The Bishop's Wife

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film romantic fantasy film

The Bishop's Wife is a 1947 romantic fantasy film starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven, about an angel who comes to Earth to help a troubled bishop and his wife.

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Label	Occurrences
The Bishop's Wife canonical	16
The Bishop’s Wife	10
The Bishop's Wife (1947 film)	4
The Bishop's Wife (novel)	2
Bishop's Wife (radio adaptations)	1
The Bishop's Wife universe	1
The Bishop’s Wife (1947 film)	1
The Bishop’s Wife (screenplay)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ romantic fantasy film ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Recording
basedOn	The Bishop's Wife self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Bishop's Wife (novel)
basedOnAuthor	Robert Nathan ⓘ
castMember	Elsa Lanchester ⓘ Gladys Cooper ⓘ James Gleason ⓘ Monty Woolley ⓘ
characterRole	Dudley is an angel ⓘ Henry Brougham is an Episcopal bishop ⓘ Julia Brougham is the bishop's wife ⓘ
cinematography	Gregg Toland ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Henry Koster ⓘ
distributedBy	RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Monica Collingwood ⓘ
filmColor	black-and-white ⓘ
filmingProcess	35 mm film ⓘ
followedBy	The Preacher's Wife ⓘ
genre	Christmas film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ romance film ⓘ
hasAdaptation	The Bishop's Wife self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bishop's Wife (radio adaptations)
hasTheme	charity ⓘ divine intervention ⓘ faith ⓘ marriage ⓘ
mainCharacter	Bishop Henry Brougham ⓘ Dudley ⓘ Julia Brougham ⓘ
musicBy	Hugo Friedhofer ⓘ
narrativeLocation	an unnamed American city ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotSummary	An angel comes to Earth to help a troubled bishop and his wife with their personal and spiritual struggles. ⓘ
producer	Samuel Goldwyn ⓘ
productionCompany	Samuel Goldwyn Productions ⓘ
publicationDate	1947 ⓘ
releaseDate	December 1947 ⓘ
releaseYear	1947 ⓘ
runtime	approximately 109 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Leonard Bercovici ⓘ Robert E. Sherwood ⓘ
setInPeriod	1940s ⓘ
starring	Cary Grant ⓘ David Niven ⓘ Loretta Young ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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Loretta Young → notableWork → The Bishop's Wife ⓘ

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Henry Koster → notableWork → The Bishop's Wife ⓘ

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Taylor Holmes → notableWork → The Bishop's Wife ⓘ

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Elsa Sullivan Lanchester → notableWork → The Bishop's Wife ⓘ

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Gladys Cooper → notableWork → The Bishop's Wife ⓘ

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Robert Nathan → notableWork → The Bishop's Wife ⓘ

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Regis Toomey → notableWork → The Bishop's Wife ⓘ

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