Pennies from Heaven
1936 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promise an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her elderly grandfather who need lots of help. This delays Larry from following his dream and going to Venice and becoming a gondolier. Instead he becomes a street singer and, while singing in the street, meets a pretty welfare worker, Susan Sprague. She takes a dim view of Patsy's welfare under the guardianship of Larry and her grandfather, and starts proceedings to have Patsy placed in an orphanage.
Direction Norman Z. McLeod
Cast Bing Crosby · Madge Evans · Edith Fellows · Louis Armstrong · Donald Meek · John Gallaudet · William Stack · Nana Bryant · Tom Dugan · Nydia Westman
Soundtrack William Grant Still
Screenplay William Rankin · Jo Swerling · Katherine Leslie Moore
Cinematography Robert Pittack
Original title Pennies from Heaven
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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