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Once in a Blue Moon (1935 film)

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Once in a Blue Moon
Directed byBen Hecht
Charles MacArthur
Written byBen Hecht
Charles MacArthur
Produced byBen Hecht
Charles MacArthur
StarringJimmy Savo
Nikita Balieff
Cecilia Loftus
CinematographyLee Garmes
Music byGeorge Antheil
Production
company
Hecht-MacArthur Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • May 10, 1935 (1935-05-10)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Once in a Blue Moon is a 1935 American drama film directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur and starring Jimmy Savo, Nikita Balieff and Cecilia Loftus.[1] It was one of four films the writing-directing team produced at the Astoria Studios in New York.[2] It was, along with Soak the Rich, a critical and commercial disaster.[3]

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Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Barton p.118
  2. ^ Gorbach p.102
  3. ^ Koszarski p.284

Bibliography

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  • Barton, Ruth. Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film. University Press of Kentucky, 2010.
  • Gorbach, Julien. The Notorious Ben Hecht: Iconoclastic Writer and Militant Zionist. Purdue University Press, 2019.
  • Koszarski, Richard. Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. Rutgers University Press, 2008.
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