Christmas Classic
Summary: 5 Stars

One of our all time favorites for years. This movie provides humor, sadness, joy and victory...and there is Bing!

Movie Review: An all-time classic!
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a classic which should be in everyones collection. They don't make them like this anymore!

Movie Review: old classic
Summary: 5 Stars

old classic a spin off from going my way with bing crosby .another classic great movie and a great performance from ingrid .brian

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.

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Summary of The Bells of St. Mary's (Colorized) [VHS]

After watching director Leo McCarey's 1945, black-and-white ode to sentimentality, it's intriguing to note how everything old becomes new again. As evidenced by 1998 box-office fare such as Stepmom and One True Thing, the "disease of the week" mentality has been tugging at filmgoers' hearts for decades. The Bells of St. Mary's is the "sequel" to McCarey's Oscar-winning Going My Way, for which star Bing Crosby incredulously took home a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the paternal priest, Father O'Malley. But in The Bells of St. Mary's, Crosby's undernourished, laconic technique barely registers against the luminous, playful gravity of Ingrid Bergman, who embodies the heart of a faith-abiding but forward-thinking nun named Sister Benedict. O'Malley is transferred to her poverty-stricken school, and the two square off, ultimately forming a respect and liking for each other despite the fact that the good Sister has taken ill with tuberculosis and Father O'Malley must send her away from her beloved parish to save her life. Sure, The Bells of St. Mary's feels outdated and even trivial in light of the successors to its throne, but it's still a contender. McCarey had the touch for striking a chord that hearkens back to everything we didn't get as kids. He fills a need, as it were, with his ability to reveal our human frailties. Too, he's got Ingrid Bergman, who makes us fondly remember every teacher who lovingly and patiently made a difference in our lives. The Bells of St. Mary's recalls better days and romanticizes a gentler way of being, as suggested when Sister Benedict, after overhearing Father O'Malley remark that sometimes a man must fight his way through life, offers simply in response, "Why not make him think his way through instead?" --Paula Nechak

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