The Bells of St. Mary's |  | Director: Leo McCarey
Actors: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan, Ruth Donnelly
Studio: Republic Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  62 reviews
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 126 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D14782D
UPC: 017153147827
EAN: 0017153147827
Theatrical Release Date: 1945
Release Date: September 23, 2003
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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
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 An all-time classic! October 16, 2009
Jeffrey G. Mills (Guatemala)
This is a classic which should be in everyones collection. They don't make them like this anymore!
old classic June 9, 2009
B. Hatton (london)
old classic a spin off from going my way with bing crosby .another classic great movie and a great performance from ingrid .brian
 Old-Fashioned (Which Means Pretty Good) May 8, 2009
Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
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.
CLASSIC March 12, 2009
c. b. (franklin,tn usa)
BERGMAN AND CROSBY. ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS WAS A BETTER MOVIE THAN "GOING MY WAY". STILL DO!
The Bells of Saint Mary's January 9, 2009
Becky L (Overland Park, KS USA)
Ingrid Bergman and Bing Crosby--she's Mother Superior, he's a priest. Lots of heart and humor and Bing's crooning. Excellent oldie!
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