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==Reception== ==Reception==
According to MGM records the film earned $2,341,000 in the US and Canada and $1,504,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $824,000.<ref name="Mannix"/> According to ] the film earned $2,341,000 in the US and Canada and $1,504,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $824,000.<ref name="Mannix"/>
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1944 American film
Music for Millions
Directed byHenry Koster
Written byMyles Connolly
Jimmy Durante
June Allyson
Produced byJoe Pasternak
StarringMargaret O'Brien
CinematographyRobert Surtees
Edited byDouglass Biggs
Music byMichel Michelet
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dateDecember 18, 1944
Running time115 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,744,000
Box office$3,845,000

Music for Millions is a 1944 musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1946.

Plot

"Mike" (Margaret O'Brien), age 6, arrives in New York to stay with her pregnant older sister Barbara Ainsworth (June Allyson), who lives together with a group of young women, her co-players in a symphony orchestra. As the orchestra prepares to go on a tour of army camps, a telegram is received informing them of the death of Barbara's soldier husband. The girls decide to keep the tragic news from her until after her baby is born. The orchestra is shown playing several classical standards before various military audiences. The talented Iturbi variously conducts the group as well as effortlessly plays difficult piano pieces, while Durante sings comically and acts as a grandfather figure to Mike. In a surprise ending, just after giving birth, Barbara receives a letter from her husband saying he is in good spirits and convalescing in a military hospital.

Cast

Soundtrack

  • Umbriago
    • Written by Jimmy Durante and Irving Caesar

Reception

According to MGM Records the film earned $2,341,000 in the US and Canada and $1,504,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $824,000.

References

  1. ^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. Variety film review; December 13, 1944, page 8.
  3. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037104/awards
  4. Harrison's Reports film review; December 16, 1944, page 203.

External links

Films directed by Henry Koster


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