The Bishop's Wife (which was remade as The Preacher's Wife) was, along with David O. Selznick's Portrait of Jennie, one of two major fantasy films of the 1940s based on the work of novelist Robert Nathan. A favorite Christmas movie for decades, The Bishop's Wife concerns an Episcopal bishop (David Niven) whose work is destroying his family. His wife (Loretta Young) is befriended by a heavenly visitor (Cary Grant), who has been sent to help them. Grant's character, an angel named Dudley, manages to help them and several of their acquaintances to solve their problems, giving all concerned a slightly different, less cynical look at life. It's a beguilingly seductive movie, not too far removed from It's a Wonderful Life (two of whose young cast members appear here) or Miracle on 34th Street. The DVD offers a multitude of visual riches, with a glowing film-to-video transfer and a brace of extras, including short biographies and filmographies of the major cast members, director, and screenwriters in an easy-to-access menu. Also included is the trailer -- a cleverly constructed promotional piece in which the three stars step out of character. In some ways, it's similar to the trailer for the contemporary Fox release Miracle on 34th Street, though not as involved.