The Bells of St. Mary’s 1945 123movies

Watch: The Bells of St. Mary’s 1945 123movies, Full Movie Online – Father O’Malley, the unconventional priest from ‘Going My Way’, continues his work for the Catholic Church. This time he is sent to St. Mary’s, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt to save the school, though their differing methods often lead to good-natured disagreements..
Plot: Father O’Malley, the unconventional priest from ‘Going My Way’, continues his work for the Catholic Church. This time he is sent to St. Mary’s, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt to save the school, though their differing methods often lead to good-natured disagreements.
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	7.2/10 Votes: 8,350
	85% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 101 Popularity: 9.834 | TMDB

Reviews:

A slightly sugar-coated impression of Catholic education, but heartwarming
I had often heard how this film was nominated for Best Picture and other important Academy Awards, so I was glad to see it on cable a few days ago. I was very pleased with it. The film builds up to quite an emotional, dramatic ending. There are some moments when Ingrid Bergman simply shines with a special radiance. Bing Crosby was excellent also, although I think he had many better songs to sing in his long career. The direction seems slow-paced at times, but in a way this measured pacing gives the audience a better chance to focus on the characters on the screen.

The story certainly touched upon some important issues of Catholic education in the 1940’s and 1950’s. There were always fine attempts to help children from the other side of the tracks to prosper in a private school, with assistance of various kinds. The postwar population boom, however, led to huge numbers of children being educated as cheaply as possible in crowded, old, unsafe buildings. It was not uncommon to have 70 pupils in one classroom. In this film the nuns are relentlessly polite, but in real life they had to be very strict to control large classes. The picture refers to “fire traps” and the fact that St. Mary’s School was about to be condemned. How ironic this was, for just 13 years later — on December 1, 1958 — a fire swept through the antiquated Our Lady of the Angels elementary school in Chicago, killing 92 children and three nuns. That tragic fire led to sweeping changes in building code laws and the modernization of thousands of schools across America, both public and private.

Old-Fashioned (Which Means Pretty Good)
This was a just a plain, nice story, one of those kind I tend favor simply they don’t have any “bad guys” in them and still keep the story interesting.

I expected Ingrid Bergman’s character, “Sister Mary,” from what the liners 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 the priest “Father Chuck O’Malley” (Bing Crosby) I sided with her because Crosby was a little too liberal regarding punishment. (He never wanted to scold or punish any misbehaving kid., for example. No discipline is not a good idea, as parents know.)

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 but they are pleasant to watch and pretty good entertainment.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 6 min (126 min), 1 hr 28 min (88 min) (Germany)
Budget 0
Revenue 21300000
Status Released
Rated Unrated
Genre Drama
Director Leo McCarey
Writer Dudley Nichols, Leo McCarey
Actors Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers
Country United States
Awards Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 8 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (RCA Sound System)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm