The Singing Nun (1966)
IMDB Link : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060983
MOVIE INFO
Genre: Biography / Comedy / Drama / Music
Director: Henry Koster
Writers: John Furia, Sally Benson, John Furia
Cast:
Debbie Reynolds ... Sister Ann
Ricardo Montalban ... Father Clementi
Greer Garson ... Mother Prioress
Agnes Moorehead ... Sister Cluny
Chad Everett ... Robert Gerarde
Katharine Ross ... Nicole Arlien
Ed Sullivan ... Himself
Juanita Moore ... Sister Mary
Ricky Cordell ... Dominic Arlien
Michael Pate ... Mr. Arlien
Tom Drake ... Fitzpatrick
Larry D. Mann ... Mr. Duvries
Charles Robinson ... Marauder
Monique Montaigne ... Sister Michele
Joyce Vanderveen ... Sister Elise
Plot
A Belgian nun, Sister Ann is sent to another order where she's at first committed to helping troubled souls like, Nichole and little Dominic. When Father Clementi hears Sister Ann's uplifting singing style, he takes her to a talent contest. Suddenly, Sister Ann is signed to a record deal and everyone is listening to her light-hearted songs. Sister Ann is unprepared for her new found fame (like appearing on the "Ed Sullivan" show) and unwanted side-effects, including a wrongful attraction to an old friend, Robert. [IMDb]
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File size: 750mb
Duration: 1hr 35min
Color/B&W: Color
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Height : 320 pixels
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Audio :
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Story:
Young and inexperienced Sister Ann has just arrived at her next posting at Samaritan House, a Dominican order located in a disreputable neighborhood of Ghent, Belgium. Sister Ann is enthusiastic, progressive but naive, all which irks one of the senior sisters, Sister Cluny, especially the fact that Sister Ann has a prized material possession, a guitar she's named Adele. Sister Ann considers Adele and her music to be her friends. Contrary to Sister Cluny, the Mother Prioress believes Sister Ann will be a welcome addition to their order. This posting is to be the training ground for Sister Ann and others to become missionaries in Africa. Sister Ann's path takes a detour when the order's Father Clementi hears Sister Ann sing. He believes Sister Ann should record her music and as a favor asks Robert Gerarde of Primavera Records for recording time. Unknown at the time the request is made, Robert and Sister Ann are old friends who attended the Paris Conservatory of Music together five years earlier before she became a nun. Robert believes Sister Ann could be a recording sensation, keeping true to her style of music of religious based folk songs. As Sister Ann becomes more famous, which includes an appearance on the "The Ed Sullivan Show" (1948), Sister Ann increasingly wonders if she truly is doing the work of God, as she admits she enjoys the adulation of being a celebrity and despite the financial gain to the church. This question, which was important previously in dealing with a precocious local boy named Dominic Arlien (after who she named one of her songs) and his troubled family, becomes all the more important after a specific incident which threatens Dominic's life. Written by Huggo A Belgian nun, Sister Ann is sent to another order where she's at first committed to helping troubled souls like, Nichole and little Dominic. When Father Clementi hears Sister Ann's uplifting singing style, he takes her to a talent contest. Suddenly, Sister Ann is signed to a record deal and everyone is listening to her light-hearted songs. Sister Ann is unprepared for her new found fame (like appearing on the "Ed Sullivan" show) and unwanted side-effects, including a wrongful attraction to an old friend, Robert. Written by Kelly In the Singing Nun, the identify of Sister Ann is not recognized. Since she actually had a "hit record" which was the result of this movie, she really needs to be credited by IMDB. The Singing Num was Jeanine Deckers. who was a member of the Domnican Fichermont Convent in Belgium. She was born Jeanne-Paule Marie Deckers. Her sisters encouraged her to record an album of religious songs in 1963. One of the songs was Dominique. Dominique became an overnight success and Sister Jeanine became known as Soeur Sourire (Sister Smile), she made it to the Ed Sullivan Show and a hit movie, The Singing Nun, was produced after her success. Souer Sourire didn't like celebrity so her musical career was short. Most or her profits went to her convent. She didn't like celebrity as a result released her second album in 1967, I Am Not a Star. Jeanne was a deeply religious person, but disagreed with her churches teachings on birth control. In 1967, she recorded Glory Be to God for the Golden Pill under the name Luc Dominique She ended her musical career after that and opened a school for autistic children in Belgium with her companion Annie Pescher. In 1982, she and Pescher committed suicide by overdosing on barbiturates and alcohol. They were buried together.
