Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

Avaliação/utilizador:

7,8/10   

Diretor:

Alexander Hall

Escritores:

Sidney Buchman (screenplay) &
Seton I. Miller (screenplay) ...

Data de Lançamento:

7 Agosto 1941 (USA)

Gênero:

Fantasia | Comédia | Romance

Chamada:

A picture different from anything ever screened before!

Argumento:

Boxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.

Plot Keywords:

Boxer | Mistake | Millionaire | Stocks And Bonds | Supernatural

Prêmios:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 5 nominations

Comentários dos utilizadores:

Charming comedy/fantasy

Elenco

Robert Montgomery	...	Joe Pendleton
Evelyn Keyes	...	Bette Logan
Claude Rains	...	Mr. Jordan
Rita Johnson	...	Julia Farnsworth
Edward Everett Horton	...	Messenger 7013
James Gleason	...	Max Corkle
John Emery	...	Tony Abbott
Donald MacBride	...	Inspector Williams
Don Costello	...	Lefty
Halliwell Hobbes	...	Sisk
Benny Rubin	...	Bugs

Duração:

94 min

País:

USA

Língua:

Inglês

Cor:

Preto e Branco

Aspect Ratio:

1,37 : 1

Som:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certificação:

UK:U | Finland:S | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #7409)

Locais de filmagem:

Providencia Ranch, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Companhia :

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Pegadinha:

Columbia chief Harry Cohn had serious misgivings about this adaptation of Harry Segall's minor stage play. He preferred to reserve his more lavish budgets for surefire successes (i.e., anything featuring the studio's biggest star, Rita Hayworth). However, Sidney Buchman was eventually able to talk Cohn into forking out for costly celestial sets and Farnsworth's elaborate mansion and also into hiring Robert Montgomery on loan-out from MGM. Buchman was also able to convince Cohn that he had a better appreciation of what the public would pay to see than the Wall Street bankers who Cohn answered to.

Goofs:

Continuidade: Pendleton (as Farnsworth) hands the $25,000 check to Max, who takes it with his left hand. There's an edit to a slightly different angle and suddenly the check is in Max's right hand.

Citações:

Messenger 7013: I'm the one who says 'let's go'...

Conexões:

Referido em Road to Rio (1947)

Tilha Sonora:

The Last Rose of Summer

Charming comedy/fantasy

Boxer Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery) is all set to fight to become the Champion. Unfortunately he's in a plane crash and a collector (Edward Everett Horton) "takes" his soul to Heaven. But the collector acted too quickly...Joe WASN'T supposed to die! The Head Collector Mr. Jordan (Claude Rains) gets him the temporary body of Bruce Farnsworth--whose wife and secretary are trying to kill. And he falls in love with Bette Logan (Evelyn Keyes). How long will he be in Farnsworth---and will he want to leave and will he live?

I caught this on TV when I was a kid in the 1970s. I loved it! Soon after I saw the lousy 1978 remake "Heaven Can Wait" with Warren Beatty as Pendleton (he's no Montgomery). I just saw it again and I still love it!

The plot is pretty silly but the whole film is done with a very light touch and the cast pulls it off. Nobody seems to be taking it too seriously (which is good). Montgomery is very good in his role--if a little too over the top at times. Keyes is sweet and charming--she does wonders with the "good girl" role. Horton is very funny as one of the collectors and Rains is just fantastic as Mr. Jordan--a perfectly done performance (no surprise coming from Rains). More screen time with Jordan could have helped. But as it is it's just very good. I'm only giving it an 8--it's funny...but not enough. The jokes made me smile once in a while, but that's about it. A huge hit in it's day.

This (understandably) won two Academy Awards for Best Story and Screenplay. It was nominated for Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor, Director and Cinematography.

Worth seeing.