Million Dollar Legs (1939)
Directors:
Nick Grinde, Edward Dmytryk (uncredited)Writers:
Lewis R. Foster (screenplay), Richard English (screenplay)Stars:
Betty Grable, John Hartley, Donald O'ConnorNo relation to the 1932 W.C. Fields comedy of the same name, Million Dollar Legs is a college picture starring most of Paramount's younger contract players. The college is in financial trouble, so the students pin their hopes on a race horse--the "million dollar legs" of the title. As it turns out, the college's salvation rests with its rowing team, captained by Jackie Coogan (who was once upon a time a leading-man type). At the timeMillion Dollar Legs was made, Coogan was married to his costar, Betty Grable. A few years later, Grable would parlay her own lovely legs into a career worth several millions.
