Strike Me Pink (film)
| Strike Me Pink | |
|---|---|
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1936 Theatrical Poster | |
| Directed by | Norman Taurog |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
| Written by |
Clarence Budington Kelland Walter DeLeon Francis Martin Frank Butler Philip Rapp |
| Cinematography | Merritt B. Gerstad |
| Edited by | Sherman Todd |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release dates |
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Running time | 100 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.7 million[1][2] |
Strike Me Pink is a 1936 American musical comedy film, starring Eddie Cantor and Ethel Merman, directed by Norman Taurog, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn.
Cantor plays a nebbishy employee of an amusement park, forced to assert himself against a gang of slot-machine racketeers. The climax involves a wild chase over a roller coaster and in a hot-air balloon, filmed at The Pike in Long Beach, California.
This was Eddie Cantor's sixth of six films for Goldwyn, all produced and released within seven years. The story derives from the novel Dreamland by the once-popular writer Clarence Budington Kelland, reworked as a 1933 stage musical comedy by Ray Henderson for Jimmy Durante.
Cast
- Eddie Cantor as Eddie Pink
- Ethel Merman as Joyce Lennox
- Sally Eilers as Claribel Higg
- Harry Parke as Parkyakarkus (as Parkyakarkus)
- William Frawley as Mr. Copple
- Helen Lowell as Hattie 'Ma' Carson (as Helene Lowell)
- Gordon Jones as Butch Carson
- Brian Donlevy as Vance
- Jack La Rue as Mr. Thrust (as Jack LaRue)
- Sunnie O'Dea as Sunnie
- Dona Drake as Mademoiselle Fifi (as Rita Rio)
- Edward Brophy as Killer
- Sidney Fields as Chorley Lennox
- Don Brodie as Mr. Marsh
- Charles McAvoy as Mr. Selby
- the Goldwyn Girls as Themselves
References
- ↑ "WHICH CINEMA FILMS HAVE EARNED THE MOST MONEY SINCE 1914?.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 4 March 1944. p. 3 Supplement: The Argus Weekend magazine. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38 (1938) p 942 accessed 19 April 2014
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