Come to the Stable
First screened in February 2006 / Most recently screened in June 2008

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Director: Henry Koster. Cast: Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, Elsa Lanchester, Dorothy Patrick, Dooley Wilson, Thomas Gomez, Basil Ruysdael, Regis Toomey, Walter Baldwin. Screenplay: Sally Benson and Oscar Millard (based on a story by Clare Booth Luce).

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Twitter Capsule: Safe, sweet, vapid alternative for those who found Song of Bernadette too close to soul searching, or too long.

VOR: ②  Surely among the most lightweight entertainments to receive seven Oscar nominations. If anything, its guileless evocations of faith and decency make it a halfway-interesting artifact.

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Photo © 1949 20th Century Fox

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: C

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Academy Award Nominations:
	Best Actress: Loretta Young
	Best Supporting Actress: Celeste Holm
	Best Supporting Actress: Elsa Lanchester
	Best Original Story: Clare Booth Luce
	Best Cinematography (Black & White): Joseph LaShelle
	Best Art Direction (Black & White): Lyle R. Wheeler and Joseph C. Wright; Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox
	Best Original Song: "Through a Long and Sleepless Night"
Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
	Best Picture (Drama)

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