1,000 Dollars a Minute

• Roger Pryor: Wally Jones
• Leila Hyams: Dorothy Summers
• Edward Brophy: Benny Dolan
• Sterling Holloway: Pete
• Edgar Kennedy: Police Officer McCarthy
• Purnell Pratt: Charlie, the editor
• Herman Bing: Vander chunks
• Arthur Hoyt: jeweler
• William Austin: Seller
• Franklin Pangborn: Reville
• George Hayes: New Deal Watson
• Morgan Wallace: Big Jim Bradley

1,000 dollars a minute, even $ 1,000 a Minute, is an American comedy film directed by Aubrey Scotto from the year 1935.

Action

Newspaper reporter Wally Jones has no knack for money. Once he wanted to buy an engagement ring for his girlfriend Dorothy Summers, however, has for a year paid no rate for the ring and now can not go as planned Dorothy give him, especially since jeweler Mr. Vander chunks also refuses to lend Wally the ring. Wally's losing streak continues: His boss Charlie dismisses him because he has done his work carelessly, and in a casino playful Wally then his last $ 10. However, he comes to the casino owner Jim Bradley just right, he's with his friend Sonny Rycross divided over the question of whether a person could spend $ 1,000 per minute continuously. Wally is the subject and is over twelve hours continuously spend $ 1,000 per minute, so after 12 hours, all have spent $ 720,000. Will he make it, he gets $ 10,000.

Wally begins with Benny Dolan minders at his side his shopping spree. He buys jewelry, a fur coat, a racehorse, a car, later a yacht, a pedigree dog and expensive wines. His tour soon arouses the suspicions of sellers, where Wally actually has debts, and the police, who considers him a bank robber. Even Dorothy 's disappointed, but she believes that Wally has a new girlfriend. After a car accident Wally and Benny are admitted to a hospital, so that the time is running out to spend all the money. Of the remaining $ 25,000 Wally would like to buy the hospital a much needed radium capsule, but this costs $ 50,000. As Jim already thinks he has won the bet, Wally learns that his just bought racehorse in a race won and has thus earned him $ 25,000 in prize money. He can now buy the capsule and has all the money spent within the required time frame. Wally gets the $ 10,000 as income, which will keep for him Dorothy. She has now learned the background to the bet and reconciles with Wally.

Production

1,000 Dollars a Minute is based on the short story Thousand Dollars a Minute of Everett Freeman, who was also involved in the screenplay of the film. The film was shot from late September to early October 1935 in the Mascot Studios. He experienced its premiere on October 22, 1935 and arrived on 15 November 1935 in the American cinema.

Awards

In 1936 the film for an Oscar in the category was nominated Best Sound.