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The Miracle of the Bells

1948 · 120 min

A gentle, old-fashioned tearjerker that blends small-town faith with Hollywood dreams, moving slowly but sincerely toward a bittersweet, uplifting conclusion.

Directed by
Irving Pichel
Genres
Drama
Overview
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. The checks that he writes to the various churches all bounce, but it is the weekend and, in desperation, he prays that a miracle will happen before the banks reopen. It does, but not in the way he hoped.

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Directed by
Irving Pichel
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • grief
  • ambition
  • class
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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