The Bells of St. Mary's

The Bells of St. Mary's is a UK VHS release by The Video Collection on 4th November 1985 and distributed by Futurevision Ltd in 3rd November 1986, and then it got re-released Video Collection International Ltd on 4th September 1989.

Description[]

Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman join forces delightfully in this Father O'Malley tale as the priest and Sister Superior. Together they run the crumbling St. Mary's School for disadvantaged children. Right next door towers a superb new office block being built by the local skinflint. The Sister Superior envisages this as the new St. Mary's, the owner sees St. Mary#s as the perfect site for a giant car park for his office workers! With Bing's magical voice getting plenty of exercise along the way, and even with a note or two from Ingrid, we'll find who wins, but it's a pretty safe bet against St. Mary's becoming a parking lot!

Cast[]

Bing Crosby as Father Chuck O'Malley
Ingrid Bergman as Sister Mary Benedict
Henry Travers as Horace P. Bogardus
William Gargan as Joe Gallagher
Ruth Donnelly as Sister Michael
Joan Carroll as Patricia "Patsy" Gallagher
Martha Sleeper as Mary Gallagher
Rhys Williams as Dr. McKay
Richard Tyler as Eddie Breen
Una O'Connor as Mrs. Breen
Edward Coch Jr. as Baby Jesus (uncredited)

Credits[]

Opening (Original 1985 release)[]

Warning screen
The Video Collection logo (1985-1986)
Video Collection International Movies promo from 1985 [announced by Simon Bates]
Start of The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)

Closing (Original 1985 release)[]

End of The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
The End
The Video Collection logo (1985-1986)

Opening (1986 Re-Release)[]

Warning screen
Video Collection International "New Catalogue" promo from 1986 [announced by Ray Brooks]
Start of The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)

Closing (1986 Re-Release)[]

End of The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
The End
The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)

Trailers and info[]

Original 1985 release[]

The 1985 advert with clips of various titles that are released by the Video Collection including clips from:

John Wayne classics
"Rio Grande"
"Sands of Iwo Jima"
"The Quiet Man"
Cary Grant carrying Doris Day on his shoulder in "A Touch of Mink"
"Indiscreet" (1958)
"Operation Petticoat"
Cary Grant in "Father Goose"
The greatest western film "High Noon"
"The Bells of St. Mary's"
It's a wonderful life
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
a scene of Frank Sinatra saying 'Hi' in "Young at Heart"
Never Love a Stranger.
"The Men"
"The Glory Boys"

Then here is range of cartoon clips for some children's titles by the Video Collection including.

"Mr. T" smashing the door down and arriving into a room in an episode of the "Mr. T" cartoon show,
"Space Ghost" flying downward in the cosmos and shooting lasers with his hand.
"Atom Ant" arriving into shot in the "Atom Ant" cartoon intro.
The scene of Zilly running away from a crocodile in his jacket from the "Dastardly and Muttley" cartoon show.
A gust of wind blowing Atom Ant's mailbox outside his tree the wrong side.
"Yogi Bear" watching his friend run out of his cave in "Hey There, it's Yogi Bear"
He-Man getting his power of Greyskull ready in the intro of the "He-Man and the Universe" cartoon series and yelling his "I have the power" quote.
Mr T taking a glare.
Muttley having a wheezy giggle in the airplane scene of a "Dastardly and Muttley" cartoon episode

Here is the last few set of clips that end the commercial which are:

a "Young at Heart" scene of Doris Day taking a smile.

The very last clip of the advert is the logo of the Video Collection with the announcer telling people to start their collection today.

1986 Re-release[]

The Video Collection "New Catalogue" advert from 1986 which is narrated by Ray Brooks featuring 'Movie Greats' video tiles including...

a clip of the 1946 Christmas fantasy comedy-drama film "It's a Wonderful Life"
a clip of Laurence Olivier in the 1940 psychological drama film "Rebecca" along with Joan Fontaine.
a clip of the 1952 Western film "High Noon" starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly
A still for other movie greats that are available which are "Ring of Brightwater", "Duel in the Sun" and many more to which Ray Brooks announces.
clips for John Wayne films on video such as the chatting and kissing scene from "The Quiet Man" (1952), brief clips of other movies with John Wayne such as "Rio Grande" (1950), "Sands of Iwo Jima" (1950), "Dark Command" (1940), the punching scene from "Wake of the Red Witch" (1948) and a clip from "Flying Tigers" (1942).
clips for films starring Cary Grant including a clip of himself with Doris Day in "The Touch of Mink" (1952), a clip of himself with Ingrid Bergman in "Indiscreet" (1958), "Operation Petticoat", "Father Goose", "Bringing Up Baby", "The Green is Greener", and many more...,
Musicals - Flying Down to Rio, The Gay Divorcee, Young at Heart and many more...,
Children's Entertainment - Care Bears, The Get Along Gang, ThunderCats, Mask, Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends, Yogi Bear, The Wind in the Willows and many children's videos.
The Video Music Collection - Duran and many musical videos. and Sports - Sport Aid, Run the World, Jane Fonda's Workout and many sports videos