Underplayed Gems

Thanks a Million (1935)

Thanks a Million poster
Directed by
Roy Del Ruth
Genre
romance film, musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A struggling band and a down-on-his-luck singer get a break when a political campaign hires them to perform. The singer becomes a popular candidate and navigates the pressures of fame and romance.

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What happens

Thanks a Million is a 1935 American musical film produced and released by 20th Century Fox and directed by Roy Del Ruth. It stars Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak and Fred Allen, and features Patsy Kelly, David Rubinoff and Paul Whiteman and his band with singer/pianist Ramona. The script by Nunnally Johnson was based on a story by producer Darryl F. Zanuck (writing as Melville Crossman) and contained uncredited additional dialogue by Fred Allen, James Gow, Edmund Gross and Harry Tugend. Thanks a Million was nominated for the Academy Award for Sound (E. H. Hansen) in 1935. It was remade in 1946 as If I'm Lucky, with Perry Como and Phil Silvers in the Powell and Allen roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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