Music for Millions (1944)
- Starring:
- Margaret O'Brien, Jimmy Durante, (more)
- Director(s):
- Henry Koster
Synopsis of Music for Millions
Musical producer Joe Pasternak moved from Universal to MGM in the early 1940s, taking his pet director Henry Koster (the two men had teamed to make a star of Deanna Durbin) with him. The Pasternak/Koster collaboration Music for Millions features child star Margaret O'Brien as a Durbin-like Miss Fix-it, who tries to help her pregnant older sister (June Allyson), who in turn is pining away for her GI husband. As it happens, the older girl is a cellist in Jose Iturbi's orchestra; thus, in keeping with the formula established by Pasternak's One Hundred Men and a Girl, many of the plot threads are knotted together in a series of concert recitals. The highlight of Music for Millions features Jimmy Durante, giving a stirring rendition of his famed nightclub piece "Umbriago." The film won an Academy Award nomination for screenwriter Myles Connelly, plus a special Oscar for moppet Margaret O'Brien. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Music for Millions
- Margaret O'Brien - "Mike"
- June Allyson - Barbara Ainsworth
- Hugh Herbert - Uncle Ferdinand
- Marie Wilson - Marie
- Ben Lessy - Kickebush
- Katherine Balfour - Elsa
- Madeleine Le Beau - Jane
- Ethel Griffies - Mrs. McGuff
- José Iturbi - Himself
- Jimmy Durante - Andrews
- Marsha Hunt - Rosalind
- Harry Davenport - Doctor
- Larry Adler - Larry
- Connie Gilchrist - Traveler's Aid Woman
- Mary Parker - Anita
- Helen Gilbert - Helen
- Ava Gardner - Bit Part
- Director(s):
- Henry Koster
- Writer(s):
- Myles Connolly
- Producer(s):
- Joe Pasternak
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