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Let's Make a Million

Let's Make a Million

1936Movie⏱️ 1h 1mApproved
Comedy
6.2
IMDB Rating
46 votes

After the U.S. Senate allocates two billion dollars for veteran bonuses, Harrison Gentry, owner of Gentry Machinery and Supply Co. in Gentry, Oklahoma, plans to use his $1,100 bonus to marry his secretary and fiance of five years,...

Director
Ray McCarey
Writers
Robert Yost, Manuel Seff, Lawrence Pohle
Stars
Edward Everett Horton, Charlotte Wynters, Porter Hall
Release Date
December 13, 1936
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 4
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton
as Harrison Gentry
Charlotte Wynters
Charlotte Wynters
as Caroline
Porter Hall
Porter Hall
as Spencer
J.M. Kerrigan
J.M. Kerrigan
as Sam Smith
Margaret Seddon
Margaret Seddon
as Aunt Martha
Margaret McWade
Margaret McWade
as Aunt Lucy
Purnell Pratt
Purnell Pratt
as Gilbert
Irving Bacon
Irving Bacon
as Jerry
Ivan Miller
Ivan Miller
as Peter Winton
Stanley Andrews
Stanley Andrews
as Cliff Spaulding

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Paramount Pictures

🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

Enjoyable...but the Pixilated sisters were not necessary in this film.
by planktonrules2021-02-19
7/10

"I watched this film because I love Edward Everett Horton...and knew he'd once again be very likable playing lead in this B-movie...which he was. And, while I did enjoy this movie, I think the addition of the so-called 'Pixilated Sisters' from "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" were not only unnecessary i the movie but darned unpleasant and nasty. Without them, the film could have been better. The story is set around the time of the distribution of bonus checks promised to WWI vets. This check will come in very handy, as the Depression was on and a lot of folks had bills to pay ..."

💡 Did You Know?

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; its earliest documented telecast took place in Omaha NE Friday 5 February 1960 on KETV (Channel 7).

📖 Synopsis

After the U.S. Senate allocates two billion dollars for veteran bonuses, Harrison Gentry, owner of Gentry Machinery and Supply Co. in Gentry, Oklahoma, plans to use his $1,100 bonus to marry his secretary and fiance of five years,...