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Thanks a Million is a 1935 musical film produced and released by 20th Century Fox and directed by Roy Del Ruth. It stars Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak and Fred Allen, and features Patsy Kelly, David Rubinoff and Paul Whiteman and his band with singer/pianist Ramona. The script by Nunnally Johnson was based on a story by producer Darryl F. Zanuck (writing as Melville Crossman) and contained uncredited additional dialogue by Fred Allen, James Gow, Edmund Gross and Harry Tugend.
Thanks a Million was nominated for the Academy Award for Sound (E. H. Hansen) in 1935. It was remade in 1946 as If I'm Lucky, with Perry Como and Phil Silvers in the Powell and Allen roles.
Original Release
11/13/1935
US Release
11/13/1935
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dick Powell | Eric Land |
Ann Dvorak | Sally Mason |
Patsy Kelly | Phoebe Mason |
Paul Whiteman | Paul Whiteman / Himself - Bandleader |
Ramona | Singer Pianist with Whiteman / Dancer |
Raymond Walburn | Judge Culliman |
David Rubinoff | (as Rubinoff) |
The Yacht Club Boys | (as Yacht Club Boys) |
Benny Baker | Tammany |
Andrew Tombes | Mr. Grass |
Directors
Writers
Nunnally Johnson, James Gow, Harry Tugend, Darryl F. Zanuck, Edmund Gross
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dick Powell | Eric Land |
Ann Dvorak | Sally Mason |
Patsy Kelly | Phoebe Mason |
Paul Whiteman | Paul Whiteman / Himself - Bandleader |
Ramona | Singer Pianist with Whiteman / Dancer |
Raymond Walburn | Judge Culliman |
David Rubinoff | (as Rubinoff) |
The Yacht Club Boys | (as Yacht Club Boys) |
Benny Baker | Tammany |
Andrew Tombes | Mr. Grass |
Alan Dinehart | Mr. Kruger |
Paul Harvey | Maxwell |
Edwin Maxwell | Mr. Casey |
Margaret Irving | Mrs. Kruger |
Charles Adler | Member, The Yacht Club Boys |
Ricca Allen | Politician |
Herbert Ashley | Bus Driver |
Lynn Bari | Phone Operator |
Georgie Billings | Boy |
Harry C. Bradley | Father |
Producers
Name | Role |
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William Goetz | Producer |
Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1936 | Oscar | Best Sound, Recording | Nominated |