The Bishop's Wife( 1947)

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Overview

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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Cary Grant
Dudley
Loretta Young
Julia Brougham
David Niven
Henry Brougham
Monty Woolley
Professor Wutheridge
James Gleason
Sylvester
Gladys Cooper
Mrs. Hamilton
Elsa Lanchester
Matilda
Sara Haden
Mildred Cassaway
Karolyn Grimes
Debby Brougham
Tito Vuolo
Maggenti
Regis Toomey
Mr. Miller
Sarah Edwards
Mrs. Duffy
Margaret McWade
Miss Trumbull
Anne O'Neal
Mrs. Ward
Ben Erway
Mr. Perry
Erville Alderson
Stevens
Robert J. Anderson
Defense Captain
Teddy Infuhr
Attack Captain
Eugene Borden
Michel
Almira Sessions
First Lady in Michel's
Claire Du Brey
Second Lady in Michel's
Florence Auer
Third Lady in Michel's
Margaret Wells
Hat Shop Proprietress
Kitty O'Neil
Hat Shop Customer
Isabel Jewell
Hysterical Mother
David Leonard
Blind Man
Dorothy Vaughan
Delia
Edgar Dearing
Policeman
Sheryl Deauville
Singing Girl (uncredited)
Dick Earle
Churchgoer (uncredited)
Edythe Elliott
Saleslady (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
Churchgoer (uncredited)
Joseph J. Greene
Santa Claus (uncredited)
Thomas Martin
Churchgoer (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall
Churchgoer (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Mar 28 2022

This is one of those wonderful Christmas films that you can watch at any time of the year and still feel a certain feeling of satisfaction afterwards. David Niven is the Bishop who is struggling to get wealthy widow "Mrs. Hamilton" (Gladys Cooper) to fund a new cathedral - without, that is, her putting her late husband's face on the stained glass windows! He prays for guidance and it duly arrives; in the guise of Cary Grant ("Dudley") who quite determinedly, and mischievously, tries to help the Bishop not just with his new church, but with his priorities in general - especially towards his wife...