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The Bishop's Wife
Directed by
Henry Koster
Produced by Samuel Goldwyn
Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Leonardo Bercovici Based on the novel by Robert Nathan
Produced by Samuel Goldwyn
Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Leonardo Bercovici Based on the novel by Robert Nathan
With:
Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, James Gleason, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Sara Haden, Karolyn Grimes, Erville Alderson, and Isabel Jewell
Cinematography:
Gregg Toland
Editing: Monica Collingwood
Music: Hugo Friedhofer
Editing: Monica Collingwood
Music: Hugo Friedhofer
Runtime:
109 min
Release Date: 16 February 1948
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Color: Black and White
Release Date: 16 February 1948
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Color: Black and White
Twitter Capsule:
This holiday-adjacent romcom stars David Niven as a stuffy bishop frustrated by his failed efforts to raise money for his new cathedral. When he asks heaven for guidance, he is immediately visited by a debonair man named Dudley (Cary Grant), who claims to be an angel. The bishop is skeptical, then annoyed when Dudley ingratiates himself into the household as his assistant and wins the attentions of the titular bishop's wife (Loretta Young). The charming cast isn't quite up to the task of breathing It's a Wonderful Life style magic into this stiff and often saccharine fantasy premise.