Kid Sister

The Singing Nun. Soeur Sourire-Sister Smile-was what she called her self, that serene Belgian nun who two years ago sang the affectedly unaffected song, Dominique, that made her an Ed Sullivan celebrity and brought windfall wealth to her Dominican community.

But every silver lining has its cloud, and Sister Smile's is The Singing Nun, a chromo-colored, semifictional biography starring Debbie Reynolds in the title role.

Debbie, singing in her own small, true voice, plays your typical modern nun-mascaraed lashes, tweezed eyebrows and lipsticked smile facing the wind as she steers her motor scooter around the Belgian countryside. To give Sister Smile's simple story some plot, if not taste, the singing nun is furnished with an old boy friend (Chad Everett) who makes her a recording star and an international celebrity, then tries to persuade her to renounce her vows.

Should she stay in show biz or should she go to Africa and be a medical missionary? After all, she has been giving injections to grapefruits, practicing for the day when she can inoculate a native without flinching. Should all that citrus go to waste? Helping and hindering her in her decision are Ricardo Montalban as a priest, Greer Garson as her mother prioress and Ed Sullivan as himself. Sullivan, who has but two expressions, intense pain and acute embarrassment, gets ample opportunity to display both.

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