The Bishop's Wife
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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An Episcopal bishop (David Niven) has been working for months to raise money for an elaborate new cathedral, but is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. His prayer leads to an angel (Cary Grant) being sent to assist him, but he becomes jealous of his new assistant's popularity with everyone around him, including his wife (Loretta Young). Based on the novel by Robert Nathan. Cary Grant as Dudley Loretta Young as Julia Brougham David Niven as Henry Brougham Monty Woolley as Professor Wutheridge James Gleason as Sylvester Gladys Cooper as Mrs. Hamilton Elsa Lanchester as Matilda If you have a request or a comment for me, please go to the Colorized Movies Forum at https://archive.org/details/colorized-movies?tab=forum I colorized this using AI software that doesn't always get the colors right, but I think it looks fairly natural. Hopefully a more professional job will be done someday.
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- Director
- Henry Koster
- Starring
- Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, James Gleason, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Sara Haden
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