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THE BISHOP’S WIFE – Hugo Friedhofer
GREATEST SCORES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Original Review by Craig Lysy
Samuel Goldwyn came across the novella “The Bishop’s Wife” (1928) by Robert Nathan and decided its tender family tale would translate well to the big screen. He would manage production using his own production company to fund the project, with RKO Pictures distributing. The film suffered repeated setbacks that led to Goldwyn sacking his director William A. Seiter and replacing him with Henry Coster, switching the actors for the two male lead roles, tearing down and rebuilding all the sets, and rewrites of the original screenplay of Leonardo Bercovici and Robert Sherwood, by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett. A fine trio of actors were cast, including Cary Grant as Dudley the angel, Loretta Young as Julia Brougham, and David Niven as Bishop Henry Brougham. Read more…
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