Trouble with Angels-Sister Lugori dies

[thekidsmommy1]

This scene gets me every time. Rosalind Russell was brilliant in this role.

[dinibell]

No matter how many times I watch this movie, I always cry at this scene, as well as the end.

[scruffy1958]

The underscore by Jerry Goldsmith is simply perfect. One of my favorite films growing up.

[JAMbannana]

@scruffy1958 Agreed this makes me wanna become a nun

[scruffy1958]

The underscore by Jerry Goldsmith is simply perfect. One of my favorite films growing up.

[lavaman2000]

Great emotional music by Hollywood Legend Jerry Goldsmith.

[italobambino43]

I would watch this movies as a kid, i thought it was always funny, especially the nun wearing the sneakers! I saw it recently, it came on a local station one night while on my job, in the break room this particular scene was playing, a few of my younger co-workers, both guy's and girls were absolutely held captive! I think younger people today still can show compassion! I was just a year old when this movie came out, I appreciate it more and more every time I see it. Great acting!

[nobelegg]

You have to believe all Reverend Mothers emulate Rosalind Russell, and not vice versa. I own this DVD and love it. Mary Wickes' role is equally charming - the perfect nun portrayers if ever there were any. In Pace Requiescat, Rosalind Russell. See you in Heaven, Mary Wickes. I have a scathingly brilliant idea: Just lighten up a tad, okay?

[nobelegg]

I was reared for fifteen years in an Indiana state children's home/institution, where every weekend, they would show us a full-length motion picture on the theater-sized screen rolled down from the Chapel stage. One such picture was THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS. We had a music teacher (Therse Kemp) a la Mother Superior. If no one liked Rosalind Russell's acting before this heart-wrenching scene (not even as Mama Rose in GYPSY), then this scene should have touched you as it did me long ago.

[Countryboyonten]

That's when I fell in love with Rosalind Russel

[thekidsmommy1]

@Countryboyonten Same here. Isn't she wonderful?

[spagandtuna]

Garbage film despite Roz' best efforts. The two brats are not funny, not likeable, and there is no real transitional points that make the Mills' character's eventual decision credible. Liked the sequel much better. Pass this one by.

[auntbecky]

@spagandtuna The whole film is a transitional point. You would know that if you paid attention to it. Do NOT pass this one by!

[spagandtuna]

@auntbecky Not only should you pass this by, try to destroy all copies of it. As far as transition goes, Mills was a supreme brat almost until the ridiculous ending. Better had the other girl made that move and the ending fashioned around that.

[BedfordMilw]

the most poignant scene in the film along with the earlier scene in the old-age home when Mary over hears the sad cries of the abandoned mother on Christmas Day, and Mother Superior comforting her. That was the turning point for Mary, who was also abandoned, and she began to realize Mother Superior's great inner beauty, her unselfishness and her unyielding devotion to God and humanity.

[auntbecky]

@BedfordMilw I like the scene in the sewing room where Rev. Mother tells Mary about her life before she entered the convent and why she eventually did.

[spagandtuna]

@BedfordMilw Do you make this stuff up as you go? You are reading much into what was actually on screen. Your scenario is actually a good one, but if that was what the director was after, he should have clued us in. And "beginning to realize" like what one week before graduation couldn't possibly turn such a noxious character around so quickly.

[loge10]

@spagandtuna I don't get your post. The scene BedfordMilw's post describes is relatively early in the movie and is the first showing of movement within Mary's soul, if you will. Her response to Reverend Mother's compassion--her anger--shows that she initially doesn't like the similar feelings of compassion she is experiencing within herself. They go against her tough act!

A remarkably perceptive movie. God bless Ida Lupino!!

[swmyers7]

Thank you for posting this. Both The Trouble with Angels and Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows are amongst my very favorite movies. This is such a beautiful scene.

[4260laurel]

this is the scene that really slayed me...this was such a good series...RIP Rosalind and our Beloved Mary Wickes

[Juliaflo]

@4260laurel ....Not to mention Judith Lowry, who played Sister Prudence.

[loge10]

This scene and the "I've found something better" scene are the heart and soul of this deeply moving film. Remarkable for a commercial Hollywood flick. The tears still come--and I'm an 55yo guy who saw this in the theater when it first came out.

[143AC]

Dear FrankD., You're Right..Ms.Redmond is still alive..My apologies to you and to the users of this website for any misinformation.

[marienoreene]

omg i just love this scene... i really cried here... i love this movie... roz is very brilliant... gee she's a great actress...

[143AC]

Sadly,Miss.Redmond..the actress who played Sister

Lugori In The Trouble With Angels did pass away in real

life.

[frankd1965]

@143AC She is still alive. Marge Redmond was Sarah Tucker from the cool whip commercials of the 1970's

[ZaeBo4]

This is one of my favorites, too. It may seem dated but it brings back memories of when I was a kid. Of a more innocent time. I guess when you're a kid, it IS an innocent time.

Jerry Goldsmith's score is wonderful. His music fits perfectly with every scene.

[jammies3]

This is one of my favorite movies, and the part about Sr. Ligori's death revealed that even though the girls thought that the Rev. Mother was "cold", in reality, she was anything but that....

Her private grief was held in check in front of the girls, but is very movingly expressed in this scene...

If you haven't seen the entire movie, do yourself a favor and find it somewhere...it is an AWESOME movie!!!

[Juliaflo]

@jammies3 After 45 years, it holds up sweetly.

Please, Hollywood,....No remake.

[CounterCultureLives]

@Juliaflo No, with Scientology's hold on Hollywood, and the Anti-Catholic, purse-lipped Chris-Fundies who would get their panties in an uproar, there isn't likely to be a remake.

It would be kind of hard to do, anyway. There aren't too many Catholic nuns out there anymore. Most of them have retired, or are approaching retirement age. Those that aren't signed on to do "Sister Act"!!

[CounterCultureLives]

@jammies3 Well stated. Had I not attended Catholic schools in the 1960's, I would most likely find it difficult to understand the mindset of a Catholic nun. Rosalind Russel's performance was absolutely stellar.

[clockworktim]

An immensely moving scene. I always remembered this from childhood. It made a huge impact on me and did just now as I watched it.

[sonnywestfan1]

This is one of my favorite scenes and the music tears me up everytime.

[petemd3]

*****this was filmed at two different girls schools. the exterior and most of the interior at st. francis academy in ambler, pa

outside of philadelphia. the chapel scenes were at providence-chicago and there was a sister who was very popular and had passed away before filming and her name was sr. ligouri...hence the name being used in the film.

[chgoboy69]

Reply to Pop Quiz question. Marge Redmond donned the nun's habit (in white)to support Sally Field in "The Flying Nun", playing her buddy Sister Jacqueline

[Juliaflo]

Pop quiz--Marge Redmond, who played Sister Liguori (sp) donned the nun's habit for a popular television series a year later.

I will really, really like you if you name the show.

Good luck.

[frankd1965]

@Juliaflo Marge redmond was Sarah Tucker from the cool whip commercials

[tigermark64]

This is a very good movie, you can tell how distraught the Reverend Mother is here. In the beginning, she does show the girls how close friends she was with Sr. Ligouri.

[teejaynothingmore]

I cried so hard during this part

[Juliaflo]

So did I.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.