Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman in Classic Comedy I The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) I Retrospective

[@davidhutchinson5233]

Am I the only one who absolutely loves old movies?

[@tucoramirez3333]

No since this video has over 300k views

[@segunsaba7646]

No . There are many like you

[@Horatio1886build]

No you are not alone!

[@Horatio1886build]

I’ve only watched 2minutes and I already love it.

[@davidhutchinson5233]

I was being facetious gang. LOL..but all comments are appreciated.

[@r.p.8906]

the human factor is what is missing in today's movies. The emotions, the real feelings played professionally and the human connection. LOVE this movie. Thanks!

[@michalholwek8832]

Plus dialogues written in English! Script was poetry. Why still do that?

[@cuhulainsblood]

The people who worship the Talmud took over Hollyweird and that's why it's under watchable.

[@lisapratt166]

Yes, it’s very true. The human factor has been taken out of acting.

[@maryatoh4378]

3 q

[@carolking6355]

I first saw this 70 years ago. We were staying in a holiday cabin by a beautiful lake and I was 10 years old. A local hotel had put up forms to sit on and my darling dad took me. I was so happy I never forgot it.

[@anneliesewoodberry6948]

What a lovely memory

[@winonamassingill7895]

I have a great granddaughter named Annalise. 😅She’s 4 years old. 😊😊😊😊😊

[@fintan3563]

A beautiful memory that has been with you your whole life. ❤❤❤

[@yvetteorvis2404]

What a beautiful memory 🌹

[@coops1992]

Is your dad still with us??

[@psychedelicpython]

This was one of my mothers and my favorite movies. We watched this movie together a few times on VHS, before there were dvd’s and the internet. She died in 2001 and I thought about her as I watched this. The Bells of St. Mary’s is one of my favorite all time movies.

[@janicetehie3839]

Same here. My mom died in 2003 and she and I watched this movie a number of times. It made a profound impression on both of us.

[@zminvestllc9919]

GOOD MEMORY

[@LucyFeissner-ud6cx]

❤

[@kennethkhwarr5989]

Bing Crosby always been my favourite singer

[@IchigoOren]

​@@janicetehie3839 My mom also passed away in 2003 in November.

[@yakky6052]

OMG! am crying buckets at the end of this film. Ingrid Bergmans silent anguish and then the end scene with her and Bing Crosby... just beautiful. What a spiritually uplifting film. Wish things could be so good in real life... ❤🙏

[@adrienneoctaviasinclairvel9400]

There is the good and not so good take one day at a time Be patient with yourself God has infinite Patience with us😊😊

[@Alan-b2b]

Oh what big eyes you have

[@yakky6052]

@@Alan-b2b 😄 could solve the water shortage if I saw enough sad films! 😄

[@2brkt2b]

they do happen in real life. I know.

[@LucyFeissner-ud6cx]

. . . And How the church treats innocent students .

[@bonanzajoe]

I was living in a Catholic Orphanage 1944 - 1948. I remember at age 4 yrs of age, the Nuns walked us from the Orphanage to the movie theatre to see this movie. Then we had to walk all the way back. They didn't have school buses in my city at that time. Great memory and great movie.

[@anneliesewoodberry6948]

Magnificent movie and magnificent actors. Bergman and Crosby were really outstanding.

[@emjay5577]

I’ve loved this movie for over 60 years. As soon as I hear the opening music my eyes well up with tears. Reminds me of simpler times. Having grown up Catholic in the old days it hits home.

[@jonathonspiers8397]

I so fondly remember this film from visiting my Irish grandparents in Washington DC…only years later, as for all of us, did I come to embrace the unparalleled talents of Leo McCarey in his directing and producing this wonderful film, along with Going My Way…

[@DebbeCooper]

I am 71 years old now,,and this movie still touches my heart!! I went to a parochial school. That had nuns!!! They taught me so much, that have made me who I am today ! Especially the Christian foundation of what ,and why and who Jesus was!!.., 1980, I asked Jesus to come to live inside me, and forgive me of my sins...!!! I new the basics, but I never new to confess and declare them til then!!...The wait was worth it...and thankyou, sister's if st.Joseph for preparing me, Amen and Amen!!!

[@karenpyra5200]

One of my favorite movies of all time. Love its subtle beauty and messaging. I think this is Ingrid’s best role.

[@adrienneoctaviasinclairvel9400]

Also liked her in the oldie but goodie Casa Blanca

[@adrienneoctaviasinclairvel9400]

I had nuns in elementary Middle High school good teachers . Sister Roberta a beauty she could really bat the softball at recess HA

[@adrienneoctaviasinclairvel9400]

Dial O for O’Malley Really love the Irish accents

[@karenpyra5200]

Agree! Ingrid’s best performance.

[@46GarageUSA]

I watched this in summer and now in October and November. Makes me an old man feel warm and fuzzy inside. Reminds me of family. Days gone by. .

[@timgordon4853]

😪Dorothy👆👌✌️🤌❣️

[@michellepriore5610]

These movies shouldn't just be for us 'oldies' . The youngsters of today need to see movies like this so maybe they can find some kindness and possibly love for others. We are so lucky to have seen movies like this and be part of our generation instead of now. 😊

[@marilynsnider8183]

Two of my favorite actors of all time. May they forever rest in peace.

[@lindasavary4941]

I love this movie. Been watching it for approximately 65 years.

[@JoseLarraga-ce3dy]

THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING WE ARE IN 2023 NOT ONE MOVIE CAN COMPARE TO THIS MOVIE'S OF THE 40S 50S THEY WHERE DECENT AND WHERE VERY GOOD. 👍😊

[@concettarodriguez9559]

Why during the pledge of allegiance did they leave out one nation under God? I’m very up set that they omitted God

[@gwendolynchambrun5996]

@@concettarodriguez9559 No need to be upset: "under God" wasn't added until 1954!

[@pingpong5000]

I have not seen this film for about 50 + years, I have always been a fan of Bing Crosby and love his films, this is a great film with Ingrid Bergman, films of this era didn't just make you feel good they taught you why you should feel good. great share, thank you.

[@BytomGirl]

A friend sent it to me and said it was a"Feel good movie" and he was right. Made me feel so warm inside. Made me believe in goodness. My friend said that he thinks that both Bergman and Crosby were exactly like that in life and I agree, they were so genuine, so real.

[@michellepriore5610]

There are many movies like this that touch our hearts and can make changes in our lives. But Bing Crosby was not a good person, he was mean, especially to his children. Please watch a lot of older movies, they definitely make you feel better

[@HardPen-jj5nl]

Of course the lovely IB was also an adultress IRL.

[@lindaschipansky4429]

​@@michellepriore5610 I try not to believe everything I read and hear about celebrities. I have heard so many different stories from different sources about so many celebrities dead and alive

[@patrizzo677]

I went to the funeral Mass for Bing Crosby at St. Patricks Cathedral and at the end of Mass the Organist played The Bells of St. Mary, not a dry eye in the Cathedral❤😢

[@Thebonnie0592]

You were very fortunate to be able to attend his funeral! Loved him in Going My Way too.

[@davidthomas9276]

Thank you so much for this beautiful memory. The playing of Bells of St. Mary was a very fitting tribute to this great man.

[@jeanettecoleman-mz7ie]

He was Rotten to his children! That makes him a nasty person!

[@margaretannwoods4869]

❤️

[@louise7552]

I was raised on black and white movies. My mum and I loved the Golden Years of Hollywood. I watch all these movies still, and think of mum, miss those Sunday nights. ❤❤

[@msrocker2121]

I grew up watching older movies in the 60s and 70s. This one is one of my favorites. Such beautiful story with simplicity of morality and kindness. We need more of that now.

[@santonuborpuzari2411]

What a great actress was Ingrid Bergman!

[@susanhavelka2951]

I've been watching this beautiful classic every Christmas for over 50 years. Touches my heart everytime. ❤️

[@patrizzo677]

My father loved this movie and would sing along with Bing the Bells of St. Mary everytime we watched the movie❤❤

[@Ben-js9fg]

There's something so calming and surreal about watching old movies like this. You feel completely sucked into them, like all your worries have been conquered, and you've been plucked from your problems and placed in another world. An old world. A world where we were fighting to live, fighting for rights, trying to build a better world for the generations to come. Most importantly however, these make me smile.

[@denisparker4916]

Still think that this film and storyline is one of the best ever made❤❤❤

[@cak8132]

I’ve always loved this movie. I enjoyed “Going My Way”, too. My mother always said that Bing Crosby missed his calling because he portrayed being a priest so well.

[@graziacavasino8884]

It's called "acting", you know.

[@Terry-te1ij]

No, he was nasty to his kids. Let's not think he was like O'Malley. ☠️

[@teribelleau137]

Yes...another great one!

[@The_North_Men]

@@Terry-te1ijNobody is perfect … Nobody is only good, nobody only bad … Look in the Mirror … 😑

[@lindaschipansky4429]

He didn't miss his calling. His talent from God was his singing and acting. He did very good with what God gave him

[@firegod001]

My mom's TV is logged into my KZbin account from when I last visited her in New hampshire. I saw that she had been to this video today and decided to start watching it. I remember that she loved it when I was a kid. I hope it's as good as you remember, mom! Merry Christmas!

[@GoldLeafPress]

I can’t say anything negative about Ingrid Bergman. She absolutely adorable in every movie she’s done! I love in this movie. She’s so funny and innocent

[@heatherfulmore3412]

I don't know anything about her either.

[@joanholland3438]

It wouldn’t be Christmas without watching The Bells St.Mary’s ❤

[@dinolerario2790]

Christianism doesn't exist Mauro Biglino said, he translated biblic Jewish in Italian, look him in English too on KZbin you ll see another world.... Ciao

[@michellepriore5610]

So right Joan! There are so many movies that add to the blessed Christmas season!

[@debbiebeck4986]

Such a good movie! Bing Crosby is such a legend! ❤

[@judybraviere2715]

Greatest movie It was my mom’s favorite and still is mine. I’m 65… and still enjoy. Bells of St. Mary. Merry Christmas

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

Merry Christmas to you,also❤🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kathleenmoore535]

2 of the greatest here-Ingrid & Bing. Tknx 4 the memories ✝️🙏📖✨❤️🇺🇸. Decades of pure joy.

[@willaknotts1298]

Ive watched this particular film my whole life starting at age 5 or so up to my 76th yr now. Hard to beat this one. Boys Town is another. Bing Crosby was very easy to watch along with Ingrid.

[@rubysparrow2975]

Wonderful movie, thank you. I always enjoy an oldie, my memories come flooding back with who I saw this with and being as I am an olde gal most of them are gone now. Great times, take care everyone.

[@michellepriore5610]

Same here Ruby, the oldies are the goodies. They are the best!!! Bless you 🙏 ♥️

[@rubysparrow2975]

@@michellepriore5610 Blessings to you and yours. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, take care.....

[@LyndaGreaves]

Wow what a film they don't make film,s like this anymore a true classic loved it and will watch it again superb

[@ChickyBazooka]

Totally LOVE this movie and I guess I've seen it 300 times if not more. This is what it was like when I was growing up in the Church and why I will always remain a traditional Catholic. But Bergman and Crosby together in this movie was a choice made in Heaven. BRILLIANT.

[@nicholasromney6603]

This is such a fantastic family film! If only the world was like this now!

[@northernbettygirl]

It is truly beautiful, the love Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict had for each other. You could feel it. Not an earthly love, but an ethereal love, blessed by God. 🙏🏼😔

[@normabyde4766]

I saw this film as a child and now for the second time at 87 ! Thanks to KZbin for giving us these old films back in our lives.

[@ruthwidlund6429]

I have loved this movie since a child. I still do,and watch it about Christmas time every year.

[@hazelholmshaw9415]

I'm 82 and the tears I've cried over the years at th😮s film,it's one of my favourites .

[@michellepriore5610]

I agree with you totally Hazel. I'm 71 and still cry watching this and other 'older' movies. I dislike most of modern movies. God bless and keep you Hazel 🙏 ❤

[@donnafontenette8187]

I have watched this movie with my mom for as long as I remember. I lost her on the 21st of this month. Thank you for the airing of this holiday classic.

[@edwardgray154]

my parents loved this flick would watch it everytime it came on the tv.

[@brianincanada148]

Movies like this are timeless, as are the teachings.

[@sherylstitt8876]

You are not alone…! I adore and feel so right in watching the old movies. Such quality…❤

[@adrienneoctaviasinclairvel9400]

Every hristmas there is Bells of St Mary’s and a wonderful Life Miracle on 34th street has become a tradition

[@susanhavelka2951]

This is a Christmas tradition to watch every year. It touches my heart deeply every time I see it.

[@christinavasquez9867]

What a beautiful movie it took me 47 yrs to watch this gift

[@michellepriore5610]

There are so many more beautiful movies like this. I hope you get to experience the lessons these beautiful movies all have to show you. Merry Christmas 🎄🎅🤶🌟🎁🎄

[@marydonohoe8200]

I kept wondering in what other film I had seen the actor who played Bogartis. Then it hit me. He played the angel Clarence in “It’s a Wonderful Life”! Entirely different characters! 😊❤

[@LS-ei7xk]

Yeah-- Clarence was a trip. I loved that scene, in which he says he's an "Angel, 2nd Class", and the stationmaster (or whatever he was) falls off his chair.

[@michellepriore5610]

I agree with both of you. He was a great actor always with that charm of his, like a grandfather. He brought so much to both movies

[@coffeewithtwosugarsplease]

this movie is a real gem , even to those who are non religious , it has a great story . i do not believe in god but i do enjoy some of these sorts of movies , i highly recommend (the shack 2017 ) real older movie gems ( the whisperers 1967,)( the caretaker 1963 ) . (turn the key softly 1953 ), all the last 3 movies are real gems , and older people will love these . if you own or work in an old peoples home , set up a home cinema room with a huge screen , trust me you will make them very happy . i wish i had a home cinema to go around old peoples homes and play them nostlaglic movies . they cant see or hear much on a small tv in a day room . I even struggled to see and hear a small tv when i was 30 ish working in old peoples homes , so how are old people meant to really enjoy a movie ? when theres so much going on in a sitting room , they put a tv there just for show , as the old folk cant hear it or see it , if i struggle at 30 ,to see it or hear it , they had no chance , i think there should be movies at least 3 times a week on a loud large screen for old folks and they should be able to vote for what movie they want to watch that eveing .

[@NYVoice]

Heartwarming traditional faith-based storytelling. No dopey exorcism and macabre nonsense.

[@GayleBargo]

These wonderful movies age gracefully with time and enlighten every generation who watch them. So heartwarming. ❤️🎁

[@wendytaylor5320]

A beautiful movie can remember watching Bells of st marys as a kid im now 68 still brings on the tears and makes you feel good inside oh for that simpler life, loved Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman thanks for showing it .❤

[@thomasralabate5645]

A classic seen over and over.

[@eugeniebreida1583]

Wonderful movie, and high quality viewing of the beautiful black and white footage - thanks to Retrospective!

[@stephenchristian5739]

what can I say ..myself my 4 brothers grandparents parents had nothing but the best priests nuns deacons & their wives the best seminarians & group leaders the best of the best of lay volunteers & lay ministers THANK YOU LORD WHAT A WONDERFUL LIFE I'VE HAD BEING CATHOLIC.

[@LucyFeissner-ud6cx]

Congrats !

[@davidallen508]

Love Bing Crosby and his sublime singing is my main reason for keeping this film in my collection.

[@paulahavens2764]

Love movies like this forever . Look forward every Christmas for it to come on Tv.

[@marilynsnider8183]

I watch it year round. One of my favorites.

[@xansdad55]

It was during the filming of this picture that the Academy Awards for 1944 were held. That night Leo McCary and Bing Crosby won for "Going My Way" and Ingrid Bergman had won for "Gaslight". The following morning on the set Bergman joked that she was happy to have won the night before because she would have been nervous without one, what with her director and co-star both having one of their own.

[@lmr1922]

Gaslight is my favorite Ingrid Bergman movie. She nailed that "closing" scene!

[@alvaropelayo8084]

For anyone who doesn't know how great as an actor was Bing Crosby, God bless him!!

[@joyorr4009]

A wonderful film I have seen it so many times and still shed a tear. Bings acting is so superb he can play any role he is given perfectly whether comedy or serious.He is the greatest.

[@frederickcombs8661]

A time and place that is sadly gone forever.

[@cowsongs]

Wow... I had forgotten some of the stronger moments in this film. When Ingrid Bergman is questioning Patsy on the stairs about her grades, she says very few words, but her face says so much. When she asks Patsy if she wants her mother to be proud of her, and Patsy doesn't really answer, the alarm and heartbreak on Bergman's face is priceless.

[@patrizzo677]

Ingrid Bergman was so beautiful and a wonderful actress😊❤

[@stevebouras641]

When virtue in people was golden how times change throughout the decades❤

[@annfitzgerald8901]

What a masterpiece Have watched this film.over and over again againpiece

[@deborahginop5716]

Excellent movie..!!!!!!!!!! I nearly forgot what an Excellent movie was like.🌹..perhaps even to see what an excellent life God has given me at 75 years Young...🌹And all those that thru these years made it to be so.🌹 Thank you God..☺️ 💖

[@LucyFeissner-ud6cx]

T H A N K * Y O U 💐

[@rinowx5]

This is such a comforting and beautiful film ❤

[@DeonCrowe1991]

This is my second time seeing this movie. I first viewed it with my maternal grandmother back in 1977 but didn't really remember it. Thanks for posting this! It brought back so many memories or my grandma. ❤

[@barbarawalsh2875]

That was the year my grandmother died. My mom‘s mom of course we had two grandmothers, but my mom‘s mom was really special. She was a very gifted woman and had many heavy burdens to carry in life. a she wrote the most beautiful poetry about the Lord and the miracles in life. Even when the area where she was living was changing, she didn’t want to leave it although she had to she was often invited to preach in the churches that were now of different religion, but that didn’t matter to grandma if she could tell you about the Lord, she could tell you about Jesus that was the only thing that mattered to her. She was a very special lady and she been gone a long time. This movie makes me think of her.

[@michellepriore5610]

​@@barbarawalsh2875 Beautiful testimony of your love for your grandmother. God bless all our grandmother's as they have are so special 🙏 😊

[@sheilahammond4260]

I have often thought about this lovely story/movie, but couldn't remember what it was called. I'm so glad that you brought it to KZbin! Now I can enjoy it all over again!

[@tamimedina5579]

I often think of my parents too while watching this glorious movie & hearing the songs brings back memories of me with my parents of whom I can’t love enough.

[@donna.mckirdy1514]

Love watching the classic movies 🎬

[@poochyface1]

Excellent movie, we watch it my husband and I every Christmas. It's tradition. Lol

[@michellepriore5610]

Not to be rude or nasty but you didn't need to put lol after your comment. I think it's absolutely beautiful that you and your husband watch this every Christmas and make it a tradition, especially when couples don't share a lot nowadays. What a blessed tradition you have. You are lucky. Merry Christmas 🎄🎅🤶🌟🎁❤️🎄

[@lindagraham6830]

I do. My father brought me up on them all. This one was always interesting to me. It was the first time I ever heard the pledge of allegiance said without "under God.

[@thomasmcdonald5887]

Late July 2023 watching for the cazillionth time . Always watch Christmas movies in July. The most wonderful time of the year, the Christmas tree and Christmas with Holly just a few favorites but many more I lov❤️❤️merry Christmas in July to all

[@erlindamatias8015]

I just love this movie,watch this yearly & cry each time. ❤

[@heatherfaust1336]

Wow! This movie is Soo much better than any modern films I've seen in years! I'm grateful I ran across this film.

[@michellepriore5610]

I agree with you totally. I hope you find some more of the most beautiful 'old' movies that exist. You will be amazed of what they hold. 😊

[@missmarlene8893]

I’ve watched this movies since a cold every year! I’m now 74

[@tarmach523]

I have been watching this in bits during the last few days, finally finished it today. What a wonderful movie! How many times did I cry? Many times, wow…I love Bing Crosby, love his singing voice too it just fills my heart to listen to him. A beautiful, heartfelt movie🎄Thank you for posting this one!

[@gran7984]

Absolutely wonderful movie

[@deborahsandoval7633]

Wonderful movie and acting. Thankyou. God bless you.

[@rexross7086]

This is an all time classic that needs to be played every year during Christmas.

[@johnfrew2798]

Ingrid Bergman class act I love her soooo much

[@SuperC888]

Today is Christmas!! I watched 3 Bing Crosby movies: Holiday Inn White Christmas & Bells of St. Mary’s -Merry Christmas 🎄 🎅🏻 everyone!

[@theresachiorazzi4571]

Bells of st Mary is a classic growing up is how it used to be but no more the world is so different now

[@appymichael9099]

Beautiful film. With a wonderful Moral of the story ❤❤❤❤we teachers too miss our children who once played around the classroom with us ❤❤❤❤

[@warnersfan2o9m]

This print was struck from the original negative. It contains the RKO name which was later removed for legal reasons.

[@fifthbusiness1678]

Wonderful film. Didn’t Ingrid Bergman win an Oscar for her role in this film? I must confess, I often found it hard to focus on what she was saying, as I was instead looking at that remarkably beautiful face.

[@jeannettestefancik9805]

I agree with all

[@Ck-dj6cz]

In so many of her films, there are a lot of CLOSE closeups of that astonishing face (much more often than w other "stars"). No matter how different the characters she's playing, it always conveys the character perfectly.

[@edwardgray154]

they do not make movies like this today such a shame.

[@conniewaterman1673]

I will never understand why in days past they wouldn't allow people to know what was wrong with them or that they were dying. I have been ill for nearly 40 years and to fight properly, one must have a positive attitude. Even though it has been hard to find out and know everything all along, it has been a true faith building and growth experience. I am so grateful.❤

[@dianabarnum359]

My mom was a school secretary for years. She developed TB and had to leave similarly. This is still a big health issue today, sadly.

[@annettepanagopka8618]

I have always loved these old Christmas movies and this one even after all these years still makes me cry and smile at the same time❤

[@dianasun5099]

This is one of my favorite movie. That God made me to watch all the time.

[@kimborealis]

I have yet to get through this movie without crying... Again! One of my all-time favorites!

[@mr.sherlockholmes6130]

This movie is Timeless ❤God bless everyone and May we learn the lessons from this amazing movie

[@DoraAlmeida-y7y]

I love this movie thanks

[@Allastrology]

The good and hope for humanity ooozes out of this. No matter the faith, we can all do good if that is what we desire in our lives.

[@denisparker4916]

Ime 76 and got a few problems I broke my heart at the end of this

[@shawnbowden3235]

This was a great wholesome heart warming movie and I enjoy it every time I watch it