Once in a Blue Moon (1935 film)

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Once in a Blue Moon
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Directed by Ben Hecht
Charles MacArthur
Written byBen Hecht
Charles MacArthur
Produced byBen Hecht
Charles MacArthur
Starring Jimmy Savo
Nikita Balieff
Cecilia Loftus
Cinematography Lee Garmes
Music by George Antheil
Production
company
Hecht-MacArthur Productions
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • May 10, 1935 (1935-05-10)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Once in a Blue Moon is a 1935 American drama film directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur and starring Jimmy Savo, Nikita Balieff and Cecilia Loftus. [1] It was one of four films the writing-directing team produced at the Astoria Studios in New York. [2] It was, along with Soak the Rich , a critical and commercial disaster. [3]

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  1. Barton p.118
  2. Gorbach p.102
  3. Koszarski p.284

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