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Once Upon a Time (1944)Smalltime crookster and showman Jerry Flynn is desperately searching for a new act to promote in order to save him from ruin. He meets a boy on the street who claims to have a dancing ... See full summary » Director:Alexander Hall |
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Cast
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Shipyard Worker
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Attendant
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Weightlifter
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Trapeze Artist
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English Bobby
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Doorman
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Call Boy
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English Bobby
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Girl from Brooklyn
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Man
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Smalltime crookster and showman Jerry Flynn is desperately searching for a new act to promote in order to save him from ruin. He meets a boy on the street who claims to have a dancing caterpillar called Curly. Flynn seizes the opportunity for fame and fortune at Curly's expense. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
29 June 1944 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Alexander Hall's Once Upon a Time See more »Company Credits
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Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Played often throughout the film
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"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 4, 1945 with Ted Donaldson reprising his film role. See more »Soundtracks
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby"Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Played often throughout the film
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'Dancing Bug Cuts a Rug'...or rather, 'How Did Cary Grant Get Roped Into This?' Theatrical producer, a "part-time genius" with three flops behind him, needs $100,000 to save his theater; he befriends an orphaned tyke with a bottle-cap hat, the boy's stone-cold chorine sister (who is roughly two times older than the kid), and the boy's caterpillar...who "dances" to "Yes Sir, That's My Baby". Elongated Aesop, although even Aesop provided a thoughtful moral. This one is just piffle, with the contrivance that the whole world would be chatting about such a miraculous event as a bug with an ear for music. This is the movie that launched a thousand worm jokes, and it's meant to be ironic that Grant (as the showman-turned-huckster) is the biggest worm of all. A box-office disaster in 1944, the film has not improved with age. Ted Donaldson is cute as the youngster, and Ann Loos has a funny scene playing Grant's put-upon secretary, but the insipid rest can easily be forgotten. * from ****