Overview of million dollar legs, 1932, directed by edward cline, with jack oakie, w. Fields, lyda roberti, susan fleming, ben turpin, hugh hubert. Its fastpaced, funny, zany, and strongly recommended. This is not part of the vault series, and initially gave me some trouble, freezing up. Susan fleming february 19, 1908 december 22, 2002 was an american actress and the wife of comic actor harpo marx. Cleveland classic cinema million dollar legs youtube. Fields, but even if you are relieved to know that he does not dominate this film you can be assured that lyda roberti, jack oakie and ben turpin. Goats and nuts and million dollar legs paramount 1932.
Film daily reported on august 23, 1932 that the film was being screened in japan as million dollar feet, according to notices in the gencho report, a japanese trade daily. Sign in sign up login with facebook login with twitter. Million dollar legs 1932 official trailer, organic. If you like high energy screwball comedy, this nonsensical collection of sight gags, quips and double entendres is for you. Million dollar legs is a 1932 american precode comedy film starring jack oakie and w. Its the 1932 paramount picture million dollar legs, which will screen in the microcinema at the somerville theatre on friday, feb. Million dollar legs is total movie anarchy, a throwback to the halcyon days of mack sennett. The films title really has nothing to do with anything, but certainly sounds evocative. That was her majesty, love with marilyn miller and ben lyon, made at warner bros. Million dollar legs 1932 07081932 us comedy 1h 4m user score. Fields, andy clyde the president of klopstokia tries to fill the empty treasury by competing in the olympics. Fields as the president of the mythical land of klopstokia, is sitting in his horsedrawn coach and speaking into a dictation machine horn, relaying some manner of business intended for a general.
Either a masterpiece of absurdity or a triumph of satire, depending on your mood, but its quite possibly the funniest movie ever made. Fields movie from seven years earlier also entitled million dollar legs. Here it appears in a madeondemand dvd released jointly by universal and turner classic movies. Million dollar legs the 1932 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Though not really a cult film, million dollar legs seems to provoke differing reactions in audiences.
Many find it entirely too silly or feel that the movie is nothing more than a string of comedy routines some of them quite dated loosely strung together or that legs loses steam after a while by not staying focused on its initial premise. Million dollar legs has been ranked 218 times, wins 44. Film fanatics might be forgiven for assuming that the film in gftff called million dollar legs would either be about betty grable nope, thats the 1939 film of the same title or esther williams nope, thats the 1952 film million dollar mermaid, which isnt included in pearys book speaking of which, none of williams films are. With special guest john oliver the daily show screening. In one of my favorite scenes in million dollar legs, w. With special guest john oliver the daily show screening wednesday, june 2nd at 8pm 92ytribeca, 200 hudson street. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer.
Watch million dollar legs full movie in hd visit movie 119564 a small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter th. The country of klopstokia is fictional, and some of the athletes. Either a masterpiece of absurdity or a triumph of satire, depending on your. Million dollar legs 1932 changes the movie database. Million dollar legs is een amerikaanse filmkomedie uit 1932 onder regie van edward f. This silly, slapstick fest has a field or is it fields day.
Fields, andy clyde, lyda roberti, susan fleming, ben turpin, hugh herbert, george barbier. Fields as president of the mythical country of klopstokia, about to default on its loans until itinerant brush salesman jack oakie comes up with a plan to enter. Million dollar legs paramount, 1932, directed by edward cline, may have a a backstage musical sounding title to it revolving around sexylegged chorus girls, but is actually a surreal comedy with all the elements of a slapstick silent mack sennett comedy, minus the keystone kops and bathing beauties. Million dollar legs, the second album by the new tony williams lifetime disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title million dollar legs.
Million dollar legs 1932, belle of the nineties 1934, artists and models 1937 and souls at sea 1937 are indeed universal rarities in the sense that a they are. A salesman introduces a miniscule nation to the world through the summer olympics. Watch million dollar legs full movie in hd visit movie 382860 at middleton college, controlled by rich donor melton, only payi. Her big stage break, which led to her hollywood career, was as a ziegfeld girl, performing in the ziegfeld follies.
Read the full synopsis of million dollar legs, 1932, directed by edward cline, with jack oakie, w. Fields 1941 free movie chicago comedy film festival duration. Million dollar legs 1932 full movie download full hd. Under contract to mack sennetts studios, fields was approached by paramount with a better offer and completed two films for the studio before any of his shorts with sennett were made. Million dollar legs was originally a 1932 paramount film. Million dollar legs 1932 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The marxs marriage was a famously happy and successful one, from 28 september 1936, lasting to harpos death at age 75 on 28 september 1964.
Million dollar legs is a zany, madcap comedy thats absolutely hilarious, with many of the great clowns of the time. Either a masterpiece of absurdity or a triumph of satire, depending on your mood, but its quite possibly the funniest movie ever made, and becomes even funnier. All my universal vault dvdmods normally play perfectly. Hes having trouble with his hat, which he will throughout the movie, but even more trouble trying to decide on what manner of. Million dollar legs is a film directed by edward f.
Its still a great movie, though, and lyda robertis garbo parody is especially surreal. Million dollar legs 1932 full movie download full hd youtube. Either a masterpiece of absurdity or a triumph of satire, depending on your mood, but its quite possibly the funniest movie ever made, and becomes even funnier with subsequent viewings. Million dollar legs 1932 fantastic movie musings and. Million dollar legs is a 1939 american comedy film starring betty grable, jackie coogan.
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