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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Bishop's Wife (radio adaptations) 1
The Bishop's Wife (novel) 1
The Bishop’s Wife 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 (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Bishop's Wife → basedOn → The Bishop's Wife self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bishop's Wife (novel)
The Preacher's Wife → basedOn → The Bishop's Wife ⓘ
Reverend Henry Biggs → basedOnWork → The Bishop's Wife ⓘ
The Bishop's Wife → hasAdaptation → The Bishop's Wife self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bishop's Wife (radio adaptations)
Henry Koster → notableWork → The Bishop's Wife ⓘ
Loretta Young → notableWork → The Bishop's Wife ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bishop’s Wife
subject surface form: Reverend Henry Biggs