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Pennies from Heaven (1936)

FUN...when Crosby croons himself out of jail and lands on a merry-go-round with the meanest of brats!

Genre : Comedy, Drama, Music

Runtime : 1H 21M

Director : Norman Z. McLeod
Writer : Jo Swerling

Synopsis

Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her elderly grandfather who need lots of help. This delays Larry from following his dream and going to Venice and becoming a gondolier. Instead, he becomes a street singer and, while singing in the street, meets a pretty welfare worker, Susan Sprague. She takes a dim view of Patsy's welfare under the guardianship of Larry and her grandfather and starts proceedings to have Patsy placed in an orphanage.

Actors

Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
Larry Poole
Madge Evans
Madge Evans
Susan Sprague
Edith Fellows
Edith Fellows
Patsy Smith
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Henry
Donald Meek
Donald Meek
Gramp Smith
John Gallaudet
John Gallaudet
J. C. Hart
William Stack
William Stack
Clarence B. Carmichael
Nana Bryant
Nana Bryant
Miss Howard
Tom Dugan
Tom Dugan
Crowbar Miller
Nydia Westman
Nydia Westman
Slavey - Hotel Maid
Mickey Daniels
Mickey Daniels
Hay Wagon Driver (uncredited)

Crews

Norman Z. McLeod
Norman Z. McLeod
Director
Katherine Leslie Moore
Katherine Leslie Moore
Novel
William Rankin
William Rankin
Story
Jo Swerling
Jo Swerling
Screenplay
Emanuel Cohen
Emanuel Cohen
Producer
William Grant Still
William Grant Still
Original Music Composer
Robert Pittack
Robert Pittack
Director of Photography
John Rawlins
John Rawlins
Editor
Stephen Goosson
Stephen Goosson
Art Direction
Sam Nelson
Sam Nelson
Assistant Director
Earl Rettig
Earl Rettig
Unit Manager
Robert J. Schiffer
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Glenn Rominger
Glenn Rominger
Sound

Posters and backgrounds

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