Pennies from Heaven

November. 25,1936      NR
Rating:
6.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her elderly grandfather who need lots of help. This delays Larry from following his dream and going to Venice and becoming a gondolier. Instead, he becomes a street singer and, while singing in the street, meets a pretty welfare worker, Susan Sprague. She takes a dim view of Patsy's welfare under the guardianship of Larry and her grandfather and starts proceedings to have Patsy placed in an orphanage.

Bing Crosby as  Larry Poole
Madge Evans as  Susan Sprague
Edith Fellows as  Patsy Smith
Louis Armstrong as  Henry
Donald Meek as  Gramp Smith
John Gallaudet as  J. C. Hart
Nana Bryant as  Miss Howard
Tom Dugan as  Crowbar Miller
Nydia Westman as  Slavey - Hotel Maid
Mickey Daniels as  Hay Wagon Driver (uncredited)

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