Million Dollar Legs (1939 film)

Million Dollar Legs is a 1939 American comedy film starring Betty Grable, Jackie Coogan, John Hartley and Donald O'Connor.

Million Dollar Legs
Directed byNick Grinde
Edward Dmytryk (uncredited)
Written byRichard English
Lewis R. Foster
Produced byWilliam C. Thomas
StarringBetty Grable
Jackie Coogan
CinematographyHarry Fischbeck
Edited byArthur P. Schmidt
Music byJohn Leipold
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • July 14, 1939 (1939-07-14)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film has no relation to the W. C. Fields movie from seven years earlier also entitled Million Dollar Legs.

Plot synopsis

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Freddie Frye, the charming student body president of Middleton College, is struggling to find ways to impress his ex-girlfriend Susie so that she will get back with him. The college is heavily controlled by its rich donors, who only allow traditional sports to be played. Despite this Freddie tries his best to start a rowing team at the college and gets into a conflict with the school administration for his rebellious ways. The team finally has to face down State University as a final test to their skills. [1]

Cast

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Production

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Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan were married at the time and had appeared together the previous year playing supporting roles in the musical comedy College Swing starring George Burns, Gracie Allen, Martha Raye and Bob Hope. Not long after this film, Twentieth Century-Fox insured Grable's legs for $1 million.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Million Dollar Legs (1939) - Plot - IMDb, retrieved 2023-12-26
  2. ^ Sonneborn, Liz (2014). A to Z of American Women in the Performing Arts. Infobase Publishing. p. 88. ISBN 978-1438107905. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
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