In 1939, Fox made a huge Technicolor "bomb" called "The Bluebird" wherein Shirley Temple searches for the Bluebird of Happiness. It's a jumbled mess involving dead grandparents and children growing up while waiting to be called to Earth to be born. Here we have 2 well-meaning but inept angels played by Clifton Webb (Mr. Belvedere) and Edmund Gwenn ("Kris Kringle"from Miracle on 34th St.) There seems to be very little chemistry between them. I did not find Mr. Webb funny as funny as other viewers did, and he makes a terrible fake Western Cowboy. There are 2 cute items He remarks "These high heels (western boots) are killing me" and he plays a "jazzy-style" harp. A great cast: Joan Blondell, Joan Bennett, Bob Cummings, and more, can't give this angelic film it's wings. Add to that, 2 young children, (under age 10) waiting for their parents to give them life. Plodding and very cliche. You have seen and heard this all done better, before. A one-time viewing, in my opinion. I did not like it as much as I really wanted to.
Review of For Heaven's Sake
