| Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | James Neilson |
| Written by | Blanche Hanalis Jane Trahey (story) |
| Starring | Rosalind Russell Stella Stevens Milton Berle Arthur Godfrey Van Johnson Robert Taylor Susan Saint James |
| Editing by | Adrienne Fazan |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1968 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968) is a movie comedy starring Rosalind Russell and Stella Stevens. The film is a sequel to The Trouble with Angels (1966) and was written by Blanche Hanalis from a story by Jane Trahey, and directed by James Neilson.
The story depicts the rivalry between the conservative Mother Superior (Russell) and the glamorous, progressive young Sister George (Stevens) as they shepherd a busload of Catholic high school girls across America to an interfaith youth rally being held in Santa Barbara, California. As they debate expressions of faith and role of the Church in the tumultuous America of the sixties, they must also contend with the antics of two rebellious, trouble-prone students, Rosabelle (Susan Saint James) and Marvel Anne (Barbara Hunter).
Along with Russell, the three featured nuns from The Trouble with Angels (Mary Wickes as Sister Clarissa, Binnie Barnes as Sister Celestine and Dolores Sutton as Sister Rose-Marie) returned for this outing. Barbara Hunter reprised her role as Marvel Anne, the cousin of Hayley Mills' character, despite having been seen in the graduation line-up at the finale of the first film. The remarkable supporting cast includes Milton Berle (as a bombastic movie producer), Arthur Godfrey (as the Bishop of the diocese where the St. Francis Academy is located), Van Johnson (as the head of a Catholic boys high school), Robert Taylor (his final film).
The theme song was written and performed on the soundtrack by pop act and songwriting duo Boyce & Hart. Composer Lalo Schifrin (best known for his work on the television series Mission: Impossible) collaborated with Boyce & Hart on the title song and supplied the incidental score.
Many of the scenes in the movie's first half were filmed in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley, especially at St. Mary's Villa, a Catholic home for troubled and at-risk youth on Bethlehem Pike in Ambler, Pennsylvania.
The "boarding school" at which the group stops was actually Germantown Academy, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of St. Mary's Villa, although the church shown just prior to the boarding school is actually Ft. Washington Baptist Church, which is only about 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of St. Mary's Villa. A scene prominently displays Dorney Park, an amusement park in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
The early bus scenes were filmed in nearby Fort Washington, Pennsylvania and along the Pennsylvania Turnpike, with the exception of the scene where the bus (which bears an appropriate Pennsylvania license plate) stalls at a railroad crossing and is nearly hit by a Santa Fe train (which does not serve the Philadelphia area).