Kid Millions
Encyclopedia
Kid Millions is an American
film
directed by Roy Del Ruth, produced by Samuel Goldwyn
, and starring Eddie Cantor
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who suddenly inherits $77 million dollars from his lost father, an archaeologist who had looted Egypt
ian treasures. In order to claim the inheritance, Eddie begins a boat ride to Egypt. On the boat he meets various characters who also are claiming part of the inheritance, although their stories are doubtful. Later, Eddie learns that Sheik Mulhulla has threatened to kill anyone who tries to claim the treasure. Princess Fanya falls in love with Eddie and wants his hand in marriage.
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film
Film
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directed by Roy Del Ruth, produced by Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn was an American film producer, and founding contributor executive of several motion picture studios.-Biography:...
, and starring Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor was an American "illustrated song" performer, comedian, dancer, singer, actor and songwriter...
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Plot
The story features Eddie, a kid from Brooklyn, New York,who suddenly inherits $77 million dollars from his lost father, an archaeologist who had looted Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian treasures. In order to claim the inheritance, Eddie begins a boat ride to Egypt. On the boat he meets various characters who also are claiming part of the inheritance, although their stories are doubtful. Later, Eddie learns that Sheik Mulhulla has threatened to kill anyone who tries to claim the treasure. Princess Fanya falls in love with Eddie and wants his hand in marriage.
Cast
- Eddie CantorEddie CantorEddie Cantor was an American "illustrated song" performer, comedian, dancer, singer, actor and songwriter...
- Eddie Wilson Jr. - Ann SothernAnn SothernAnn Sothern was an American film and television actress whose career spanned six decades.-Early life and career:...
- Joan Larabee - Ethel MermanEthel MermanEthel Merman was an American actress and singer. Known primarily for her powerful voice and roles in musical theatre, she has been called "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage." Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are "I Got Rhythm", "Everything's...
- Dot Clark - George MurphyGeorge MurphyGeorge Lloyd Murphy was an American dancer, actor, and politician.-Life and career:He was born in New Haven, Connecticut of Irish Catholic extraction, the son of Michael Charles "Mike" Murphy, athletic trainer and coach, and Nora Long. He was educated at Peddie School, Trinity-Pawling School, and...
- Jerry Lane - Berton ChurchillBerton ChurchillBerton Churchill was a Canadian actor.Born in Toronto, Ontario. As a young man interested in the theater, he appeared in stock companies as early as 1903 and later headed to New York City where he began an acting career that soon put him on the Broadway stage...
- Col. Harrison Larabee - Warren HymerWarren HymerWarren Hymer was an American film actor. He appeared in 129 films between 1929 and 1946.He was born in New York, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California...
- Louie the Lug - Paul HarveyPaul Harvey (actor)Paul Harvey was an American actor who appeared in at least 177 films.-Selected filmography:*They Shall Have Music *Behind the News *Moonlight Masquerade *Spellbound...
- Sheik Mulhulla - Jesse BlockBlock and SullyBlock and Sully were an American husband and wife vaudeville team who performed during the years 1926 to 1948.-Vaudeville:Jesse Block started performing in vaudeville as a child, getting his first break as a member of Gus Edwards' Song Revue of 1915...
- Ben Ali - Eve SullyBlock and SullyBlock and Sully were an American husband and wife vaudeville team who performed during the years 1926 to 1948.-Vaudeville:Jesse Block started performing in vaudeville as a child, getting his first break as a member of Gus Edwards' Song Revue of 1915...
- Princess Fanya - Otto HoffmanOtto HoffmanOtto Hoffman was an American film actor. He appeared in 199 films between 1915 and 1944.He was born in New York and died in Los Angeles, California from lung cancer.-Selected filmography:* The Haunted Bedroom...
- Khoot - Stanley FieldsStanley Fields (actor)Stanley Fields was an American actor, born 20 May 1883 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA and died 23 April 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA, aged 57.-Career:Born Walter L. Agnew, he spent seven years as boy Soprano in the Trinity Church choir...
- Oscar - Edgar KennedyEdgar KennedyEdgar Livingston Kennedy was an American comedic film actor, known as "the king of the slow burn". A slow burn is an exasperated facial expression, performed very deliberately; Kennedy embellished this by rubbing his hand over his bald head and across his face, in an attempt to hold his temper...
- Herman - Jack Kennedy - Pop Wilson
- John Kelly - Adolph
- Doris DavenportDoris DavenportDoris Davenport, also known as Doris Jordan was an American film actress during the 1930s and early 1940s.Davenport was born in Moline, Illinois, but raised in Hollywood, California...
- Dora aka 'Toots'
Production notes
- The film's "ice cream fantasy sequence" was Samuel GoldwynSamuel GoldwynSamuel Goldwyn was an American film producer, and founding contributor executive of several motion picture studios.-Biography:...
's first attempt at film with three-strip TechnicolorTechnicolorTechnicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...
. The cast of Our GangOur GangOur Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively...
appear among the children in this sequence. - Cantor originally introduced the song "Mandy", with Marilyn MillerMarilyn MillerMarilyn Miller was one of the most popular Broadway musical stars of the 1920s and early 1930s. She was an accomplished tap dancer, singer and actress, but it was the combination of these talents that endeared her to audiences. On stage she usually played rags-to-riches Cinderella characters who...
, in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1919Ziegfeld FolliesThe Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 through 1931. They became a radio program in 1932 and 1936 as The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air....
. - Among the Goldwyn GirlsGoldwyn GirlsThe Goldwyn Girls were a musical stock company of female dancers employed by Samuel Goldwyn. Famous actresses whose career included a stint in the Goldwyn Girls include Lucille Ball, Paulette Goddard, Betty Grable, Ann Sothern, Jane Wyman, Virginia Bruce, Virginia Grey, Mary Meade, and Virginia...
in this film are Lucille BallLucille BallLucille Désirée Ball was an American comedian, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life With Lucy...
and Paulette GoddardPaulette GoddardPaulette Goddard was an American film and theatre actress. A former child fashion model and in several Broadway productions as Ziegfeld Girl, she was a major star of the Paramount Studio in the 1940s. She was married to several notable men, including Charlie Chaplin, Burgess Meredith, and Erich...
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