One in a Million

1936
Approved
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

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Don Ameche, Sonja Henie, Jean Hersholt, Arline Judge, Adolphe Menjou, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Ned Sparks, and The Ritz Brothers in One in a Million (1936)

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Comedy Family Music Romance Sport

American theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.American theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.American theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

344

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

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One In A Million: Ice Skating

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Trivia
American film debut of Sonja Henie.

Quotes
Danny Simpson: [sunk deep into the sagging bed] This isn't a bed, it's a hideout.

Connections
Featured in Take It or Leave It (1944)

Soundtracks
One in a Million
(1936)
Lyrics by Sidney D. Mitchell
Music by Lew Pollack
Played by the girls band and sung by Leah Ray on the train
Reprised on harmonicas by Borrah Minevitch and His Harmonica Rascals as the first part of a medley with "Limehouse Blues"
Reprised by ice skaters singing and by Sonja Henie skating to the music
Played during the opening credits and as background music often

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6/10

One in a Million review

"You don't need a phone!" complains Arline Judge to screen husband Adolphe Menjou, and she's right - he bellows many of his lines in a state of high excitement in the musical comedy that introduced Olympic ice skating champion Sonja Henie to moviegoers. Henie's a little wooden off the ice rink, so 20th Century Fox called in big guns like Menjou and a young Don Ameche, who not only sports a naked philtrum but sings (or possibly mimes) for his Norwegian co-star. Supposedly comical interludes are provided by the woeful Ritz Brothers. It's ok, but completely unmemorable.