Millions in the Air

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Millions in the Air

1935

1h 11m

10.0(1 votes)

Comedy

Overview

The daughter of a radio-program sponsor wants to get on the air too, but her father doesn't allow it, so she enters an amateur contest on his radio program under an assumed name.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

John Howard

Eddie Warren

Wendy Barrie

Marion Keller

George Barbier

Calvin Keller

Samuel S. Hinds

Colonel Edwards

Eleanore Whitney

Bubbles

Joan Davis

Singer

Robert Cummings

Jimmy

Catherine Doucet

Mrs. Waldo-Walker

Halliwell Hobbes

Theodore

Benny Baker

Benny

Creative team

Directed by: Ray McCarey
Written by: Sig Herzig
Jane Storm
Produced by: Harold Hurley

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