The Miracle of the Bells (1948)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.5/10   

Director:

Irving Pichel

Escritores:

Russell Janney (novel)
Ben Hecht (writer) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

27 marzo 1948 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Plot:

Granting her final request, a Hollywood press agent brings the dead body of an actress, who died after making her first and only film...

Plot Keywords:

Bell | Actress | Press Agent | Christmas Eve | Chorus Girl

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Believing in Miracles

Reparto

Fred MacMurray	...	William 'Bill' Dunnigan
Alida Valli	...	Olga Treskovna (as Valli)
Frank Sinatra	...	Father Paul
Lee J. Cobb	...	Marcus Harris
Harold Vermilyea	...	Nick Orloff
Charles Meredith	...	Father J. Spinsky
James Nolan	...	Tod Jones (as Jim Nolan)
Veronica Pataky	...	Miss Anna Klovna
Philip Ahn	...	Ming Gow
Frank Ferguson	...	Mike Dolan
Frank Wilcox	...	Dr. Jennings

También conocida como:

El milagro de las campanas (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

120 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

Finland:S | Spain:7 | USA:Approved (PCA #12607) | Sweden:Btl

Locaciones de Filmación:

Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania, USA

Compañía:

Jesse L. Lasky Productions

Trivialidades:

Frank Sinatra's scenes were written by DeWitt Bodeen.

Conexiones de Película:

References Joan of Arc (1948)

Banda de Sonido:

Silent Night, Holy Night

Believing in Miracles

A film I had never seen before, and it is highly recommended for all those who believe in faith and miracles. A Hollywood press agent, Fred MacMurray, inspires a new actress to attain higher goals in movies; she is played by Valli, who underplays her role with much emotion. Lee J. Cobb plays the tough producer and director. She dies just before the film ends, so the film is shelved by the money men. But this press agent believes in her and goes back to her hometown of Coaltown, PA where there are only a few old churches. One of them is Catholic, and Frank Sinatra plays the Catholic priest, who the press agent tries to get him and all the other pastors and ministers of the other churches to ring their bells constantly at her funeral. The day comes and the Catholic Church is loaded with townspeople who witness angelic sculptures in the pulpit turning to look at the body of the actress, and causing a national stir of publicity. All of this causes the producer director to come to terms and release the film publicly. But there is more involved in this film because it shows how sincerely faith of any kind can cause miracles to happen. I found this film to be highly entertaining and highly underrated for the period of time it was made in 1948