The Bells of St. Mary's [1945 film]

by Leo McCarey (Director), Dudley Nichols (Screenwriter)

Other authors: George Barnes (Director of photography), Ingrid Bergman (Actor), Joan Carroll (Actor), Bing Crosby (Actor), Ruth Donnelly (Actor) — 7 more, William Gargan (Actor), Una O'Connor (Actor), Martha Sleeper (Actor), Henry Travers (Actor), Richard Tyler (Actor), Jimmy Van Heusen (Composer), Rhys Williams (Actor)

Series: Father Charles ‘Chuck’ O’Malley movies (2)

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Easy-going Father O'Malley and iron-willed Sister Benedict find themselves in a subtle battle of wits over how the children should be educated at St. Mary's parochial school. Meanwhile, the entire school may be razed to make way for a parking lot.

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Father O'Malley (Bing Crosby) shows up at St. Mary's, a failing parochial school, and meets the no-nonsense Sister Benedict (Ingrid Bergman) along with other sisters at the school. The school is not far from closing due to its dilapidation. The sisters pray that a wealthy local business man (Henry Travers) will donate his recently built building to the school. This is a wonderful and fun movie. Highly recommend.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
McCarey, Leo	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Nichols, Dudley	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Barnes, George	Director of photography	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bergman, Ingrid	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Carroll, Joan	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Crosby, Bing	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Donnelly, Ruth	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gargan, William	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
O'Connor, Una	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sleeper, Martha	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Travers, Henry	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tyler, Richard	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Van Heusen, Jimmy	Composer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Williams, Rhys	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Father Charles ‘Chuck’ O’Malley movies (2)

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Christmas Collector's Pack (The Bells of St. Mary's / It's a Wonderful Life) by Frank Capra

White Christmas / It's a Wonderful Life / The Bell's of St Mary's by Frank Capra

Bing Crosby Collection - Going My Way/The Bells of St Marys [Import anglais] by Bing Crosby

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The Bells of St. Mary's (Novelization) by George Victor Martin

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Academy Award (Winner – Best Sound – 1945)

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The Bells of St. Mary's [1945 film]

Original title

The Bells of St. Mary's

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Leo McCarey's The Bells of St. Mary's

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1945-12-06

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Father Charles O'Malley (Chuck)

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The Bells of St. Mary's (1945 | IMDb)

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This is the movie directed by Leo McCarey. Do not combine with the novelization by George Victor Martin.

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Easy-going Father O'Malley and iron-willed Sister Benedict find themselves in a subtle battle of wits over how the children should be educated at St. Mary's parochial school. Meanwhile, the entire school may be razed to make way for a parking lot.

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