An ambitious mechanic is tempted to desert his wonderful girlfriend when a silly but rich debutante falls for him..
If you have a soft spot for pre-code dramas where everyone is impossibly polite while making the absolute worst decisions, Chance at Heaven might just kill an hour for you. It is definitely not for the modern viewer who needs a fast pace or a coherent moral center. If you like old-school soap operas with a bit of grit,...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
William A. Seiter
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"If you have a soft spot for pre-code dramas where everyone is impossibly polite while making the absolute worst decisions, Chance at Heaven might just kill an hour for you. It is definitely not for the modern viewer who needs a fast pace or a coherent moral center. If you like old-school soap operas with a bit of grit, you might actually dig it. Joel McCrea plays the mechanic with this sort of blank, handsome confusion that I honestly found kind of endearing. He’s stuck between a stable, lovely..."
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