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Million Dollar Legs is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Jack Oakie and W.C. Fields, directed by Edward F. Cline, produced by Herman J. Mankiewicz (co-writer of Citizen Kane) and B.P. Schulberg, co-written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and released by Paramount Pictures.
Sep 16, 2019 · Million Dollar Legs. by. Herman J Mankiewicz (uncredited) Topics. comedies, screwball comedies, farce, satire, pre-code, 1932 Olympics, W C Fields, Jack Oakie, Andy Clyde, Susan Fleming, Lyda Roberti, Ben Turpin, Hugh Herbert, Billy Gilbert (uncredited) Publisher. Paramount. Item Size. 846.2M.
- 60 min
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A small country sends its best athletes to the Olympic Games to win money for their bankrupt nation. Watch the hilarious antics of W. C. Fields, Jack Oakie and Lyda Roberti in this classic sports comedy.
- Edward Cline
- Jack Oakie
Million Dollar Legs: Directed by Nick Grinde, Edward Dmytryk. With Betty Grable, John Hartley, Donald O'Connor, Jackie Coogan. At Middleton College, controlled by rich donor Melton, only paying sports are allowed.
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- Comedy
- Nick Grinde, Edward Dmytryk
- 1939-07-14
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money. Either a masterpiece of absurdity or a triumph of satire, depending on your mood, but it's quite possibly the funniest movie ever made, and becomes even funnier with subsequent viewings. — Carl Schultz.
Feb 17, 2019 · A prime example of the vaudeville-influenced lunatic comedy of the early ’30s will be getting a rare screening, presented by the Boston-area’s award-winning film-and-television series Channel Zero. It’s the 1932 Paramount picture Million Dollar Legs, which will screen in the MicroCinema at the Somerville Theatre on Friday, Feb. 22. The ...
