Where Angels Go Trouble Follows!

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I much enjoyed "The Trouble With Angels," however, I found the sequel to be quite disappointing. For one thing, the movie was composed of two main elements: 1) serious conversations between Sister George and Mother Superior that were very boring and 2) silly and stupid episodes of the girls' pranks and misadventures. While similar episodes were quite fun and humorous in "The Trouble With Angels," none of the scenes in this movie are nearly as entertaining, and none of the actresses are as good as the original two. One example is when "Indians" from a movie shoot start attacking their bus, and the girls and sisters throw bags at them and fight them off. Another problem is that the song, "Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows" is played not only at the beginning and end of the movie, but also is the only song played throughout the entire score and the only song the band plays at a dance the St. Francis girls attend. The main problem, however, is that the entire movie revolves around a road trip that Mother Superior, the Sisters, and select St. Francis girls take, to get to a youth rally. Nearly all the conversation in the movie is about the rally, however, we never see them actually get to the rally. The movie ends with a voice-over saying "Yes, we made it to the rally, and it was quite the beneficial experience for all of us," or something along those lines. All in all, Trouble With Angels fans may get a few smiles from this sequel, but do not expect a family classic!

This is another of those cases when I have seen the sequel before I saw the original, and from what I have seen this is another in those rare cases in which the sequel is better than the original. This film worked for me on two levels. On one level it was a pretty decent story about Marvel Ann (who was more of a peripheral character in the original) and how she tries to cope with her feelings about being a sort of ugly duckling. This is especially true in her scenes with her more attractive best friend Rosabelle (played by a very young Susan Saint James in her pre-"MacMillan and Wife" days). Also, the other main story that this film covers is the relationship between Reverend Mother (again played by Rosalind Russell) and Sister George (played by Stella Stevens). The relationship between those two is a reflection of what was going on in the Catholic church during the mid to late 1960's as this film came out a few years after Vatican II. Reverend Mother represents the old church and Sister George represents the younger face of Catholicism that is trying to change with the times. This is a wonderful film that really works as both a comedy and a drama.

Although this sequel to THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS offers Rosalind Russell reprising her role as the Mother Superior of St. Francis and head of the convent's girls school, WHERE ANGELS GO TROUBLE FOLLOWS is a dismal film. This time around the conservative Mother Superior finds herself at odds with the liberal Sister George (a very strident Stella Stevens) as the sisters shepherd the schools girls on a a cross-country outing to a youth rally. The girls are a handful, particularly when they somehow manage to attract some unsavory and dangerous road-type characters along the way. Unlike its predecessor, the movie never strikes a good balance between comic and dramatic elements and the production values seem more akin to a television movie-of-the-week effort than a big-screen production. Russell is the saving grace of the film, a very young Susan St. James proves very attractive, and several supporting performances (including Binnie Barnes) are quite engaging--but they cannot overcome this film's many inadequacies. Miss it. Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer

My family and I always loved this movie. Since I am a Catholic school survivor I can relate to it. I was 7 years old when I first saw it at the drive in (remember drive ins?) and it always brings back good memories. A clean wholesome movie and funny too! Whatever happened to clean and wholesome movies? Parts of this movie were filmed in Ambler Pennsylvania and the Castle in the movie is still there and it hasn't changed at all. The plot of the movie was reflective of the times and the times represented change and the acceptance of change. This change was interwoven throughout the movie in the interactions and conflicting views between the modern sister George (Stella Stevens) and the old fashioned and reserved mother superior (Rosalind Russell). The moral of the story is: "A cloister can be a place but it can also be a state of mind." Boyce and Hart (who wrote many hit songs for the Monkees) supplied the musical score which provided the groovy beat of the movie. I loved Susan St James in this movie. She was such a bright young actress at the time. I loved the scene where she was caught riding on top of the bus. That scene was shot on a farm near my hometown. I also appreciated the views of the Philadelphia art museum as well as city hall along with the center of the Ambler Pennsylvania town. Those views have changed over the years. Those who were sent through the Catholic School system (voluntarily or not)will get a kick out of this movie. You can buy the movie on Ebay and I think that a DVD version has been released.

Columbia and Roz Russell had a huge hit in Trouble With Angels and this film is the sequel. While Roz Russell's peers had to do horror films to stay in the public eye, Roz -along with Kate Hepburn and Lucille Ball-remained top of he bill movie stars. Ms. Russell repeats her role as Mother Superior and this film is cast with a lot of great character actors including Mary Wickes and Milton Berle. I am pleased this film casts the Catholic religion in a positive light, and why not? Ms. Russell was a devout Church going Catholic. Ms.Russell is likely the most glaring example of a major star and actress that never won an Oscar. Stella Stevens appears as a young modern thinking nun sometimes at odds with Mother Superior. Ms. Stevens is to me the most under appreciated star I have ever seen pass thru Hollywood with a gallery of great performances where she played Hookers, Tramps, Drug Addicts and also delightful in comedy such as this one and a two movies with Dean Martin, The Silencers and How To Save A Marriage and Ruin Your Life. A lovely actress, who somehow never reached the true levels of super-stardom Ms. Stevens deserved and I feel earned. I suggest film students study Stevens work in Synanon, The Silencers, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, The Nutty Professor, The Poisedon Adventure, et al. A great actress who let her work speak for itself. In Stevens' heyday Stella Stevens worked with Gene Hackman, Roz Russell, Glenn Ford, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Elvis Presley, Jeffrey Hunter, and film makers such as Hal Wallis, and Sam Peckinpah. I wish Stella Stevens had worked with Billy Wilder who would have surely gotten an Oscar nomination for this fine Actress.

I wasn't the biggest fan of the first "Angels" film so you can imagine how much I hated this inferior sequel. Rosalind Russell returns from the previous movie but this seems like more of a vehicle for Stella Stevens. Stevens plays the supremely annoying Sister George, a protesting nun who listens to rock music and is just oh-so-hip. It's a patently ridiculous character. She's a nun in name only but I'm not surprised as the entire film has little or nothing to do with the Catholic faith or its institutions. It's just one of those dated '60s movies that thumb their nose at "the man." In keeping with the tradition of the first movie, the girls in this one are irritating brats. A short-haired Susan St. James is the only one you'll remember. Vets Van Johnson and Robert Taylor add some class to things but it's sad they or Russell had to do this garbage. Don't waste your time with this.

I,have this movie and the trouble with angels, it brings back so many memories i lived in that castle for 5 years and spent most of my childhood there.I left right before they started to film it. It was made in ambler pa and is still there it was a home for children that were placed there for many reasons some from broken homes and under other reason i have gone back once and since the movies there have been many changes no one lives in the castle anymore it it use for office but really hasn't changed much except they have built a new chapel which was in the castle and some of the girls live there on the third floor i do remember swimming in the lake there it was our swimming spot at that time. but i watch it a few times a years with my grandchildren wow what a long time but i have so many memories good and bad

Wonderful sequel to "The Trouble With Angels." Rosalind Russell repeats her original role as a Conservative nun who slowly begins to realize that the church is part of the new world. In this sequel, Russell is equally matched in acting by a fine performance by Stella Stevens, who portrays Sister George. Unlike the original with Hayley Mills, there is deep conflict in this film between Russell and Stevens who battle over controversial ideas. I loved the song that is played throughout the film. It's the title of the movie. I enjoy the syncopation that arrives with the word follows. Van Johnson, Arthur Godfrey, Milton Berle and Robert Taylor briefly appear before and during the trip of the students and faculty of St. Francis to an inter-faith youth rally in California. Too bad that the rally itself is never shown. It would also have been nice to see Hayley Mills in this sequel.

"Where Angels Go Trouble Follows!" is an unusual film for me. It's the sequel for "The Trouble With Angels" yet I never saw this first picture. So why would I watch only the sequel? Well, it's Robert Taylor's penultimate film as he died prematurely in 1969 at age 57 due to lung cancer. And, I generally enjoy his pictures and would love to one day say I've seen all of them (I have 10 more, mostly obscure films, to go). The film begins with the Reverend Mother (Rosalind Russell) announcing that the best students at the St. Francis Academy will get to go on a cross-country trip. However, it's obvious that even the 'best' girls are a handful and there will be all sorts of kooky adventures. The kooky one, however, turned out to be a young and 'with it' nun (Stella Stevens) and she and the more traditional nuns see things quite differently. In fact, the with-it nun seems to have little interest in much of anything concerning a nun's life...which makes you wonder WHY she would ever become a nun in the first place. So, you aren't sure who will get in more trouble...the horny, trouble-making teenage girls of the kooky nun. In so many ways, this film felt like an extended sitcom episode. The music sounded almost exactly like songs from "Love American Style" or a Disney live-action film of the era. But what felt more like a sitcom was the writing. There were a lot of cliched moments...such as the BRAND NEW bus that, out of the blue, stalled on the railroad tracks AND the doors were stuck closed!! The dialog consisted of mostly one-liners and zingers....just like real people talk..but not on this planet! And, the problems that occurred seemed mostly like the sort of kooky stuff you'd see on 60s TV. To say the film lacks subtlety is a HUGE understatement! So, despite all this, is it any good? No. And, sadly, a waste of talent from the likes of Taylor, Russell, Van Johnson and Mary Wickes (I always liked this feisty supporting actress). Undemanding kids might like it but the film is just too poorly written and silly to be taken seriously. It tries WAY too hard to be funny and hip...and really achieves neither.