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BYU Film Archive to screen "The Bishop's Wife" Dec. 11

The Special Collections Motion Picture Archives Film Series at Brigham Young University is sponsoring a showing of "The Bishop's Wife" Thursday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library auditorium.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the 7 p.m. showing. Admission is free and open to everyone 8 years old or older. Space is limited and early arrival is recommended.

The movie stars Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven.

"The Bishop's Wife" is about an angel named Dudley (Grant) who helps a clergyman (Niven) raise funds for a new cathedral and mend his relationship with his wife (Young).

Released in 1947, "The Bishop's Wife" was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Motion Picture, Direction and Music. It won an Oscar for Sound Recording.

The Special Collections Motion Picture Archives Film Series at BYU features original film prints of motion pictures in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. The series is sponsored by the friends of the Lee Library and Dennis and Linda Gibson.

For more information about the schedule of pictures, call (801) 422-6371, or visit the Web site http://sc.lib.byu.edu/.

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Photo by Steve Walters/BYU Photo

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