One in a Million (1936)
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Synopsis of One in a Million
Norwegian skating sensation Sonja Henie made her Hollywood screen debut in the splashy 20th Century-Fox musical One in a Million. While preparing for the 1936 Winter Olympics, Swiss skater Greta Muller (Henie) is discovered by American theatrical entrepreneur Tad Spencer (Adolphe Menjou). This fateful meeting results in our heroine losing her amateur status, thereby disqualifying her from Olympic competition. But there's a happy ending for all concerned when Greta makes her spectacular New York bow at Madison Square Garden -- and wins the love of leading man Bob Harris (Don Ameche), to boot. Prominent throughout the proceedings are the zany Ritz Brothers, who reach their comic apogee with a roller-skating routine wherein the three silly siblings impersonate Captain Bligh, Peter Lorre and The Frankenstein Monster! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of One in a Million
- Sonja Henie - Greta Muller
- Jean Hersholt - Heinrich Muller
- Don Ameche - Bob Harris
- Arline Judge - Billie Spencer
- Leah Ray - Girl in Band
- Montagu Love - Ratoffsky
- Julius Tannen - Chapelle
- Lillian Porter - Member of Girls' Band
- Frederick Giermann - German Announcer
- Helen Ericson - Girls' Band
- June Gale - Girls' Band
- Adolphe Menjou - Thaddeus Spencer
- Ned Sparks - Danny Simpson
- The Ritz Brothers [Al, Jimmy, Harry] - Themselves
- Dixie Dunbar - Goldie
- Shirley Deane - Girl in Band
- Albert Conti - Hotel Manager
- Bess Flowers - Woman in Box
- Egon Brecher - Chairman
- Borrah Minnevitch - Adolph
- Bonnie Bannon - Girls' Band
- Paul McVey - Announcer at Madison Square Garden
- Director(s):
- Sidney Lanfield
- Writer(s):
- Mark Kelly, Leonard Praskins
- Producer(s):
- Darryl F. Zanuck
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