Heaven Can Wait 1943

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 108 min

genre: comedy-drama

director: Ernst Lubitsch

Score: 6 / 10

Heaven Can Wait is a 1943 Technicolor American supernatural comedy film produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The screenplay was by Samson Raphaelson based on the play Birthday by Ladislaus Bus-Fekete. The music score was by Alfred Newman and the cinematography by Edward Cronjager.

Plot

An aged Henry Van Cleve enters the opulent reception area of "where innumerable people had told him so often to go", to be personally greeted by "His Excellency". Henry petitions to be admitted (fully aware of the kind of life he has led), but some doubt exists as to his qualifications. To prove his worthiness (or rather unworthiness), he begins to tell the story of his dissolute life.

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More details

author	Ernst Lubitsch Samson Raphaelson
contentLocation	New York City
director	Ernst Lubitsch
editor	Dorothy Spencer
genre	comedy-drama fantasy
keywords	beautiful woman brentano\'s chorus girl chorus line date dressing room engage hear heaven hell henry v his excellency kansas city learn manhattan misunderstand mystery woman only child other place satan sneaking in social life spoil tenth anniversary true identity wait where innumerable people had told him so often to go young man
musicBy	Alfred Newman
nomination	Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Picture
producer	Ernst Lubitsch