Musical Monday: Pennies from Heaven (1936)

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Pennies from Heaven – ... Read full article

Pennies from Heaven (1981, Herbert Ross)

Pennies from Heaven is about how being a woman—particularly in the 1930s—is awful because you exist entirely for male consumption. If not sexually, then as production. The film’s supposed to be about how life’s just unfair for dreamers, in this case lead Steve Martin, who’s just trying to ... Read full article

Review: Pennies From Heaven (1981)

Pennies from Heaven airs Wednesday, May 15th on TCM. Check local listings. Dennis Potter was a household name in British Television, but hardly known at all in Canada or the states when a movie based on his mini-series opened in December, 1981. Pennies from Heaven, starring Steve Martin and Bernadet... Read full article

Edith Fellows: Tossing pennies from heaven

Another star faded on Sunday, June 26.  Child star Edith Fellows died at the age of 88. Her name may not as familiar as child stars like Freddie Bartholomew or Virginia Weidler, Fellows was still popular with audience, but usually was type cast as a brat. She played a spoiled little pill in &#822... Read full article

Good Heavens: Pennies from Heaven (1936) Bonus Round!

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. When I started the Good Heavens series and came up with my 5 films, my good friend Mark made sure to let me know that there was a film I was over-looking: Pennies from Heaven (1936). At fi... Read full article