Ben Larson Who wouldn't like seeing the voluptuous Playboy Playmate Stella Stevens as a nun that gives Mother Superior (Rosalind Russell) fits. Russell is no slouch either, Her performance in His Girl Friday is one of the best comedic performances of all times.The film also features Mary Wickes, who played a lovable nun in the Sister Act films.It's corny, of course, and the main thrust of the adventure is the clash of civilizations between the old nun and the young one, but it was interesting nonetheless, and there were some really great points to ponder throughout.Just the thing on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

lisa195719082 I used to work in Fort Washington, not too far from where these movies were filmed at. Every time I went by the St. Mary's Villa either on my way to or back home from work, I always thought to myself "That's where they filmed The Trouble With Angels." I first saw this movie when I was in school in back in '73; just five years after it was first released. But then I saw it again on TV thirteen years later (in 1986), and I just kept on watching it over and over again. I also have some of the dialogue from this movie memorized as well.Since the story was about them going to California for a youth rally, what they should have done was this: Show them arriving at the rally and filming the rally scenes as well. Continue filming the rest of the journey to California instead of leaving them off somewhere in the desert Southwest, and then returning to St. Francis showing the nuns in their shorter habits. They made it to the rally, but they should have showed them actually being there; not just talk about it.Also, after they left Mr. Farriday's (Robert Taylor) ranch, were they still in New Mexico when they got caught in an Indian attack that was part of a Western movie being filmed on location there, and the bus's axle broke? ) How about when they came across a detour where they wouldn't make the rally in time? Or when they stopped at a museum to pick up some Indian souvenirs? Since Sister Clarissa told the Mother Superior that the detour would take them 125 miles out of their way, were they in Arizona? Since Sister Clarissa (Mary Wickes) drove the bus, she should have taken a highway route to Chicago. Then drive out Route 66 all the way to Los Angeles, and then up the Pacific Coast Highway to Santa Barbara. Instead, she took a lot of back roads; including the one what was detoured. At least they made it to the rally.It's a shame that Haley Mills wasn't in this. If she had, how would she handle Sister George (Stella Stevens) and her liberal ideas; as well as her grumpy cousin, Marvel Ann (Barbara Hunter)? After all, her character in The Trouble With Angels, Mary Clancy, decided to stay at St. Francis and become a nun after she graduated from there.But at least this movie was just as good as The Trouble With Angels.

wes-connors This raggedly produced sequel to "The Trouble with Angels" (1966) focuses on returning conservative "Mother Superior" Rosalind Russell's clash with younger, liberal Stella Stevens (as Sister George). Driver Mary Wickes (as Sister Clarissa), Binnie Barnes (as Sister Celestine), and Dolores Sutton (as Sister Rose Marie) also return. The nuns take a cross country bus trip, from Pennsylvania to California, which provides some lovely locations. Like the original film, we get a "hip" for the sixties Catholic Church.Prurient fun can be had in watching the convent women dancing at a naughty all-girl pajama party, swingin' at a Catholic boys' school, and shortening their skirts. The mischievous "girls" taking center stage are butch Susan Saint James (as Rosabelle) and blonde Barbara Hunter (as Marvel Ann). Two sexy young "Peyton Place" "hunks" appear - first, motorcycle gang leader Michael Christian trades sharp innuendo with Ms. Stevens, then blond ranch-hand John Findlater arouses the girls at a swimsuit party.There were few, if any retakes - note Stevens brushing a fly away from her face, and the falling chair - in fact, the movie plays like four episodes of a TV series; and it was likely, at some point, considered as such. But, it is fairly good fun to watch. Unseen pop duo Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart provide the soundtrack theme. You also get old-timers Milton Berle, Robert Taylor (his last appearance), Van Johnson, and Arthur Godfrey showing they're part of the 1960s effort to merge the "In Crowd" with Catholicism.***** Where Angels Go… Trouble Follows! (4/3/68) James Neilson ~ Rosalind Russell, Stella Stevens, Susan Saint James, Barbara Hunter

Neil Doyle After a series of misadventures on the road with a broken down bus and screaming girl students, ROSALIND RUSSELL toward the end of the film states: "It proved to be a wonderful experience." That she says it with so much conviction is a testament to her acting skill--because it's another matter for the audience.This is one of those strained comedies where a series of seemingly disconnected incidents on the road are supposed to be hilarious, but are more likely to provide just a few chuckles. Most enjoyable of all is the scene where two of the more rebellious girls are asked to wash the bus and instead, send it through the car-washer apparatus with disastrous results. Most of the other attempts at humor are less successful and even more improbable, especially the sequence involving an Indian chase with a cameo by Milton Berle as a film director wearing an eye patch (a la Raoul Walsh). STELLA STEVENS is the modern nun who has a run-in with some knife wielding bikers and is able to keep her cool and seem impervious to their threats. The dialog in this scene has to be heard to be believed. Let's just say it is about as far removed from reality as the script gets, and that's pretty far.ROSALIND RUSSELL is stern and amusing as the head nun, ready with a quip whenever circumstances demand it. STELLA STEVENS, BINNIE BARNES and MARY WICKES are capable as the other sisters, but SUSAN ST. JAMES and a few of the other girls in the cast have irritating roles.One of the best features: Lalo Schifrin's bouncy background score, but the whole film reflects the '60s to such an extent that it appears dated in the extreme. It's the sort of film that must have seemed dated even in '68.Summing up: The only surprises were nice cameos by Van Johnson and Robert Taylor, both giving amiable performances.