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Million Dollar Legs (1932) was a Comedy - Sports Film directed by Edward F. Cline and produced by Herman J. Mankiewicz and B.P. Schulberg.

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Million Dollar Legs (1932)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 2, 2024 From 4 Star Films

“All the women here are named Angela. And all the men are named George.” “Why?” “Why not?” – Jack Okey and Susan Fleming This kind of laissez-faire, anything-goes mentality is one of the obvious strengths of Million Dollar Legs‘ comic tableau. There ne... Read full article


Don’t judge a film by its title… Million Dollar Legs (1939)

By Virginie Pronovost on Jul 3, 2023 From The Wonderful World of Cinema

Betty Grable, just like other sex symbols such as Marilyn Monroe or Jayne Mansfield, is nowadays more often remembered for her physical appeal than her acting and the films in which she starred. We particularly remember her for that utterly iconic pin-up photo showcasing her famous legs (insured for... Read full article


Million Dollar Legs (1932, Edward F. Cline)

on Jul 31, 2008 From The Stop Button

Million Dollar Legs is, production-wise, about a year early. It came out in 1932. A year later, another comedy about a goofy European nation, also from Paramount (from the same producer), came out. Duck Soup was a bomb at the time and appreciated later. Million Dollar Legs has a great reputationR... Read full article


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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
Writer Joseph L. Mankiewicz was inspired to write this film by the wild events of the 1928 Olympic games held in Amsterdam, particularly by an Albanian pole-vaulter who took to the field wearing a pair of goatskin shorts.
Although the film was written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Henry Myers, it is often mistakenly attributed to Mankiewicz' older brother, Herman J. Mankiewicz, later the co-author of Citizen Kane; Herman, then an executive at Paramount Studios, had hired Joseph as a writer there, and had contributed to the writing of the movie's opening title card.
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Also directed by Edward F. Cline




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Also produced by Herman J. Mankiewicz




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Also released in 1932




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