Million Dollar Legs (1932)

Director:

Edward F. Cline

Writers:

Nicholas T. Barrows (writer)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (story)
(more)

Release Date:

8 JÚLIUS 1932 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

It's Insane -- It's Joyous

Plot:

A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the Olympics. Either a masterpiece of absurdity or a triumph of satire...

Plot Keywords:

Olympics | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Los Angeles California | Number In Title

Cast

Jack Oakie	...	Migg Tweeny
W.C. Fields	...	The President
Andy Clyde	...	The Major-Domo
Lyda Roberti	...	Mata Machree
Susan Fleming	...	Angela
Ben Turpin	...	Mysterious Man
Hugh Herbert	...	Secretary of the Treasury
George Barbier	...	Mr. Baldwin, President Baldwin Brush Co.
Dickie Moore	...	Willie, Angela's Brother
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hank Mann	...	Custom's Inspector (scenes deleted)
Ernie Adams	...	Contestant (uncredited)
Sam Adams	...	Secretary of State (uncredited)
Irving Bacon	...	Secretary of War (uncredited)
Eddie Baker	...	Train Official (uncredited)
Bruce Bennett	...	Klopstokian athlete (uncredited)
Hobart Bosworth	...	Olympics Starter (uncredited)
Al Bridge	...	Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
Tyler Brooke	...	Olympics Announcer (uncredited)
Chick Collins	...	The Jumper (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin	...	Secret Emissary #2 (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing	...	Train Official (uncredited)
Vernon Dent	...	Secretary of Agriculture (uncredited)
Bobby Dunn	...	Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn	...	Coachman / Guard (uncredited)
Billy Engle	...	Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
Herbert Evans	...	Mata's Butler (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert	...	Secretary of the Interior (uncredited)
Charlie Hall	...	Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
Teddy Hart	...	Secretary of the Navy (uncredited)
Lew Kelly	...	Train Conductor (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore	...	Porter (uncredited)
Syd Saylor	...	Olympics Weight Lifting Offical (uncredited)
John Sinclair	...	Secretary of Labor (uncredited)
Ben Taggart	...	Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Don Wilson	...	Stationmaster (uncredited)

Directed by
Edward F. Cline

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Nicholas T. Barrows		writer
Ben Hecht		uncredited
Joseph L. Mankiewicz		story
Henry Myers		writer

Produced by
Herman J. Mankiewicz	....	producer
B.P. Schulberg	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Rudolph G. Kopp		(uncredited)
John Leipold		(uncredited)

Non-Original Music by
Edward Elgar		(from "Pomp and Circumstance")

Cinematography by
Arthur L. Todd

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Edward Montagne	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1932) (USA) (theatrical)
• MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) (USA) (TV)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (199?) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount (1932) (France) (theatrical)

Runtime:

64 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Writer 'Joseph Mankiewicz' was inspired to write this film by the wild events of the 1928 Olympic games held in Amsterdam, particularly by an Albanian pole-vaulter who took to the field wearing a pair of goatskin shorts

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999)

Jos.M.Blatterman is right

I found Million Dollar Legs to be one of the funniest films I've seen. I was unaware that it is available on video.I'm going to get myself a copy,and show it to my friends who appreciate satire and/or slapstick in the style of the Marx Bros.