One in a Million (1936) - film review

Comedy / Musical / Romance

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One in a Million is an American comedy romance film first released in 1936, directed by Sidney Lanfield. The film stars Sonja Henie, Adolphe Menjou, Don Ameche, Ned Sparks and Jean Hersholt. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Sidney Lanfield
Script: Leonard Praskins, Mark Kelly, Lester Lee, Harold Rome, Eddie Cherkose, Samuel Pokrass
Photo: Edward Cronjager
Music: David Buttolph, Charles Maxwell
Cast: Sonja Henie (Greta ’Gretchen’ Muller), Adolphe Menjou (Thaddeus ’Tad’ Spencer), Don Ameche (Robert ’Bob’ Harris (reporter for ’Paris Herald’)), Ned Sparks (Daniel ’Danny’ Simpson (photographer)), Jean Hersholt (Herr Heirich Muller (hotel proprietor and Greta’s father)), The Ritz Brothers (The Ritz Brothers), Al Ritz (Al, one of the Ritz Brothers), Harry Ritz (Harry, one of the Ritz Brothers), Jimmy Ritz (Jimmy, one of the Ritz Brothers), Arline Judge (Billie Spencer), Borrah Minevitch (Adolphe), Borrah Minevitch and His Harmonica Rascals (Harmonica Ensemble), Dixie Dunbar (Goldie (girl in band)), Leah Ray (Leah (singer in band)), Shirley Deane (Girl in band), Montagu Love (Ratoffsky (alias of Sir Frederick Brooks, Olympic Secretary)), Albert Conti (St. Moritz hotel manager), Julius Tannen (Chapelle (Harris’ editor in Paris)), June Gale (Girl in band), Lillian Porter (Girl in band), Helen Ericson (Girl in Band), Diane Cook (Girl in band), Bonnie Bannon (Girl in band), June Wilkins (Girl in band), Clarice Sherry (Girl in band), Pauline Craig (Girl in band), Frank Abel, Don Ackerman, Louise Allen, Ward Arnold, Kathryn Barnes, Sue Barstead, John Benson, Harriet Bertrand, Carlyle Blackwell Jr., Pamela Blake, Jack Boyle, Mary Bracken, Ted Bradford, Bill Brande, Egon Brecher (Olympic chairman), Annabelle Brudie, Marianne Brudie, Julie Cabanne, Lloyd Carlos, Lindsay Chambers, Frank Chase, Les Clark, Vivian Cox, Abe Diamond (Member, Harmonica Rascals), Leo Diamond (Member, Harmonica Rascals), Marian Duval, Clarette Ellis, John Matt Farrell, Louis Feldman (Member, Harmonica Rascals), Emily Fitzpatrick, Margaret Fitzpatrick, Bess Flowers (Spectator at Madison Square Garden), Al Furbish (Member, Harmonica Rascals), Frederick Giermann (German announcer), Alyce Goering, James Gonzalez, Joan Gray, Josephine Hall, Nat Harty, Edith Haskins, Robert Heasley, Joyce Hinds, Mary Jane Hodge, Dorothy Hope, Gus Hyland, Jerry James, Alma Johnson, Adelaide Kaye, Crystal Keate, Lynne Kelly, Betty Kiss, Bob Layton, Patsy Lee, Harold Leighton (Member, Harmonica Rascals), Martha Manning, Art Manuel, Allen Mathews, Donald Maxwell, John McDonald, Paul McVey (Madison Square Garden announcer), Gordon Merrick, Jerry Miley (Bit Role), Bob Milton, Patricia Monroe, Dagmar Moody, Alberto Morin (Frenchman eating apple), Ernie Morris (Black member, Harmonica Rascals), Palmer Morrison, Jack Morton, Jerre Murphy, James Notaro, Alex Novelle (Member, Harmonica Rascals), Emmett O’Brien, Robert Parrish, Grant Peasley, Patsy Perrin, Aaron Phillips, Byron Poindexter, Johnny Puleo (Midget member, Harmonica Rascals), Virginia Ray, Sam Rice Jr., Aileen Riggin, Jeanne Robinson, Earl Robson, Frances Sawyer, H.E. Schaller, Louise Seidel, Rudy Shaves, Al Siegel, Russ Silver, James Sisk, Marvin Sleeper, Robert Spencer, Bert Sprotte (Driver of sleigh), Lucille Stafford, Bright Stanley, Jean Stevens, Marie Stewart, Mary Stewart (Dancer), Alice Stombs, Ann Taylor, Hope Taylor, Valerie Traxler, Kathleen Turner, Léon Vallée, Margo Webster (Elise Mercier (French skater)), Robert Weldon, Hal Welling, Kenny Williams
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 95 min; B&W

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