1,000 Dollars a Minute

1,000 Dollars a Minute
1,000 Dollars a Minute
	Film poster
Directed by	Aubrey Scotto
Written by	Everett Freeman; Claire Church; Jack Natteford
Produced by	Nat Levine
Starring	Roger Pryor
Cinematography	Jack A. Marta
Edited by	Ray Curtiss
Distributed by	Republic Pictures (I)
Release date	October 22, 1935;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

1,000 Dollars a Minute is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Aubrey Scotto and starring Roger Pryor and Leila Hyams.^[1] The film was released on October 22, 1935.^[2] The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording.^[3]

Plot[]

A broken and pennyless newspaperman takes part in an experiment where two crazy millionaires are offering a prize of $10,000 to anyone that can spend $1,000 a minute, every minute, for 12 hours straight.

Cast[]

Roger Pryor as Wally Jones
Leila Hyams as Dorothy Summers
Edward Brophy as Benny Dolan
Sterling Holloway as Pete
Edgar Kennedy as Police Officer McCarthy
Purnell Pratt as Charlie, the Editor
Herman Bing as Vanderbrocken
Arthur Hoyt as Jewel clerk
William Austin as Salesman
Franklin Pangborn as Reville
George Hayes as New Deal Watson
Morgan Wallace as Big Jim Bradley
Claude King as Robinson

References[]

^ Hal Erickson (2012). "1,000 Dollars a Minute". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ 1,000 Dollars a Minute (1935), retrieved April 17, 2013
^ "The 8th Academy Awards (1936) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

External links[]

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[NY_Times-1] Hal Erickson (2012). "1,000 Dollars a Minute". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[2] 1,000 Dollars a Minute (1935), retrieved April 17, 2013

[Oscars1936-3] "The 8th Academy Awards (1936) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

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