One in a Million
Credits

20th Century-Fox, 1937
(filmed 1936, released 1937)
Black and White, 95 minutes
Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield
Associate Producer: Raymond Griffith
Story and Screenplay by: Leo Praskins and Mark Kelly
Music and Lyrics by: Lew Pollack and Sidney D. Mitchell
Skating Ensembles Staged by: Jack Haskell
Photography: Edward Cronjager, A.S.C.
Art Direction: Mark-Lee Kirk
Set Decorations by: Thomas Little
Assistant Director: William Forsyth
Film Editor: Robert Simpson
Costumes: Royer
Sound: Arthur von Kirbach and Roger Heman
Musical Director: Louis Silvers
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Cast

Sonja Henie ... Greta Muller
Adolphe Menjou ... Ted Spencer
Jean Hersholt ... Heinrich Muller
Ned Sparks ... Danny Simpson
Don Ameche ... Bob Harris
Ritz Brothers ... Themselves
Arline Judge ... Billie Spencer
Borrah Minnevitch and His Harmonica Rascals
... Adolphe and His Gang
Dixie Dunbar ... Goldie
Leah Ray ... Leah, Girl in Band
Shirley Deane ... Girl in Band
Montagu Love ... Ratoffsky
Albert Conti ... Hotel Manager
Julius Tannen ... Chapelle
June Gale ... Girl in Band
Lillian Porter ... Girl in Band
Helen Ericson ... Girl in Band
Diane Cook ... Girl in Band
Bonnie Bannon ... Girl in Band
June Wilkins ... Girl in Band
Clarice Sherry ... Girl in Band
Pauline Craig ... Girl in Band
Albert Conti ... Hotel Manager
Julius Tannen ... Chapelle
Margo Webster ... French Skater
Frederick Giermann ... German Announcer
Bess Flowers ... Woman in Box
Egon Brecher ... Chairman
Paul McVey ... Announcer at Madison Square Garden
from back of Fox Video
videotape sleeve, ©1993
Synopsis

In her first feature film, skating champion Sonja Henie brings a "sweet demeanor, engaging personality," and "abundance of pulse" (Variety) to the role of a young Swiss woman who dreams of winning a gold medal for her father.

When the leader (Adolphe Menjou) of a traveling theatrical troupe observes Greta Muller (Henie) on the ice, he is dazzled by her brilliance. Immediately sensing a fortune to be made, he hustles her off to star in a skating exhibition, unaware it will end her Olympic dream by changing her amateur status. But a visiting American news reporter (Don Ameche) who adores the pretty skater, rushes off to stop them before it's too late.

With the comedic Ritz Brothers for laughs, lavish musical numbers and spectacular ice ballets, Henie's screen debut is pure entertainment.

[from Fox Video videotape sleeve, ©1993]
original publicity still ©1936 20th Century-Fox
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original publicity still ©1936 20th Century-Fox
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Musical Program

One in a Million (Leah Ray)
Comic medley of traditional songs (Ritz Brothers)
The Moonlight Waltz (skated by Sonja Henie and Ensemble)
We're Back in Circulation Again (Leah Ray and Ensemble)
Lovely Lady in White (skated by Sonja Henie and Ensemble)
Who's Afraid of Love? (Leah Ray, Don Ameche and Girls)
Comic medley (Adolphe and His Gang)
One in a Million (Chorus, skated by Sonja Henie and Ensemble)
Notes

  • One in a Million received an Academy Award nomination for Best Dance Direction (Jack Haskell).

  • Highlights include: three major skating numbers by Sonja, The Ritz Brothers number "Horror Boys of Hollywood" (Boris, Laughton and Lorre), The Ritz Brothers bullfight on ice, Adolphe and His Gang playing a medley of tunes on harmonicas.

  • Available on VHS videotape: Fox Video, #8547, ©1993.

  • Click here for more pictures.

  • Read Life Magazine's "Movie of the Week:
    One in a Million" magazine article.

  • For more information, see One in a Million on Class Act.

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    actual film frame, ©1936 20th Century-Fox


    actual film frame, ©1936 20th Century-Fox



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