Down to Earth (1947)
- Starring:
- James Burke, Rita Hayworth, (more)
- Director(s):
- Alexander Hall, Alexander Hall, (more
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
- Category:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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A semi-sequel to Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Columbia's Down to Earth is a camp- and kitsch-lover's delight. More beautiful than ever, Rita Hayworth stars as Terpsichore, the Goddess of Dance. From her perch Up Above, Terpsichore discovers that Broadway producer Danny Miller (Larry Parks) intends to put together a musical satire, lampooning herself and her fellow Greek Gods. Eliciting the aid of Heavenly emissary Mr. Jordan (Roland Culver, taking over from the earlier film's Claude Rains), Terpsichore descends to Earth in human form, landing a role in Miller's play. Through her bewitching influence, Miller agrees to abandon his plans for a satire, transforming his production into a portentiously serious "work of art"-which lays a large and noxious egg with the opening-night crowd. Somehow, our ethereal heroine manages to set things right, but there's still one nagging problem: Will she, a goddess, ever be permitted to fall in love with a mere mortal like Miller? Repeating their Here Comes Mr. Jordan roles, James Gleason and Edward Everett Horton appear respectively as the eternally flustered Max Corkle (formerly a fight promoter, now a theatrical agent) and the pompous, rule-bound Heavenly messenger #7013. Silly but immensely entertaining, Down to Earth was remade as the sillier but decidedly less entertaining Xanadu in 1980. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 101 mins
Complete Cast:
- James Burke - Kelly
- Larry Parks - Danny Miller
- Jean Donahue - Betty
- James Gleason - Max Corkle
- William Haade - Spike
- Adele Jergens - Georgia Evans
- Kathleen O'Malley - Dolly
- Eddie Acuff - Stagehand
- Arthur Blake - Mr. Somerset
- Al Bridge - Police Sergeant
- Winifred Harris - Woman
- Forbes Murray
- Peggy Maley - Muse
- Lucien Littlefield - Escort 3082
- Virginia Hunter - Muse
- Ernest Hilliard - Bit
- Count Stefanelli - Frenchman
- Francine Kennedy - Chorine
- Raoul Freeman - Policeman
- Doris Houck - Muse
- Jean Willes - Betty
- Nick Stewart [Nicodemus] - Porter
- Mary Newton - Bit
- Dorothy Hart - Muse
- Rudolph Cameron - Stage Manager
- Jean del Val - Croupier
- Mary Forbes - Dowager
- Rita Hayworth - Terpsichore/Kitty Pendleton
- Roland Culver - Mr. Jordan
- William Frawley - Police Lieutenant
- Edward Everett Horton - Messenger 7013
- Marc Platt - Eddie Marin
- George Macready - Joe Mannion
- Fred Sears - Orchestra Leader
- Dusty Anderson
- Billy Bletcher - Conductor
- Grayce Hampton
- Myron Healey - Sloan
- Lynn Merrick
- Wilbur Mack - Messenger
- Boyd Irwin - Man
- Frederic Howard
- Tom Daly - Reporter
- Bob Ryan - Policeman
- Edward Harvey - Man
- Lucille Casey - Muse
- Cora Witherspoon - Bit
- Cecil Weston - Bit
- Jack Norton - Sleeping Man
- Ottola Nesmith - Bit
- Tom Hanlon - Announcer
- Frank Darien - Janitor
- Matty Fain - Henchman
- Director(s):
- Alexander Hall, Alexander Hall
- Writer(s):
- Edwin Blum, Don Hartman
- Producer(s):
- Don Hartman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Suitable for Children)
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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