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      Pennies From Heaven

      1936 1h 20m Comedy Drama List
      Reviews 54% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Before he is released from prison, Larry Poole (Bing Crosby) is asked by a death row inmate (John Gallaudet) to make sure his family is all right. Larry duly finds Gramps Smith (Donald Meek) and his granddaughter, Patsy (Edith Fellows), who are poor and struggling to survive. He decides to assist the family financially by taking a job with a circus. Meanwhile, social worker Susan Sprague (Madge Evans) is charged with bringing Patsy to an orphanage, but soon she is on Larry and Gramps' side. Read More Read Less

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      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Trifle about a penniless troubadour with a heart of gold. Rated: B- Mar 3, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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      steve d Dumb and with extremely little story. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member The best movie song ever sung: the title song! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Pennies From Heaven I enjoyed watching this movie. It is filled with great music, serious issues, and comedy. This film ask how to support yourself or a family when there is no plan and how to make a way when one is desperate. I think one of the things that interesting was that this film goes into a lot of different environments and jobs to be able to keep the audiences attention such as a jail, a restaurant, an orphanage, and more. I found the Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby parts to this film very good. I was kept fully engaged when either one was on screen during this film. Bing Crosby does a lot from doing very little such as body or facial expressions to tell a lot. They try to put the girl in an orphanage in most of the film just to get to the end of the film where the orphanage does not desire to have her because she causes more trouble than she is worth to support. I loved the ending because it ends in an unexpected slap stick ending. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A charming & sentimental film about a gifted musician/drifter who delivers a letter to a family from a man of death row. Although Drifter (Bing Cosby) has his heart set on performing music in Venice but gets a little distracted on the way. It's filled with lovely music & natural performances and it's simple form a sheer crowd pleaser. It's fun & lovable, a good old fashioned lovely film. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This kinda short but very good classic is about a condemned prisoner who gives a message to a fellow prisoner to give to a family. This family is a little girl and her grandpa who just got evicted from their home. The prisoner gives his house in new jersey to the family and the guy giving them the message goes along with them who he also befriends the little girl. There's an women working for an agency after them too that wants to make sure the girl is properly taken care of so to ensure her that they can they turn the house into "the haunted Cafe" because the house has a history of being haunted. The plot, the acting, and very much the singing from the great bing crosby made me enjoy this movie very much.very entertaining and so much fun with great songs and plenty of laughs. Even the great and talented Louis armstrong is in here doing what he does best. Its a short movie but within that hour and twenty minutes you will be very well entertained. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Bing Crosby sings his way into a little girl's heart which is adorable and creepy all at the same time! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Before he is released from prison, Larry Poole (Bing Crosby) is asked by a death row inmate (John Gallaudet) to make sure his family is all right. Larry duly finds Gramps Smith (Donald Meek) and his granddaughter, Patsy (Edith Fellows), who are poor and struggling to survive. He decides to assist the family financially by taking a job with a circus. Meanwhile, social worker Susan Sprague (Madge Evans) is charged with bringing Patsy to an orphanage, but soon she is on Larry and Gramps' side.
      Director
      Norman Z. McLeod
      Production Co
      Emanuel Cohen Productions
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 8, 2019
      Runtime
      1h 20m