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* LastSecondWordSwap: When Hugo first meets Martha (back when she was engaged to Albert), he tells her, "If I were 50 years younger, I'd be trying to take you away from this s- (remembers Albert is standing right there) splendid young man you're about to marry."
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* GracefulLoser: Unwilling to pass on despite having been given a beautiful dream of the hereafter, Henry tries to frustrate the powers that be by claiming that he will not leave his mortal coil unless he is presented with a vision of a gorgeous blonde woman to see him off. When he is almost immediately given such upon waking, he responds with quiet bemusement rather than sadness.
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''Heaven Can Wait'' is a 1943 American comedy film produced and directed by Creator/ErnstLubitsch and starring Creator/GeneTierney and Creator/DonAmeche. The screenplay was written by Samson Raphaelson, based on the play ''Birthday'' by Leslie Bush-Fekete. The film was nominated for three UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography - Color.
The film follows Henry Van Cleve (Ameche), a man hoping to prove he deserves a place in {{Hell}} by recounting his life story to the Devil at the reception of Hell. Henry talks of his life, in which he was the spoiled only child of an upper class family. For much of his youth, including childhood, he spent his time chasing various women. The day before his 26th birthday, he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Martha Strabel (Tierney). Though she is engaged to his obnoxious cousin Albert, Henry is able persuade her to elope with him. The rest of their marriage chronicles both and happiness and difficulty they face in staying together.
The film follows Henry Van Cleve (Ameche), a man hoping to prove he deserves a place in {{Hell}} by recounting his life story to the Devil at the reception of Hell. Henry talks of his life, in which he was the spoiled only child of an upper class family. For much of his youth, including childhood, he spent his time chasing various women. The day before his 26th birthday, he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Martha Strabel (Tierney). Though she is engaged to his obnoxious cousin Albert, Henry is able persuade her to elope with him. The rest of their marriage chronicles both and happiness and difficulty they face in staying together.
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''Heaven Can Wait'' is a 1943 American comedy film produced and directed by Creator/ErnstLubitsch and Creator/ErnstLubitsch, starring Creator/GeneTierney Creator/GeneTierney, Creator/DonAmeche, and Creator/DonAmeche.Creator/CharlesCoburn. The screenplay was written by Samson Raphaelson, based on the play ''Birthday'' by Leslie Bush-Fekete. The film was nominated for three UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography - Color.
The film follows Henry Van Cleve (Ameche), a man hoping to prove he deserves a place in {{Hell}} by recounting his life story to the Devil at the reception of Hell. Henry talks of his life, in which he was the spoiled only child of anupper class upper-class family. For much of his youth, including childhood, he spent his time chasing various women. The day before his 26th birthday, he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Martha Strabel (Tierney). Though she is engaged to his obnoxious cousin Albert, Henry is able persuade her to elope with him. The rest of their marriage chronicles both and happiness and difficulty they face in staying together.
The film follows Henry Van Cleve (Ameche), a man hoping to prove he deserves a place in {{Hell}} by recounting his life story to the Devil at the reception of Hell. Henry talks of his life, in which he was the spoiled only child of an
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Despite the title, has no connection with the Creator/WarrenBeatty film ''[[Film/HeavenCanWait1978 Heaven Can Wait]]'', which is actually a remake of ''Film/HereComesMrJordan''.
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Despite the title, has no connection with the Creator/WarrenBeatty film ''[[Film/HeavenCanWait1978 Heaven Can Wait]]'', which is actually a remake of ''Film/HereComesMrJordan''.
''Film/HereComesMrJordan''.[[note]]This was actually used as a plot point in the film ''Film/{{Hostage}}'', where the MacGuffin is encoded on a DVD for this film, but it gets confused with the other one.[[/note]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: Martha almost leaves Henry because of his Casanova behavior.
