For Heaven's Sake

For Heaven's Sake is a 1950 fantasy film starring Robert Cummings as an angel trying to save the marriage of a couple played by Joan Bennett and Clifton Webb. It was adapted from the play May We Come In? by Harry Segall. Angels Charles (Clifton Webb) and Arthur (Edmund Gwenn) try to convince a young cherub named Item (Gigi Perreau) to stop waiting to be born to Lydia (Joan Bennett) and Jeff Bolton (Robert Cummings). They are too busy acting in an... more

For Heaven's Sake is a 1950 fantasy film starring Robert Cummings as an angel trying to save the marriage of a couple played by Joan Bennett and Clifton Webb. It was adapted from the play May We Come In? by Harry Segall. Angels Charles (Clifton Webb) and Arthur (Edmund Gwenn) try to convince a young cherub named Item (Gigi Perreau) to stop waiting to be born to Lydia (Joan Bennett) and Jeff Bolton (Robert Cummings). They are too busy acting in and directing plays respectively to start a family. They are also drifting apart, as Lydia wants to have a child, but Jeff convinces her to put their careers first. When Item proves adamant, Charles decides (after seeing Gary Cooper in The Westerner) to help matters along by taking human form as "Slim" Charles, a supposedly rich Texan, and bumping into the Boltons at the racetrack. Jeff sees a potential financial backer (an "angel" in theatrical slang) for his next play. He gets his playwright, Daphne Peters (Joan Blondell), to try to convince... less