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Angels on Film 1940's and 1950's | ||||||||||||
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A Guy Named
Joe
1944 Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson An aviator is guided through battle and romantic troubles by an angel who is a deceased WWII pilot. Remade in 1989 as Always. | ||||||||||||
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Angel on My
Shoulder
1946 Paul Muni, Claude Rains, Anne Baxter A Dead Gangster strikes a bargain with the devil for leniency. Remade as a TV Movie in 1980 starring Peter Strauss. | ||||||||||||
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Angels in the Outfield
1951 Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn The Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team gets a little celestial help in their race for the pennant. Remade in 1994, using the same title. | ||||||||||||
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The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp
1954 Felix Aylmer, Riane Cilento, Robert Eddison An angel manages to right a few wrongs after entering the life of a pawnshop broker in Islington, England. | ||||||||||||
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The Bishop's Wife
1947 Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven An angel with the unlikely name of Dudley descends to earth during the Christmas season to aid Henry Brougham, a bishop who, in his all-consuming desire to build a new cathedral, is losing track of his family and of his vocation. Remade in 1996 as The Preacher's Wife. | ||||||||||||
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Forever Darling
1956 Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason A chemist's wife calls upon her guardian angel to save her marriage when her husband becomes too occupied with his job. | ||||||||||||
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For Heaven's Sake
1950 Clifton Webb, Joan Bennett, Robert Cummings, Joan Blondell Two angels are sent to earth to speed along the arrival of a baby and to save her prospective parents' marriage. | ||||||||||||
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Heaven Only Knows
1947 Robert Cummings, Brian Conlevy, Marjorie Reynolds An angel comes to the aid of a soulless gambler in the old west. | ||||||||||||
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941 Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, James Gleason A young prizefighter is accidentally killed in a plane crash due to a bureaucratic mix-up in heaven and, in a heavenly attempt to rectify the situation, is returned to earth as a soon-to-be millionaire. Remade as the 1978 film Heaven Can Wait. | ||||||||||||
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The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945 Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Dolores Morgan A band trumpeter dreams he is Anthanael, an archangel who is to blow the note bringing the end of the world at midnight of the Last day. | ||||||||||||
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I Married an Angel
1942 Jeannete MacDonald, Nelson Eddy Rodgers and hart musical about a beautiful angel who lures a playboy away from his usual business. | ||||||||||||
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It's a Wonderful Life
1946 James Stewart, Donna Reed, Henry Travers, Lionel Barrymore A despondent George Bailey is saved from committing suicide by Clarence, an angel who has yet to earn his wings. Clarence helps Bailey realize what a wonderful life he has really had by showing him the world as it would be had he never existed. Remade in 1977 as It Happened One Christmas. | ||||||||||||
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That's the Spirit
1945 Peggy Ryan, Jake Oakie, June Vincent In this fantasy musical, a widowed actress is comforted by her deceased husband who returns to earth as an angel. | ||||||||||||
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