Here Comes Mr. Jordan
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Movie Reviews of Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Movie Review: Fantastic Fantasy
Summary: 5 Stars
This mystical comedy is one of my favorite movies. The story is simple and fantastic. A bumbling angel (played by Edward Everett Horton) removes a boxer from his body before his death, and when the body is cremated the angel's boss, Mr. Jordan, has to find the boxer a new body.
Robert Montgomery is the boxer, Evelyn Keyes is his luminous love interest, and Rita Johnson, who has the more interesting female role, is the villianess as only 1940s Hollywood could depict (Gale Sondergaard, anyone?) while John Emery (once married to Tallulah Bankhead) is her evil lover.
Robert Montgomery could handle evil well, too, but in this movie he does what he does best and plays the hero with perfect comic timing. Suavity in this case is left to Claude Raines as the supernatural Mr Jordan who makes sure we all wind up at the right destination after we die. James Gleason is Montgomery's befuddled manager, who's helped out by that epitome of befuddlement, Donald McBride, who played a policeman so often I'm surprised that the LA force didn't offer him retirement.
Someone mentioned that Montgomery is not that well known as an actor and that's probably because he retired in the early 1950s to coach Eisenhower, the first President who widely utilized TV. After a job helping the President of the United States, I guess Montgomery felt that being a mere actor was beneath him, which is too bad because he was very good at what he did. But he gave us his lovely daughter, Elizabeth, who enchanted us for years with her own supernatural doings as Tabitha in "Bewitched."
Movie Review: Many, MANY Thanks To Mikey! Your Images (clips) Are MOST Helpful and Enlightening.*
Summary: 5 Stars
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Unique... from the Latin 'one'---"only one of its kind."
"Here Comes Mr. Jordan" (1941) starring Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains and James Gleason (nominated for a Best Supporting Oscar for Max Corkle) ... and let's not omit the great Donald MacBride who plays police inspector Williams. All are perfect for their roles. Better than perfect---ideal!
But, that said, studio president Harry Cohn had to be cajoled and convinced to make the film. Columbia Pictures' financial advisors had their doubts as to its box-office potential. All the bankers wanted was "what sold last year."
That notwithstanding, this wonderful film went on to receive a total of seven 1941 nominations, including Best Picture, and won two Oscars (Best Motion Picture Story and Best Screenplay).
*I'm indebted to the reviewer "Mikey" for his earlier review: "Joe Pendelton says, Evelyn Keyes GOOD... Rita Johnson BAD!" which he posted here on December 19, 2006---the first review of the DVD and its artwork.
Mikey, I am MOST obliged to you for posting (sharing) your images/clips from the film showing the actors and the roles they played, and for explaining the unbefitting and lamentable errors made regarding this DVD's cover art. It is regrettable that this cover received such a paltry, meager effort from its producers. Thanks again for that timely information.
- And my final words... Evelyn Keyes is a stunningly beautiful woman Period. -
Movie Review: What took so long?
Summary: 5 Stars
Heaven Can Wait was/is a good picure (I own it), but it IS a remake of this one, and pales in comparison.
The original Here Comes Mr. Jordan is superior and more believable as a fantasy, probably because it was far less pretentious and therefore more "down to earth." It wasn't made as a star vehicle, like Heaven Can Wait was for Beatty, and the boxer main character was far more accessible to the average joe than the celebrity football star that Beatty plays. I fell in love with Mr Jordan the first time I saw it many years ago, and Mr Beatty's remake, while enjoyable, fell short.
I was lucky enough to be able to tape Here Comes Mr Jordan off the TV years ago, but I can't wait to own the DVD. Those of you who aren't scared off by an original black and white classic are in for a treat if Beatty's version is the only one you've ever seen.
Movie Review: Joe Pendelton says, Evelyn Keyes GOOD... Rita Johnson BAD!
Summary: 5 Stars
(January 1, 2007)
A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL MOTION PICTURE...
Very happy to see that this terrific film will finally be struck to DVD.
But please, Sony, correct the cover art faux pas that has plagued this great film since its VHS release.
The actress pictured next to Robert Montgomery should be Evelyn Keyes, but is NOT!
Instead, actress Rita Johnson is pictured. Rita Johnson played the part of the murdering, adulteress wife of Bruce Farnsworth (Montgomery) in the flim. :-\
This art was obviously created or selected by someone who has never viewed this fine film--or the very beautiful Evelyn Keyes.
Please, Sony, correct this miscue before this DVD's February release date.
Movie Review: Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Summary: 5 Stars
Alexander Hall's ingenious comedy/fantasy, was a departure for the usually suave Montgomery (father of Elizabeth from TV's "Bewitched"), but he tackles the role of working class pugilist with humanity and heart. The laughs come fast and furious once the befuddled Joe starts occupying the body of business titan Bruce Farnsworth, stunning his would-be killers and servants with a new-found passion for exercise and fair play. And once Bette Logan (Keyes) enters the picture, petitioning for her father (whom the (old) Farnsworth had ruined), a tentative, romance develops. "Jordan" boasts memorable turns from the always reliable Rains, and from James Gleason as Max Corkle, Joe's incredulous trainer. (Re-made by Warren Beatty as "Heaven Can Wait" in 1978).