COME TO THE STABLE - DVD-FOX CINEMA ARCHIVES

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• Release Year: 1949
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Two nuns from a French convent arrive in a small New England town with a plan to build a children's hospital. They enlist the help of several colorful characters in achieving their dream including a struggling artist, a popular composer, and a renowned racketeer. Stars Loretta Young, Celeste Holm and Hugh Marlowe; ; When two French nuns relocate to the little town of Bethlehem, Connecticut, they try to improve life in their new community. Overcoming the objections of a stern bishop who comes to view them as an irresistible force, the sisters acquire land from a notorious racketeer. And then, they acquire funding for their venture from one of their former detractors -- a cynical songwriter who becomes sympathetic to their cause, after he learns that his hit song is derived from a Gregorian chant. Through a combination of hard work, prayer and even some skillful gambling, the nuns finally reach their goal, and succeed in establishing a new children's hospital. ; ; A pair of French nuns fulfill their promise to God by moving to New England to found a children's hospital. A pleasingly warm movie based on a story by Clare Boothe Luce. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Actress-- Loretta Young and Best Supporting Actress--Celeste Holm.; ; Darryl Zanuck initially purchased the rights to this story as a vehicle for Irene Dunne. Loretta Young persuaded him to let her play the role as part of a contract deal.; ; Featured song: 'My Bolero,' written by Nat Simon and James Kennedy.
• Cast: Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, Elsa Lanchester, Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Patrick, Basil Ruysdael, Dooley Wilson, Regis Toomey, Mike Mazurki, Walter Baldwin, Pati Behrs, John Bleifer, Nan Boardman, Wally Brown, Russ Clark, Louise Colombet, Teddy Driver, Georgette Duane, Robert Foulk, Gordon Gebert, Eula Guy, Louis Jean Heydt, Tim Hundley, Tim Huntley, Danny Jackson, Virginia Keiley, Nolan Leary, Henri Letondal, Ian MacDonald, Marion Martin, Edwin Max, Roddy McCaskill, Gary Pagett, Jean Prescott, Yvette Reynard, Frank Richards, Loulette Sablon, Henry Koster, Oscar Millard, Sally Benson, Clare Boothe Luce
• Director: Henry Koster
• Runtime: 1:34
• Company: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
• Media Format: Movie