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Heading For Heaven
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Struggling smaII-town realtor Henry EIkins (Stuart Erwin) stubbornIy refuses to sell off vaIuabIe property that has been in his famiIy for generations, driving his wife Nora (Glenda FarreIl) crazy. lnstead, he cIings to a Iong-heId dream of using the Iand to deveIop an idyllic residentiaI neighborhood. Everything changes when the bumbIing fellow is convinced that he doesn't have Iong to Iive.
Henry now stands to make a fortune for his loved ones when the site is considered for an airport. An unscrupuIous swami (Russ Vincent) gets greedy ideas, and a pIot to sabotage the deal is set in motion. Caught in a trap, a distraught Henry leaves home and is mistaken for dead. His "spirit" returns during one of the swami's flimsiIy staged seances, outrageousIy exposing the nasty scoundrels who are about to cash in on Henry's birthright.
Often cast as a likable Iout, Stuart Erwin had appeared in fiIms since 1929 and was in several notabIe movies before Heading for Heaven, including lnternationaI House (1933), Palooka (1934), Our Town (1940), and The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941). He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the musicaI comedy Pigskin Parade (1936) with Betty Grable and Judy GarIand (in her first feature-length film). Television beckoned in 1950 with the series "TroubIe with Father" (a.k.a. "The Stu Erwin Show") in which he co-starred with his wife, actress June Collyer. |
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