Editing The Bishop's Wife (section)

==Production==
[[File:The Bishop's Wife poster with textbox.jpg|thumb|150px|right|In markets where the original title was kept, the posters had a black text box added]]
[[File:Cary and the Bishop's Wife poster.jpg|thumb|200px|right|In some US markets, the film was retitled ''Cary and the Bishop's Wife'']]
[[File:Cary Grant in 'The Bishop's Wife', 1947.jpg|thumb|Advertisement in the ''[[Ladies' Home Journal]]'']]

The film's production faced several difficulties. Producer Samuel Goldwyn replaced director [[William A. Seiter]] with Henry Koster to create a completely new film. In early previews, audiences disliked the film, so [[Billy Wilder]] and [[Charles Brackett]] made uncredited rewrites. Though the premiere of ''The Bishop's Wife'' was acclaimed by critics as a success, the film did not initially perform well at the box office. Market research showed that moviegoers avoided the film because they thought it was religious. As a result, Goldwyn decided to retitle it ''Cary and the Bishop's Wife'' for certain US markets, while adding a black text box with the question "Have you heard about CARY AND THE BISHOP'S WIFE?" on posters in markets where the film kept the original title. By adding Grant's first name to the title, the film's business increased by as much as 25 percent.<ref name=GrantWeb/><ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sMPSqFrycu0C&dq=%22Cary+and+the+Bishop%27s+wife%22&pg=PA93| first=Peter E.| last=Dans| title=Christians in the Movies: A Century of Saints and Sinners| page=93| publisher=Rowman & Littlefield| date=May 16, 2009| isbn=978-0-7425-7032-0| access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref>

Location filming was in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039190/locations Filming locations for ''The Bishop's Wife''] at [[IMDb]]</ref> In the scene in which Dudley conducts the boys' choir, the [[Charles Gounod]] composition 'Noël: Montez à Dieu' ('O Sing to God') was performed by the [[Robert Mitchell Boys Choir]].<ref>{{YouTube| id=EgIvJl2P3JI| title=Boys' Choir scene from ''The Bishop's Wife''}}</ref> [[Emil Newman]] and [[Herbert W. Spencer]]'s melody, "Lost April," was given lyrics by [[Eddie DeLange]] and recorded by [[Nat King Cole]].