- Actors: Jack Oakie, W.C. Fields, Andy Clyde, Lyda Roberti, Susan Fleming
- Directors: Edward F. Cline
- Writers: Ben Hecht, Henry Myers, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Nicholas T. Barrows
- Producers: B.P. Schulberg, Herman J. Mankiewicz
- Format: NTSC, Import
- Number of tapes: 1
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- Studio: Universal Studios
- VHS Release Date: Oct 13 1998
- Run Time: 64 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 0783228325
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Reel good,
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This review is from: Million Dollar Legs (VHS Tape)
I hadn't seen "Million Dollar Legs" since 1936, so I guess the title should have been changed to "Billion Dollar Legs," thanks to that boy we have in the White House now, so determined to cut us seniors social security after we fought in the war. Commonly of thought of as a Betty Grable vehicle, it is a Betty Grable vehicle like the Volkswagon is the People's Car. I mean, give me a break.God Almighty did I laugh at it after I bought it through Amazon! Fields drunk and trying to seduce a sea lion while his wife is asleep next to him is priceless. When she wakes up and sternly asks "Bill. Are you eating sardines in bed again," I thought I'd bust a gasket. Mae West appears briefly in drag as as the "bearded prospector." (Her name is listed as her prestage Rosa Luxenbourg in the credits.) Though scarcely on the screen for three minutes, she dominates with close ups of her cutting eyes and her answer to the cop who tries to arrest her for loitering. "I don't loiter, but I could with the right guy," she coos. "Say, where'd you come from?" "Up in them hills, them big pink ones over there." "Why'd you come here." "I ran out of cucumbers, my good man....and I'll delete the good if you give me a chance." The cop is played by soon to be vice president John Nance Garner. And the cannon firing, sheep slaughter, the prediction of global warming and goat romp will all live in my weathered old head. From 8 to 80 will adore this.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Way beyond screwball,
By Jay Dickson (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Million Dollar Legs (VHS Tape)
Pauline Kael thought this was the single funniest film comedy she had ever seen, and she may be right. The film's plot is so insane that it makes most screwball comedies of the period look tame by comparison: the country of Klopstockia (whose president is WC Fields, and whose citizenry is mostly descended from goats) decides to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, and sends its greatest athlete (Jack Oakie). The jokes are so insane and fast you can barely keep up--it's like getting a Marx brothers movie that's all Groucho with no tedious business from Harpo or Chico (and DUCK SOUP is the only film that seems indeed even remotely similar). Watch for the song jack Oakie is asked to sing--and what it's printed on!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Million Dollar Legs,
By Don Saxton (Portland , Oregon 97233) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Million Dollar Legs (VHS Tape)
Very good movie that slaps fun at Germany at a very opportune time in history. Long Live Klopstokia!
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