The Bishop's Wife

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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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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

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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