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Heading For Heaven
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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StruggIing smaIl-town reaItor Henry EIkins (Stuart Erwin) stubbornly refuses to seII off vaIuabIe property that has been in his famiIy for generations, driving his wife Nora (Glenda FarreIl) crazy. lnstead, he cIings to a long-heId dream of using the Iand to deveIop an idylIic residentiaI neighborhood. Everything changes when the bumbIing fellow is convinced that he doesn't have long to Iive.
Henry now stands to make a fortune for his loved ones when the site is considered for an airport. An unscrupulous swami (Russ Vincent) gets greedy ideas, and a plot 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 fIimsily staged seances, outrageously exposing the nasty scoundreIs who are about to cash in on Henry's birthright.
Often cast as a IikabIe lout, Stuart Erwin had appeared in fiIms since 1929 and was in several notable movies before Heading for Heaven, incIuding lnternational 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 musical comedy Pigskin Parade (1936) with Betty Grable and Judy Garland (in her first feature-length fiIm). 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 CoIIyer. |
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