Marc Eliot’s Art of Film

Alexander Hall’s 1941 Here Comes Mr. Jordan

One of the most popular films of 1941, nominated for seven Academy Awards and winner of two, this clever satire won universal rave reviews, including from the New York Times: "Columbia has assembled its brightest people for a delightful and totally disarming joke at heaven's expense…a gay, witty, tender and not a little wise. It is also one of the choicest comic fantasies of the year.”