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The Bells of St. Mary's
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| Part No: | B0000EMYML |
| Manufacturer: | Republic Pictures |
| MFG Part: | LGED14782D |
| Customer Rating: | 4.5 / 5.0 |
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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 minutes
The 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
| Bells of St Mary's | 2009-01-06 | 4 / 5 |
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| Wonderful old movie, have to watch it every Christmas along with It's a Wonderful Life and Alastair Sim's Scrooge. |
| Like Bing says, "I always wanted to do that again." | 2009-01-03 | 5 / 5 |
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| Bing plays Father O'Malley and Bergman heads the Catholic girls school with their challenges cut out for them. He must take in a problem girl whose father abandoned her and she must help a deliquent boy learn to box so he can win some school yard fights. A greedy businessman who wants to tear down the school to build a new parking lot is converted by their winning ways to donate his new building for their school. Always worth seeing again is the touching moment where Bergman learns she being transferred away from the school. "The Bells of St. Mary's" sung by Crosby is worthwhile to watch again any time of year. |
| Favorite movie | 2008-12-24 | 5 / 5 |
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| To correct an earlier review, the movie was not edited to eliminate the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. Those words were not added to the Pledge until the 1950s, about five to ten years after the movie was filmed. That being said, Bells of Saint Mary's is one of my favorite movies. When I first saw it 30 years ago, it made me an instant Bing Crosby fan. |
| The Bells of St. Mary's | 2008-12-17 | 5 / 5 |
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| An excellent Christmas classic movie for the whole family. This movie has become a Christmas tradition for our family to watch each year. The picture is so clear with the digital remastering... so much better than the old VHS. |
| A Christmas Gift | 2008-11-29 | 5 / 5 |
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Margaret Lawrence
Sixy Three years ago, I saw this movie for the first time and have enjoyed watching it through the years. The song from the movie THE BELLS OF SAINT MARYS has alway been one of my favorite songs.
When my husband and I was married in 1961, THE BELLS OF SAINT MARYS was played at our Wedding.
During this Christmas season, families need to watch this movie and renew
the story is brings, love, sharing, and giving of ones material things to
better our neighbors. |
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