Sally and Saint Anne (1952)

Sally O'Moyne, a good-natured but awkward school-girl lives with her extended and eccentric Irish-American clan. One day at school, unable to find her lunch bucket, Sally says a prayer to ... See full summary »

Director:

Rudolph Maté

Writers:

James O'Hanlon (story), James O'Hanlon,

Stars:

Ann Blyth, Edmund Gwenn, John McIntire

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ann Blyth	...	Sally O'Moyne
Edmund Gwenn	...	Grandpa Pat Ryan
John McIntire	...	Alderman Percival Xavier 'Goldtooth' McCarthy
Gregg Palmer	...	Johnny Evans (as Palmer Lee)
Hugh O'Brian	...	Danny O'Moyne
Jack Kelly	...	Mike O'Moyne
Frances Bavier	...	Mrs. Kitty 'Mom' O'Moyne
Otto Hulett	...	Pop O'Moyne
Kathleen Hughes	...	Lois Foran
George Mathews	...	Father Kennedy
Lamont Johnson	...	Willie O'Moyne
King Donovan	...	Hymie Callahan, Trainer

Storyline

Sally O'Moyne, a good-natured but awkward school-girl lives with her extended and eccentric Irish-American clan. One day at school, unable to find her lunch bucket, Sally says a prayer to St. Anne in hope of heavenly assistance. When Sally finds her lunch, she believes a miracle has happened, convincing her of a special relationship with the saint. Meanwhile, some animosity between the O'Moyne family and a neighbor grows and manifests itself in various comic situations. The plot develops as Sally, firm in her belief in St. Anne, emerges from adolescence an attractive young woman, and discovers the opposite sex. The feud, along with Sally's personal life, works itself to resolution in this light, nostalgic look at growing up Catholic in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Plot Keywords:

neighbor | catholic | miracle | prayer | irish american | 

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Taglines:

People Have More Fun Than Anybody... except the O'Moynes!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

July 1952 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Casa do Avô

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

Christmas tradition for me

I was lucky (smart?) enough to have taped this movie back in my 'beta' days, made a copy to VHS later but always kept the original which I later used to move it to DVD, yes I still have a working Beta Machine! ..thank goodness because I have not seen it on TV since and people think I make up the movie when I talk about it every Christmas.

I would snap it up so fast if they would only put it out in DVD format.

I have a slew of movies I watch in December and this one and "Say One For Me" (another hard to find movie) are 2 that I save for Christmas Eve.

Such a sweet movie and so wonderfully 'dated' ..."prunes..."

dc