Once Upon a Time
A cash-strapped theater producer promotes a nine-year-old boy's dancing caterpillar.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Released
- 1944
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1944
Storyline
A cash-strapped theater producer promotes a nine-year-old boy's dancing caterpillar.
Top credits
Cary Grant — Jerry Flynn
Janet Blair — Jeannie Thompson
James Gleason — McGillicuddy aka The Moke
Ted Donaldson — Arthur 'Pinky' Thompson
Did you know
• Rita Hayworth was originally assigned the role of Jeannie Thompson, and when she refused to do it, was placed on a nine week suspension without pay by the head of Columbia, Harry Cohn, and subsequently replaced by Janet Blair.
• When Cary Grant goes down the spiral staircase, he descends clockwise. When the scene shifts to the downstairs room, the staircase is turning counter-clockwise as they descend to the bottom.
• "The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 4, 1945 with Ted Donaldson reprising his film role.
User reviews
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Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono, Mono, Mono, Mono, Mono, Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1, 1.37 : 1, 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White, Black and White, Black and White
