"Come to the Stable" is a schmaltzy family drama...the type that was VERY popular in the 40s and 50s. With films like "Going My Way", "The Bells of St. Marys", "The Trouble With Angels", so it's obvious that the American public liked films about nuns. "Come to the Stable" is in the same category. They are all enjoyable family films that slather on the sentiment and are inoffensive to non- Catholics as well.
The film begins with a couple nuns coming to the US from France. Sister Margaret (Loretta Young) plays an American nun serving in Europe and she's accompanied by Sister Scholastica (Celeste Holm). Sister Scholastica is supposed to be French...so they have Ms. Holm say VERY little...though the rare times she talked, she sounded reasonably good. Anyway, they're in the US to start a hospital and armed with faith and a lot of good old fashioned chutzpah, they are able to convince a lot of folks to donate to their cause...including a mobster (Thomas Gomez) and cranky songwriter (Hugh Marlow). It's all quite pleasant and the acting quite nice. But it's also rather inconsequential and not exactly a must-see film.
The film begins with a couple nuns coming to the US from France. Sister Margaret (Loretta Young) plays an American nun serving in Europe and she's accompanied by Sister Scholastica (Celeste Holm). Sister Scholastica is supposed to be French...so they have Ms. Holm say VERY little...though the rare times she talked, she sounded reasonably good. Anyway, they're in the US to start a hospital and armed with faith and a lot of good old fashioned chutzpah, they are able to convince a lot of folks to donate to their cause...including a mobster (Thomas Gomez) and cranky songwriter (Hugh Marlow). It's all quite pleasant and the acting quite nice. But it's also rather inconsequential and not exactly a must-see film.