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Pennies from Heaven is a 1981 American musical romantic drama film directed by Herbert Ross, based on the 1978 BBC television drama of the same name. Dennis Potter adapted his screenplay from the BBC series for American audiences, changing its setting from London and the Forest of Dean to Depression-era Chicago and rural Illinois .
Jan 1, 1982 · A sheet-music salesman in Depression-era Chicago has an affair with a schoolteacher and gets involved in a murder mystery. The film features elaborate musical numbers set to old recordings of the 1930s, but also depicts a dark and cynical world.
- (6.3K)
- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Herbert Ross
- 1982-01-01
A musical with an idea that contrasts the grim reality of the Depression era with the escapist entertainment of the time. The film is dazzling and disappointing, with a cruel and twisted story, and a style that undermines the emotional reality.
Pennies From Heaven is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby, Madge Evans, and Edith Fellows. Jo Swerling's screenplay was based on the novel The Peacock Feather by Leslie Moore. The film is about a singer wrongly imprisoned who promises a condemned fellow inmate that he will help the family ...
Jan 9, 2017 · Pennies From Heaven (1981) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #PenniesFromHeaven Steve Martin stars as a womanizing sheet-music salesman in this lip-sync "musical" based on the drama by Dennis Potter...
- 4 min
- 110.7K
- Warner Bros. Classics
A musical comedy-drama set in 1930s Chicago, where a sheet-music salesman escapes his dreary life through popular songs and a love affair with a schoolteacher. The film features dream sequences with Busby Berkeley-style production numbers and classic renditions of Tin Pan Alley songs.
Pennies From Heaven | Rotten Tomatoes. R Released Dec 11, 1981 1h 47m Musical Romance. List. This heavily stylized production with lip-synched musical numbers follows Arthur Parker (Steve...
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- Musical, Romance
- R
