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The Trouble with Angels (1966)

Director(s) Ida Lupino
Producer(s)

No producer listed for this movie
Top Genres Comedy, Drama, Family
Top Topics Coming of Age, Friends, Religious, School
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The Trouble with Angels (1966) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Ida Lupino .

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Film Albums: The Trouble with Angels (1966)

By The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 16, 2024 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

In 1966, Jerry Goldsmith was relatively new to soundtrack scoring for comedy films (he was making a name for himself writing music for western films and television series), but nevertheless he created a marvelous score for the dramatic comedy The Trouble with Angels starring Hayley Mills and Rosalin... Read full article

Rosalind Russell and Hayley Mills match wits in “The Trouble with Angels”

By Stephen Reginald on Sep 24, 2023 From Classic Movie Man

Rosalind Russell and Hayley Mills match wits in “The Trouble with Angels” The Trouble with Angels (1966) is an American comedy film directed by Ida Lupino and starring Rosalind Russell and Hayley Mills. The strong supporting cast includes Binnie Barnes, Mary Wickes, Marge Redmond, G... Read full article

Anjos Rebeldes (1966) / The Trouble with Angels (1966)

By Lê on Jun 6, 2019 From Critica Retro

Anjos Rebeldes (1966) / The Trouble with Angels (1966) Se eu fosse julgar o filme “Anjos Rebeldes”, dirigido por Ida Lupino, apenas pela sequência de abertura animada, a nota dada seria de cinco estrelas. Créditos animados estavam na moda nos anos 60 – quem pode se esquec... Read full article

The Trouble with Angels (1966)

By Beatrice on Feb 28, 2019 From Flickers in Time

The Trouble with Angels Directed by Ida Lupino Written by Blanche Hanalis from a novel by Jane Trahey 1966/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation/William Frye Productions/Eaves Movie Ranch Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant About as cute as any convent comedy has the right to be. Mary Clancy (Haley Mills) and... Read full article

The Trouble with Angels ( 1966 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Mar 29, 2017 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"I just thought of a scathingly brilliant idea!" Mary ( Hayley Mills ) is chock-full of scathingly brilliant ideas, most of them taking the form of pranks to play on the nuns at St. Francis Academy, the convent school for girls that she and her partner-in-crime Rachel ( played by newcomer June Hard... Read full article

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The Trouble with Angels Quotes:

Mother Superior: [to Mary] One of us may have to go. But I guarantee you, it won't be me!
Mother Superior: As for the social graces, I'm convinced that your school encourages barbarism and concerns itself only with free thinking, free wheeling and finger-painting.
Mr. Petrie: The finest educational minds in the country happen to be on our side!
Mother Superior: God is on ours!
Sister Rose Marie: Take off her binder. Take off her binder.
Mary Clancy: Hi, Marvel-Ann!
Marvel-Ann Clancy: Drop Dead!
Rachel Devery: Who's that?
Mary Clancy: Marvel-Ann. My uncle George is her father. He's been sending her to the nuns since she was six. I said she was illegitimate, so she hates me.
Rachel Devery: Is she?
Mary Clancy: Lord, no. Uncle George is very careful about that sort of thing.
Mother Superior: Evidently Sister Ursula's German accent amuses you.
Mary Clancy: I didn't know she was German, Reverend Mother.
Mother Superior: Then surely you didn't know that during the war Sister Ursula kept 34 Jewish children hidden for more than two years in the cellar of a destroyed convent outside of Munich. And that when this was finally discovered she was imprisoned. She suffered untold indignities and she... she...
[nearly choking up, then turning away to pray]
Mary Clancy: Are we dismissed, Reverend Mother?
Mother Superior: [quietly] Yes.
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The Trouble with Angels Facts
The exterior shots were filmed at St. Mary's Home, an orphanage, in Ambler, Pennsylvania. The main building looks like a stone castle and is still standing. It was featured prominently in the film but all the interior shots were done in a studio in California.
All of the old ladies at the Christmas party at the old age home are wearing purple, which is the liturgical color for the Advent season in the Catholic calendar.
Upon arriving at St. Francis', Mary uses the alias "Kim Novak". Rosalind Russell, who plays Mother Superior, starred with Kim Novak in Picnic.
The first feature film to be directed by Ida Lupino since The Hitch-Hiker and The Bigamist over a decade earlier.
Producer William Frye personally offered his friend Greta Garbo $1 million to play the Mother Superior in the film. When she declined, he offered the role to Rosalind Russell at a much lower salary.
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