Pennies from Heaven

Name: Pennies from Heaven
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Released: 1936
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Bing Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows, Louis Armstrong, Donald Meek

1936 · 81 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 831 VOTES · DIR. Norman Z. McLeod

Overview

Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises 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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,059 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:45 Warden, where does that fellow with the guitar hang out?

00:04:40 - What are you after? - Them.

00:07:23 Oops. I'm flat myself.

00:11:16 What makes you so interested about this kid? What is it?

00:13:53 Sure. We move in one house and stay a while till the landlord puts us out.

00:17:01 With a quack, quack here And a quack, quack there

00:22:06 I'm not afraid, only...

00:24:35 The best things in life

00:28:45 How'd you know where we were?

00:31:30 How long do you want me to hang around, and why do you want me to?

00:34:21 We're gonna call it "The Haunted House Cafe."

00:37:14 - Looks effective. - You bet it does.

00:39:50 - Collect? - No. Prepaid.

00:42:42 A shout rang out from a big banshee

00:48:54 And let's call a spade a spade too.

00:51:06 What made you do that?

00:53:46 if we don't get a license, he's gonna close us up.

00:58:47 - No, can't handle it. - Okay! Let her go!

01:02:07 No, I'm not. Mr. Carmichael fired me because I stood up for him.

01:05:58 Pennies from heaven

01:08:47 Get you out of here? If it wasn't for her, you wouldn't be here.

01:13:00 What's that?

01:16:18 Larry, you shouldn't be here. The police are looking for you.

01:18:42 Well, Susan, what do you think?

Cast & Characters

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 Nana Bryant Miss Howard Tom Dugan Crowbar Miller Nydia Westman Slavey - Hotel Maid

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,059

Dialogue density13.1 lines / min

First line00:01:45

Final line01:18:42

Production Record

DirectorNorman Z. McLeod

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes831