The bishop's wife [videorecording] / RKO Radio Pictures Inc., Samuel Goldwyn presents ; produced by Samuel Goldwyn ; screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Leonardo Bercovici ; directed by Henry Koster.
Other Titles: Bishop's wife.
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment Inc., c2001.
ISBN: 0792849140
9780792849148
Description: 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Series: Vintage classics
Subject: Angels Drama.
Bishops' spouses Drama.
Bishops Drama.
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Christmas films.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Credits: Director of photography, Gregg Toland ; art directors, Perry Ferguson, George Jenkins ; editor, Monica Collingwood ; music, Hugo Friedhofer ; costume designer, Irene Sharaff.
Performers: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, James Gleason, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: Not rated.
Notes: English, French, or Spanish language with subtitles available in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1947.
Based on the novel by Robert Nathan.
Summary: Cary Grant stars as an angel who materializes in answer to the prayers of a harried young bishop, David Niven. Niven's efforts to raise money for a new cathedral have endangered his marriage to beautiful Loretta Young. Grant enters the bishop's household hoping to end the problems plaguing the family, but instead the bishop's negelected wife becomes infatuated with him.
