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Pennies from Heaven (1936)

NR ★ 6.9/10 81 min Comedy, Drama, Music United States English
Screenplay by: Jo Swerling
Story by: William Rankin
Novel: Katherine Leslie Moore
Lyricist: Johnny Burke
Streaming: Not available
FUN...when Crosby croons himself out of jail and lands on a merry-go-round with the meanest of brats!

Description

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.

Top Cast

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

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