Saturday, March 25, 2023

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan is a 1941 fantasy romantic comedy film starring Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, and Edward Everett Horton. Not my usual fare as I don't favor comedies and especially try to avoid romantic comedies, but this was a fine little film. I'll watch anything with Claude Rains in it. It's on Tubi. I watched it on my computer via YouTube (embedded below), but you can get the free Tubi app through Roku and watch it on your TV if you prefer that.

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DVD Talk opens with this:
Here Comes Mr. Jordan is one of those rare Hollywood classics that hasn't dated and never fails to raise one's spirits. It's one of the first and best of the Films Blanc, the splinter genre of light comedy-dramas that imagine the universe to be governed by a fanciful Hereafter. Screenwriters Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller put Robert Montgomery into a no man's land between heaven and earth, while sympathetic angels work to correct a cosmic error. Nominated for seven Oscars, the film won two, for Original Story and Screenplay.
Slant Magazine describes it as a "Hollywood gem". Criterion calls it "A sophisticated supernatural Hollywood comedy whose influence continues to be felt". TCM has information. Rotten Tomatoes has a critics consensus score of 100%.

18 comments:

  1. I'm not a fan of comedy OR romance, but for some reason, I can't quite describe, this sounds good to me!

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    1. Exactly! I imagine it's Claude Rains ;)

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  2. Thanks, I've bookmarked it! Have a great weekend, Valerie

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  3. ...raising one's spirits sounds good to me.

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  4. I love this movie! Claude Rains is just the best

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    1. Isn't he?! This movie was new to me.

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  5. Claude Rains and Robert Montgomery are great. I don't know this film but it sounds like a fun watch.Have a great start to your weekend.

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    1. The tornadoes skipped us, so that's always a good start.

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  6. Glad to read you were missed by tornadoes. So awful. We anticipate freezing rain today. And winds!

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    1. It's sunny here today with a predicted high in the 70s. I have the house open.

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  7. Sounds very interesting. To discuss if you´re dead or not... huiiii...

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    1. There are several ideas here that'd be worth discussion. Angels would be one.

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  8. I couldn't sleep (seems to be the normal recently) so I watched this and it was pretty good! I do like the old movies with the happy endings. ;)

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    1. I'm glad you liked it :) There's something satisfying about a happy ending.

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  9. I love this movie -- even more than the Heaven Can Make remake. It's a charmer.

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    1. So many movies I've missed out on...

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