Twenty Million Sweethearts

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Twenty Million Sweethearts

Original theatrical poster
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 Flag of the United States 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

Dick Powell as radio singer Buddy Clayton
Dick Powell as radio singer Buddy Clayton

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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