1h 37min | Biography, Drama, Family | 2 April 1966 | Color, ws
Director: Henry Koster
Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalban, Greer Garson, Agnes Moorehead, Chad Everett, Katharine Ross.
Robert Sidney ... choreographer
Watched online: part 1, part 2, good print.
11 songs in the Soundtracks, no performers.
According to her IMDb biography, the real Singing Nun, who gets songwriting credits here, quit being a nun and came to a tragic end in '85.
I just found some recordings of Dominque online, including one that's supposed to be the nun, and one of Gisele MacKenzie singing it. I think I remember GM singing it on the Ed Sullivan Show. He appears in this film recording the nun in Belgium for his TV show.
RM plays an overly enthusiastic priest who ropes DR into singing to benefit the convent/order financially, and to spread the prayers she sings.
DR is unsure of herself as a missionary, and does a poor job dealing with the local slum dwellers. Her ambition is to go to Africa, and she reaches it at the end of the film.
This is a pleasant film, with nice songs sung well by DR. I almost gave this a 7, because it's so much more pleasant than the bikini films. But it's really not something I'd recommend.
MGM, dir. Koster; 6
