Everything about The Trouble With Angels totally explained
The Trouble with Angels is a
1966 comedy film about the adventures of two girls in an all girls school run by nuns. It is directed by
Ida Lupino and stars
Rosalind Russell and
Hayley Mills. Also starring are
Marge Redmond (who appeared as a nun in the television series
The Flying Nun) as Sister Liguori,
Mary Wickes (who also played a nun in
Sister Act, and its sequel ) as Sister Clarissa.
Synopsis
The movie is set in a fictional all-girls
Catholic boarding school operated by an order of
nuns. Russell plays the Mother Superior, who spends the movie at odds with Mary Clancy (Mills), a rebellious teenager, and her misery-loves-company friend Rachel Devery (
June Harding). The episodic storyline follows the young women through their high-school years.
The film was based on the memoir
Life with Mother Superior by
Jane Trahey, in which Trahey told the story of her high-school years at a Catholic school near Chicago in the
1930s. While in the novel the school was portrayed as a boarding school outside the city, Trahey actually attended what is now Providence-St. Mel's High School, which was only a day school. Many of the incidents mentioned in the book were actually based on Trahey's experiences at
Mundelein College in Chicago. The character of Mary Clancy was based on Jane's actual friend, Mary, who later became Sister John Eudes.
Impact
The film marked a departure for Mills, who was attempting to emerge from her juvenile leads in
Walt Disney-produced teen comedies as a comedic actress.
The film enjoyed good reviews and enough success to warrant a sequel (
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows). However, Mills opted not to reprise her role as the progressive protagonist and was replaced by
Stella Stevens, who played Sister George, foil to Rosalind Russell’s Mother Superior.
Uncharacteristically, Russell criticized Mills' professionalism in her memoirs. Russell credited her Catholic-school education as inspiration for her role as Mother Superior.
Memorable dialogue
- Passenger on train: Really! A child your age, smoking!
Mary: I'm not a child, Madam. I'm a midget with bad habits!
(Upon seeing the school for the first time) Mary: It's positively medieval!
Rachel: All that's missing is the dragon.
"I've got the most scathingly brilliant idea!". Variations on this phrase are used seven times in the film. This was used in the January 18th 2008 Irregular Webcomic strip, with mention of the film and a link to this article in the annotation.
"Those two! GET THEM!!"
"How's the water, Sister?"
Rachel (after sliding down a fire escape): That was fun!
Mary: Let's do it again some day!
Mother Superior (waiting for them at the bottom): Where's the fire?
Rachel: I keep telling you, you don't have to whisper. Sister Puddy could sleep through a blast-off. Watch.
(bangs on pans twice)
Mary: It's incredible
Rachel: Hmmm. I keep testing her. It passes the time.
Rachel: She said I was the devil's agent
Mary: She meant you were my stooge!
Mother Superior: As for the social graces, I'm convinced that your school encourages barbarism, and concerns itself only with free thinking, free wheeling and finger painting
Mr Peachtree: The finest educational minds in the country happen to be on our side
Mother Superior: God is on ours!
Mother Superior: Well, it's a good thing you didn't make book on it, otherwise you might have been taken to the laundry
Sister Liguori: To the cleaners, Mother!
Rachel (referring to Sister Liguori, who usually conducts a mathematics exam as though it were a horse race): Isn't she too much?
Mary: She should've been a bookie!
Rachel: Sister Clarissa won't let us drown
Mary: I wouldn't count on it!Further Information
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