The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) - November 2013 and 2019

[emw107]

Originally Posted by Akijama

The Bells of St. Mary's Blu-ray Signature edition Nov 26, 2019

So we're getting a Signature Edition of "The Bells of St. Mary's"? Hopefully this is a restored/rescanned version? I guess we'll know more soon...

If the specs are good, I'll gladly double-dip!

[MifuneFan]

Almost certainly sourced from the same 4K restoration as the recent UK release.

[traths]

I'm a big Ingrid Bergman fan and I've never actually owned this one so I might have to get this.

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by emw107

So we're getting a Signature Edition of "The Bells of St. Mary's"? Hopefully this is a restored/rescanned version? I guess we'll know more soon...

If the specs are good, I'll gladly double-dip!

So will I.

[Nailwraps]

I actually now plan to give this to my mom for Christmas, she LOVES this movie! ^_^

Seeing is how Paramount restored this in 4K, I bet that is what Olive will use.

[StarDestroyer52]

Special Features and Technical Specs for the Signature Edition:

• BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
• Audio commentary by Bing Crosby biographer Gary Giddins
• "Faith and Film" – Sr. Rose Pacatte on The Bells of St. Mary's
• "Human Nature" – Steve Massa on The Bells of St. Mary's and Leo McCarey
• "Before Sequel-itis" – Prof. Emily Carman on the film in the context of Hollywood production history
• Screen Guild Theater radio adaptations
• Essay by cultural critic Abbey Bender
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature

[Atariboy]

Does anyone know if the mask over part of the opening credits is gone with this restoration?

[tripper27]

Originally Posted by Atariboy

Does anyone know if the mask over part of the opening credits is gone with this restoration?

The opening credits are complete and unmasked on the Arrow.

[ModernBingFan]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Well, "Bells" was originally supposed to be the first Father O'Malley movie, and "Going My Way" the sequel, just that Paramount reversed the release order in theaters.

(Basically, during the wartime 40's, everyone retreated from headlines by saying that all the problems of the world could be solved if everyone just went to the Church Of Their Own Denomination every week--
The two movies were basically "Touched By An Angel" commercials for how mean-people get their problems solved by going to church again...And see, big-city Catholic churches aren't harsh, conservative and scary; Bing's a priest, and he's fun! He even gets Sister Ingrid to have fun, too! )

It wasn’t that as Going My Way was produced first and at the end Father O’Malley is called to another church leading into Bells of St. Mary’s, Bells was made after the success of Going My Way being released a year later by RKO as the director wanted his name to be in the title (Leo McCarey’s The Bells of St Marys) and to have more creative freedom

[hedliniv]

4k version eventually?