The Bells of St. Mary's [1945 film]
by Leo McCarey (Director), Dudley Nichols (Screenwriter)
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.Tags
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Acting: 5.0; Theme: 5.0; Content: 5.0; Language: 5.0; Overall: 5.0
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.
***July 2, 2023***
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.
***July 2, 2023***
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- Canonical title
- The Bells of St. Mary's [1945 film]
- Original title
- The Bells of St. Mary's
- Alternate titles
- Leo McCarey's The Bells of St. Mary's
- Original publication date
- 1945-12-06
- People/Characters
- Father Charles O'Malley (Chuck)
- Related movies
- The Bells of St. Mary's (1945 | IMDb)
- Disambiguation notice
- This is the movie directed by Leo McCarey. Do not combine with the novelization by George Victor Martin.
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- DDC/MDS
- 791.4372 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Movies, TV, Video Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Films; screenplays Single films
- LCC
- PN1997 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures Plays, scenarios, etc.
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- English, French
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