Music For Millions

Movie · Musical · Classics

In this sweet musical comedy/drama, Jimmy Durante, June Allyson, and conductor José Iturbi share the screen with precocious eight-year-old Margaret O'Brien, who won a special Academy Award for Outstanding Child Actress of 1944 the year the film came out. Little "Mike" (O'Brien) tries to help her pregnant older sister (Allyson), a cellist in Iturbi's orchestra who is pining away for her soldier husband. Among the musical highlights in the movie is Jimmy Durante giving a stirring rendition of his famed nightclub piece "Umbriago." Music for Millions was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay.

1944 · 2h 0m
Director Henry Koster

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Music For Millions

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In this sweet musical comedy/drama, Jimmy Durante, June Allyson, and conductor José Iturbi share the screen with precocious eight-year-old Margaret O'Brien, who won a special Academy Award for Outstanding Child Actress of 1944 the year the film came out. Little "Mike" (O'Brien) tries to help her pregnant older sister (Allyson), a cellist in Iturbi's orchestra who is pining away for her soldier husband. Among the musical highlights in the movie is Jimmy Durante giving a stirring rendition of his famed nightclub piece "Umbriago." Music for Millions was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay.

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Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
1944
Run Time
2 hr
Rated
Unrated
Region of Origin
United States
© 2012 Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC)

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.