Sexual Astrology - VHS : Heaven Can Wait (1943)

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starring: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main, Laird Cregar directed by: Ernst Lubitsch See Larger Image Used Price: $2.95 Collectible Price: $19.98 Third Party New Price: $8.59 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786301586054 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6301586050 Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Release Date: September 01, 1998 Running Time: 112 minutes Sales Rank: 14146 Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: August 11, 1943 Related Items: Trouble in Paradise - Criterion Collection Unfaithfully Yours (Criterion Collection) Leave Her to Heaven The Shop Around the Corner Ace in the Hole - Criterion Collection see more Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential video: Don Ameche, silver haired and aged to classy elegance, tries to explain to the Devil (a deliciously underplayed Laird Cregar) why he should spend the afterlife down below. 'Have you committed any major crimes?' he's asked. 'No, but you might say my life has been one long misdemeanor,' he replies. He then proceeds to tell his life story: romantic misadventure, infidelities, and the one true love of his life, his faithful wife, played by porcelain beauty Gene Tierney. Ernst Lubitsch's first film in color is a gorgeous evocation of America through three generations and a charming if meandering romantic comedy. Ameche is a fine performer but a limited actor, never capturing that knowing glance or the lively spark of Maurice Chevalier, while Tierney's charm carries her through her role. Cregar (in his brief scenes) and Charles Coburn, who plays Ameche's spunky grandfather, all but steal their scenes with puckish performances. Next to the colorful but vapid 20th Century Fox musicals and romantic comedies, this is a stylish breath of fresh air, but it hardly ranks with such masterpieces as The Shop Around the Corner or To Be or Not to Be. Still, Lubitsch in decline is better than many directors at their best, and Heaven Can Wait remains an amiable, often hilarious lark in exquisite Technicolor. --Sean Axmaker Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - what happened anyways? Hmmm. This movie could have been very cute, and has several fine and comical parts. Unfortunately, too many things don't follow or are clumsily explained, not too mention it should be a good 15 minutes shorter. For me, it would have been a much better story if all of Ameche's so called "sins" were only misunderstandings/misperceptions from his squareish family (as many seem to be). I was fully expecting them to explained as such by the devil himself at the end, and that he would fully realize ... Read More Rating: - A great old movie This movie was a delight to find! I enjoyed it when I was a teenager and never forgot it. A wonderful movie. I highly recommend it! Rating: - Heaven Can Wait A deft, subtly brilliant romantic comedy by the great Lubitsch, "Heaven" examines a privileged man whose boyish love of courtship colors his devotion to his wife, making his life "one continuous misdemeanor." Penned by the gifted Samson Raphaelson and shot in lavish Technicolor, "Heaven" marries urbane wit and bittersweet themes about youth and aging, folly and regret. Ameche and Tierney are a handsome, appealing pair from their first meeting in a bookshop, while Charles Coburn (as scampish Grandpa Hugo) ... Read More Rating: - Great story with great actors Extremely well done story about married people in the 1900s. If you don't cry at the end you're really tough. I recommend this movie to anyone who likes people. Rating: - A witty, humane, thoughtful movie directed by Ernst Lubitsch and written by Samson Raphaelson "As Henry Van Cleve's soul passed over The Great Divide, he realized that it was extremely unlikely that his next stop could be Heaven. And so, philosophically, he presented himself where innumerable people had so often told him to go." Henry (Don Ameche) is greeted courteously by His Excellency (Laird Cregar). "I presume your funeral was satisfactory?" the devil asks. "Well...there was a lot of crying," Henry says, "so I believe everybody had a good time." His Excellency explains that while ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: By Year - Comedy - Genres - VHS - Video - 1940-1949 Classic Comedies - Comedy - Genres - VHS - Video - General AAS Comedy - Genres - VHS - Video - General AAS