March 4 movie: Here Comes Mr. Jordan. Robert Montgomery stars as a boxer whose soul is taken too soon by overeager assistant angel Edward Everett Horton. James Gleason is Montgomery's boxing manager, and Claude Rains plays a more powerful angel (and the title character) who sets things right. I loved this movie. With such great actors in the main roles, how could I not? It was remade as Heaven Can Wait with Warren Beatty. I confess I haven't seen Heaven Can Wait, but Here Comes Mr. Jordan is delightful. Rains is such a tremendous actor that he tends to dominate his movies, but Montgomery and Horton are able to hold their own I think.
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