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English. 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. The film was inspired by the 1932 Summer Olympics, held in ...
- Rudolph G. Kopp (uncredited), John Leipold (uncredited)
Sep 16, 2019 · For no sensible reason the mixed nuts head for the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. If you like high energy screwball comedy, this nonsensical collection of sight gags, quips and double entendres is for you. IMDB rating 6.9. Directed by Edward Cline. Released in 1932. 3 minutes are missing, AKA “On Your Mark”
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Million Dollar Legs (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Klopstokia, Goats And NutsOpening with pace and absurdity, Edward Cline directing for producer Herman J. Mankiewicz from a story by his brother Joseph L. ., we meet George Barbier as Baldwin, top-billed Jack Oakie as his salesman Tweeny and Susan Fleming with Dickie Moore as her little brother, in ...
- Edward Cline
- Jack Oakie
Million Dollar Legs 1932 1h 4m Comedy List Reviews 76% 100+ Ratings Audience Score The country of Klopstokia enters the Olympics, led by their president (W.C. Fields) who lifts weights.
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- Edward F. Cline
- Comedy
- W.C. Fields
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 ...
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.
