Twenty Million Sweethearts
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Twenty Million Sweethearts | |
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Directed by | Ray Enright |
Written by | Paul Finder Moss, Jerry Wald |
Starring | Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers |
Music by | Harry Warren |
Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
Editing by | Clarence Kolster |
Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date(s) | May 26, 1934 |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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Twenty Million Sweethearts is a 1934 American musical film comedy directed by Ray Enright. The film stars Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers.
The film was remade in 1949 starring Doris Day as My Dream Is Yours.
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[edit] Plot
Agent Russell Edward 'Rush' Blake (Pat O'Brien) is able to promote the singing tenor waiter Buddy Clayton (Dick Powell) as a major radio star whilst Buddy's wife Peggy Cornell (Ginger Rogers) loses out. In the end, Peggy does not lose Buddy to his "twenty million sweethearts" - his female fans.[1]
[edit] Cast
- Pat O'Brien as Russell Edward 'Rush' Blake
- Dick Powell as Buddy Clayton
- Ginger Rogers as Peggy Cornell
- Ted Fio Rito as Himself - Bandleader and Pianist
- Allen Jenkins as 'Uncle' Pete
- Grant Mitchell as Chester A. Sharpe
- Joseph Cawthorn as Mr. Herbert 'Herbie' Brokman (as Joseph Cawthorne)
- Joan Wheeler as Marge, the Receptionist
- Henry O'Neill as Lemuel Tappan
- Johnny Arthur as Norma Hanson's Secretary
- Jimmy Hollywood as One of The Three Radio Rogues) (voice) (as Jim Hollingwood)
- Eddie Bartell as One of The Three Radio Rogues (voice)
- Henry Taylor as One of The Three Radio Rogues (voice)
- The Mills Brothers (as The Four Mills Brothers)
- Ted Fio Rito Orchestra as Themselves (as Ted Fio Rito and His Band)
- The Radio Rogues (as The Three Radio Rogues)
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