The remakes are so close to the original - so close that you can just change the faces of the actors, but keep the order of the scenes. Directed by Alexander Hall. Watching it while it was an old movie late at night on television, as a child, I had no idea it would be remade twice in my lifetime! She wants to stay with Danny, but she is now invisible to mortals.In the happy ending, Mr. Jordan grants her vision of their reunion in the afterlife.Down to Earth was remade as Xanadu (1980) starring Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck and Gene Kelly (in his final role), initially a commercial flop, which later became a cult favorite. After pulling off a successful performance at the Apollo and reconnecting with Whitney, King and Keyes re-emerge. Lance and King then start searching for a body. With Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, Rita Johnson.
After sorting through many, they find Charles Wellington III, (Brian Rhodes) an extremely rich businessman freshly drowned in his tub by his wife (Although Charles was unpopular in the past, the public and those closest to Charles start to notice a change in his personality. Joe returns from this accident unscathed, now with Lance's soul. There, Joe passes along information from Mr. Jordan that Farnsworth's body is in a refrigerator in the basement of the mansion. That starred Robert Montgomery. Upset about a new Broadway musical's mockery of Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth and lands a part in the show. In 1946, Columbia knew it had all the makings of a blockbuster by reworking the "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" theme along with teaming up some of the original cast members with Hollywood's brightest star, Rita Hayworth. A sophisticated supernatural Hollywood comedy whose influence continues to be felt, Here Comes Mr. Jordan stars the eminently versatile Robert Montgomery as a working-class boxer and amateur aviator whose plane crashes in a freak accident. Mr. Jordan says that she will see Danny again and grants her a vision of their eventual reunion in the Afterlife. He transforms from a snobbish billionaire to a All too soon, Charles' wife and Sklar's plans to murder him succeed as he is shot and killed by a hired assassin.
Even though he has lost his memory of Lance, he still has Lance's characteristics. It was the second film adaptation of Harry Segall's play of the same name, the first being Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941). Besides Beatty's film, Here Comes Mr. Jordan was remade again in 2001 with Chris Rock called Down to Earth, but it did not have the same plot of the sequel. Hayworth stars as the Muse Terpsichore who is annoyed that popular Broadway producer Danny Miller is putting on a play which portrays the Muses as man-crazy tarts fighting for the attention of a pair of Air Force pilots who crashed on Mount Parnassus. JORDAN was so successful, it inspired a semi-sequel (1947's Down To Earth, which starred Rita Hayworth) and was eventually remade in 1978 as Heaven Can Wait. Kitty is ready to leave until Mr. Jordan explains the situation. It stars Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains and Evelyn Keyes. Murdock, is doing fine, with wife and two children.Kitty performs “Swingin’ the Muses” the way the producer intended, and when the musical is a hit, Terpsichore must return to heaven. Bookmark the permalink. Location shooting took place at The film's premise of a protagonist receiving a second chance through the intervention of angels was imitated throughout the ensuing decade, in the Christmas classic On January 26, 1942, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes and James Gleason reprised their roles in a The audience continues to see Montgomery as Pendleton, but everyone in the film, including his wife and secretary (who are astonished to see that the murder was not successful after all), see and hear Farnsworth.Robert Montgomery was initially disappointed in MGM releasing him to star in a film for one of the "Poverty Row" studios.