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Where Angels Go Trouble Follows [VHS]

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Previous reviewers are incorrect in their assertions that this DVD is a "pan and scan" version. "Where Angels Go..." was shot in the 1.85:1 format popular then and now, in which the entire 1.33:1 aspect ratio 35mm film frame was exposed during production. During theatrical exhibition, the top and bottom of the frame are "matted" in the projector to create the 1.85:1 screen aspect ratio. So, on this DVD, you are seeing MORE of the frame than was shown in theaters (the entire 1.33:1 frame). There was no panning and scanning involved in this transfer. TCM has shown the picture "matted" to re-create the aspect ratio as seen in theaters. It is simply incorrect to assume that a "full frame" version of any film on DVD has been "panned and scanned" without knowing the original production format or the theatrical exhibition format.

WHERE ANGELS GO, TROUBLE FOLLOWS (1968) is the sequel to the 1966 surprise hit "The Trouble with Angels", updating the lives of the nuns of St. Francis Academy and their lively pupils.

When free-thinking Sister George (Stella Stevens) plans for the girls to attend a youth rally on the other side of the country, first she must convince staunch Reverend Mother (Rosalind Russell) and the rest of the sisters. During their long bus-trip, Sister George gradually wins the admiration of the Reverend Mother, whilst troublesome students Marvel-Ann (Barbara Hunter) and Rosabelle (Susan Saint James) weave their own brand of hijinks...

While it succeeds in reviving the characters of "The Trouble with Angels", WHERE ANGELS GO... pales in comparison with it's predecessor. It lacks a certain sense of innocence; which might be due to the radically shifting political and social climates in which it was filmed. In one tense scene, the bus-party is terrorised by a gang of knife-wielding bikers...a far cry from the quiet charms of Hayley Mills & Co. from the first movie.

Barbara Hunter and Susan Saint James don't carry the youthful side of the cast terribly well, but they deliver solid work. It's always a pleasure seeing Rosalind Russell, and her slyly comic Reverend Mother is a joy. Stella Stevens takes a while to settle into her role of progressive Sister George, but she's a luminous presence.

The DVD is unfortunately in "Pan & Scan", but that shouldn't stop people from enjoying this cute comedy. (Single-sided, single-layer disc).

I first watched Where Angels Go Trouble Follows on on one of those classic movie channels and it was shown in widescreen too so why is it you can watch this movie on cable TV and the station shows it in widescreen but the DVD gets a lousy pan and scan format? Okay the first movie that starred Hayley Mills is better but this is a cute movie too and I think Stella Stevens, Rosalind Russell and Susan St. James were really good though I agree that it woukd have been nice if Hayley Mills was in this movie too.

This is one of my favorite movies of all time, and I anxiously awaited its release on DVD. It looks like I will have to wait a while longer until they decide to give us the movie the way it was meant to be seen....in widescreen.

Come on Columbia Home Video, do justice to this and its sister movie "The Trouble With Angels" and release them in "widescreen"!!!! These are such great, vastly underrated movies, it appears even Columbia doesn't think enough of them that they would give them this shabby treatment.

If you get a chance to see them (on Turner Classics), they are WONDERFUL movies....but wait to buy the DVD. Don't buy into these pan and scan attrocities that the movie companies seem determined to thrust upon us.

"Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows" is a sequel, of sorts, to 1966's charming "The Trouble With Angels". This sequel stays with the nuns of St. Francis and their school for girls. This time there is a spirited young nun named Sister George (Stella Stevens) who manages to talk the bishop into allowing a trip across the country to California to join into a big protest rally. This is the 1960's, you see, and the church is taking a more activist role and trying to get involved in society. Mother Superior (Rosalind Russell) disapproves, of course, but when the bishop speaks she has to obey. "Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows" is a movie dealing with this trip across the country.

There are several returning characters from "The Trouble With Angels" in this movie, but "Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows" is less a sequel than an entirely different movie with a couple of common characters. Mother Superior and several of the nuns have returned, as have Mary Clancy's incredibly annoying cousin Marvel Ann (Barbara Hunter). This time Marvel Ann is a much more sympathetic character and something of a trouble maker with her friend Rosabelle (Susan St. James). This is a huge change for the character.

The point of this movie seems to be less about the students, or even the nuns, but the assorted misadventures they get into travelling by bus across the country. The rally is even beside the point. Unfortunately "Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows" is missing so much of the charm that made "The Trouble With Angels" such a wonderful movie. This one isn't really bad, but it suffers greatly in comparison to a vastly superior movie about a spoiled kid and the lessons of faith that can be found even when one isn't looking for it. In this movie faith is almost besides the point and the characters didn't have to be nuns or students in a religious school. They could have been anyone on a cross country trip. That's a shame.

"Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows" did not drag at all, but it just didn't live up to "The Trouble With Angels". It does stand well enough on its own, and Rosalind Russell is always a treat, but this isn't something that I can recommend, especially to fans of "The Trouble With Angels."

This may not be a classic, but it brings to mind an age of innocence long gone. I have enjoyed it since I was 10 years old. Now at 30, I still enjoy watching a time when good, clean & simple fun was the focus. Yes, I do love this movie and would recommend it because it is what it is: FUN.

Well, this is most definitely not the Haley Mills original, but it has a special quality of its own. There really are some cute moments, and Where Angels Go...Trouble Follows is worth your time if you are a fan of Catholic school comedies.

This is a very funny movie and a sequel to the movie, "The Trouble With Angels."

Everyone is over analyzing this movie. It's just plain fun and light-not too serious or deep. I first saw this on public tv in the late 80's and prior to that didn't even know it existed as in the past I had seen "The Trouble With Angels" several times and even recorded it off of a public tv station here in Chicago on a beta machine back in 1982.

Stella Stevens always seems to be stereo typed into these roles in which her character is loud, boisterous and hyper; ie. "Linda Rogo" in the original movie "The Poseidon Adventure." Here, "Sister George" is no exception-there are moments when I fully support what her character's beliefs and ideas are and then there are times when she gets too loud and irritating.

My favorite scene is when the girls shortened their hems of their skirts and were go-go dancing to that 60's style at the all boys school and the band singing the theme song of the movie. I couldn't get that song off of my mind when I first saw this film and caught myself singing it to myself numerous times!

Yes, this is officially a sequel to "The Trouble With Angels"...but only officially. While it does feature Rosiland Russell, Barbara Hunter, Binnie Barnes, and Mary Wikes from the first film, the similarity stops there. Other than The names of the nuns, one student (Marvel-Ann), and theschool, this film has an origional story, and introduces Stella Stevens as a "modern" nun who clashes with Russell's Mother Superior.

As a whole, this film contains less serious overtones and more comedic elements than its predecessor. If you can watch it from the point of view that it has little relation to the first film, it is worth the effort.