Here comes Mr. Jordan

Here comes Mr. Jordan

DVD - 2016

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

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Subjects
Boxers (Sports) > Drama.
Reincarnation > Drama.
Millionaires > Drama.
Feature films.
Romantic comedy films.
Comedy films.
Fantasy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Feature films
Romantic comedy films
Comedy films
Fantasy films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection [2016]
Language
English
Other Authors
Alexander Hall, 1894-1968 (film director), Sidney Buchman, 1902-1975 (-), Seton I. Miller, Harry Segall, 1897-1975
Edition
DVD special edition ; full screen
Item Description
From the play Heaven can wait, by Harry Segall.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
Fullscreen (1.33:1).
Special features: New conversation between critic Michael Sragow and filmmaker/distributor Michael Schlesinger; Audio interview from 1991 in which actor Elizabeth Montgomery discusses her father, actor Robert Montgomery.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, NTSC, region 1, 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital.
Audience
Not rated.
Awards
Academy Awards for: Best Writing, Original Story, and Best Writing, Screenplay (1942)
Production Credits
Photography, Joseph Walker ; editor, Viola Lawrence ; music, Frederick Hollander.
ISBN
9781681431697
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Criterion is on a Columbia Pictures streak. On the heels of releases of Easy Rider, Gilda, In Cold Blood, and Only Angels Have Wings, several more of the seasoned Hollywood studio's catalog are getting deluxe upgrades. Relying on the versatile Peter Sellers in three roles, including the titular ex-Nazi, Dr. Strangelove (1964) delivers a darkly brilliant satire of nuclear warfare premised on mutually assured destruction. In a fantastical screwball comedy, Mr. Jordan (1941) tells the tale of a baffled boxer (Robert Montgomery) who dies in a plane crash only to learn that he has gone to heaven too soon, with the amenable pearly gatekeeper (Claude Rains) helping to make amends. In a solid if overrated film noir, Humphrey Bogart shines in Lonely Place (1950) as a volatile screenwriter suspected of murder who depends on the love of an increasingly skeptical woman (Gloria Grahame) for redemption. VERDICT Better looking than ever, and more understood thanks to informative extras, this disparate trio-with Strangelove the clear standout-are recommended for classic-movie fans.-Jeff T. Dick, Davenport, IA © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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