Twenty Million Sweethearts

89 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$202,000^[1]Box office$1,213,000^[1]

Twenty Million Sweethearts is a 1934 American Pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, and the Mills Brothers. The film was remade in 1949 as My Dream Is Yours.

Plot

Agent Russell Edward "Rush" Blake (Pat O'Brien) is able to promote the singing tenor waiter Buddy Clayton (Dick Powell) as a major radio star, while Buddy's wife Peggy Cornell (Ginger Rogers) loses out. In the end, Peggy does not lose Buddy to his "twenty million sweethearts" – his female fans.

Cast

• Pat O'Brien as Russell Edward "Rush" Blake
• Dick Powell as Buddy Clayton
• Ginger Rogers as Peggy Cornell
• Ted Fio Rito as himself
• Allen Jenkins as Uncle Pete
• Grant Mitchell as Chester A. Sharpe
• Joseph Cawthorn as Mr. Herbert "Herbie" Brokman
• Joan Wheeler as Marge, the Receptionist
• Henry O'Neill as Lemuel Tappan
• Johnny Arthur as Norma Hanson's Secretary
• The Mills Brothers as themselves
• The Radio Rogues as themselves
• George Chandler as Johnny Klinger, radio columnist (uncredited)

Music

The film features the well-known song "I'll String Along with You" by Harry Warren and Al Dubin.

Reception

The film was considered a box-office disappointment for Warner Bros.^[2] According to studio records, it earned $821,000 domestically and $392,000 overseas.^[1]

References

External links

• Twenty Million Sweethearts at IMDb
• Twenty Million Sweethearts at AllMovie
• Twenty Million Sweethearts at the TCM Movie Database
• Twenty Million Sweethearts at the American Film Institute Catalog