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The supporting players make the movie
posted by barrymostSTAFFMOD on May 30, 2020 at 12:42 PM
Finally able to watch this last night, as I've been looking forward to it for some time. Overall, I liked it, but felt that it was slightly too talky at times, and not quite zany or fast-paced enough to be a true screwball comedy.
It was the two supporting character actors who made the film worthwhile, on the whole: namely, Claude Rains and James Gleason. Rains' performance was polished, genteel, and silky-smooth, as one would expect from him. James Gleason always provides a solid, comical screen presence, and lightens the atmosphere of any film he appears in.
Reply by genplant29
on May 30, 2020 at 2:29 PM
Hi, barry.
It's been so many years (10+) since I last watched this that, regretfully, I no longer really remember anything about it at this late date.
Having said that, Claude Rains and James Gleason (ditto Edward Everett Horton) are always sure things, and can do no wrong, as far as I'm concerned; I'm a definite fan of both (and am an appreciator, but not an enthusiast, of Robert Montgomery).
Reply by barrymost
on May 30, 2020 at 3:50 PM
Hello, gen! It's certainly been a while.
Yes, both are wonderful, reliable character actors who elevate practically any film. I am not very familiar with Edward Everett Horton's work, though I've heard the name before. This is the only film I recall seeing him in to date. Robert Montgomery was good, and like you, I am an appreciator though not enthusiast at this point.
Reply by wonder2wonder
on May 30, 2020 at 7:35 PM
It's interesting that Claude Rains plays the angel Mr. Jordan 😇 in this movie, while in another soul-switching movie, "Angel on My Shoulder (1946)", he is the devil Nick. 😈
Edward Everett Horton is a favourite, alway bumbling along - not dancing
- with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the movies
"The Gay Divorcee (1934)",
"Top Hat (1935)" and "Shall We Dance (1937)".
Reply by genplant29
on May 30, 2020 at 8:19 PM
EEH was the master of the flustered/troubled double-take.
Reply by Mon-Star
on May 30, 2020 at 9:15 PM
Beginning in 1959 through 1964, Edward Everett Horton narrated the "Fractured Fairy Tales" segment as well as playing multiple characters in various supporting features of the The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show . He also played the the befuddled Hekawi medicine man Roaring Chicken on the western comedy TV show F-Troop.