The Bishop’s Wife 1947 123movies

Watch: The Bishop’s Wife 1947 123movies, Full Movie Online – An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family’s affections, as Christmas approaches..
Plot: An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family’s affections, as Christmas approaches.
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Ratings:

	7.5/10 Votes: 17,991
	84% | RottenTomatoes
	72/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 179 Popularity: 13.54 | TMDB

Reviews:

Dudley Do-Right
It’s nearly that time of year and on a cold and windy Sunday, my wife, rather than brave the elements on a window shopping exercise suggested instead we sit in and watch an old Christmas classic. So I selected this old favourite for her which she hadn’t seen before (and me in many years) and it’s fair to say we were both beguiled by this sub-Capra fantasy.

I say sub-Capra, because, good as it is, it isn’t in the class of the perennial “It’s A Wonderful Life”, with which it shares some plot devices, most obviously the visitation on Earth of a do-gooding angel. However where “It’s A Wonderful Life” has a much darker undertone in its literally life or death narrative, here all good angel Cary Grant has to do is divert Bisop David Niven away from a glory-hunting cathedral-building blind alley back to the path of piety and humility and at the same time restore him to the bosom of his loving family.

There are many Christmassy touches, with snow everywhere, ice-skating in the park, Christmas tree decorations and carol-singing boy choirs with many of these giving Dudley the angel (why do angels always cop such corny names?) the opportunity to flex his miraculous muscles to do good. It’s all done very entertainingly, the special effects nicely rendered for the time and once Cary gets those less than angelic thoughts about the bishop’s pretty wife, Loretta Yong, out of his head and on the way take the rich old cold widow Mrs Hamilton (Gladys Cooper) on a Scrooge-like conversion, the happy ending is never in doubt.

The acting by a big-name cast is affable – Cary is hardly exercised and merely requires to look beatific most of the time and Loretta Young is attractive and effervescent. I’m not sure about David Niven in a dog-collar but he gets the best line (humorously but subtly likening Mrs Hamilton to a dragon) and Golden Age perennials James Gleason and Monty Woolley do well in support.

As a whole the film seems a little too full to bursting with good-cheer and peace for all men – even driving avowed non-believer Wooley to church by the end and encouraging Mrs Hamilton to pledge her millions to helping the poor “everywhere in the world” but that might just be the cynic in me. Enjoy this for what it is, an unpretentious festive fantasy out to spread good cheer to all men – and Amen to that.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 49 min (109 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director Henry Koster
Writer Robert E. Sherwood, Leonardo Bercovici, Robert Nathan
Actors Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
Country United States
Awards Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 4 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,895.6 m (UK), 3,005 m (Netherlands)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm