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The Miracle of the Bells is a 1948 American drama film directed by Irving Pichel, written by Quentin Reynolds and Ben Hecht, and produced by RKO. It stars Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, Frank Sinatra and Lee J. Cobb. The film is based on the 1946 best-selling novel, The Miracle of the Bells, by Russell Janney.
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The Miracle of the Bells: Directed by Irving Pichel. With Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb. A press agent brings a dead actress home for burial. To promote her one film, he asks churches to ring bells for 3 days, hoping to get the studio head to release it.
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- Drama
- Irving Pichel
- 1948-03-27
The Miracle of the Bells is a novel written by American author Russell Janney and released in September 1946. It was the first novel by Janney, who was 61 years old and had been a press agent for stage productions and motion pictures.
But that's the role Sinatra plays in RKO's The Miracle of the Bells (1948), a sentimental drama about a miracle that happens when a glamorous movie star (Alida Valli, then billed simply as Valli) is laid to rest in her humble coal-mining hometown.
- Irving Pichel, Harry D'arcy
- Fred Macmurray
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May 14, 2013 · Irving Pichel (THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME) directs this wonderful, heartwarming classic that recalls such films as Going My Way and the Bells of St. Mary. Ben Hecht and Quentin Reynolds adapted the best-selling novel by Russell Janney.
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The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she wanted all the church bells to ring for three days after she was buried, but is told that this will cost a lot of money.