Pennies from Heaven (1936)
November 25, 1936Release Date
Pennies from Heaven (1936)
November 25, 1936Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Bing Crosby
Larry Poole
Madge Evans
Susan Sprague
Edith Fellows
Patsy Smith
Louis Armstrong
Henry
Donald Meek
Gramp Smith
John Gallaudet
J. C. Hart
William Stack
Clarence B. Carmichael
Tom Dugan
Crowbar Miller
Nana Bryant
Miss Howard
Thomas J. Dugan
Crowbar Miller
Mickey Daniels
Hay Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Nydia Westman
Slavey - Hotel Maid
Norman Z. McLeod
Director
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Glenn Rominger
Sound
Katherine Leslie Moore
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 25, 1936
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 21m
Content RatingNR
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Pennies From Heaven is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby, Madge Evans, and Edith Fellows.Jo Swerling's screenplay was based on the novel The Peacock Feather by Leslie Moore. The film is about a singer wrongly imprisoned who promises a condemned fellow inmate that he will help the family of his victim when he is released. The singer delays his dream of becoming a gondolier in Venice and becomes a street singer in order to help the young girl and her elderly grandfather. His life is further complicated when he meets a beautiful welfare worker who takes a dim view of the young girl's welfare and initiates proceedings to have her put in an orphanage.
Pennies From Heaven remains most noteworthy for Crosby's introduction of the titular song, a Depression-era favorite, since recorded by numerous singers. The film features Louis Armstrong in a supporting role. In 1937, the film received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song (Arthur Johnston and Johnny Burke).This was Crosby’s first independent production jointly with Emanuel Cohen’s Major Pictures and he had a share in the profits. The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures.