Once in a Lifetime (1932 film)

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American film comedy film film pre-Code film

Once in a Lifetime (1932 film) is an American pre-Code comedy based on the Kaufman and Hart play, satirizing Hollywood’s transition from silent movies to talkies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
pre-Code film ⓘ
adaptationOf stage play Once in a Lifetime ⓘ
basedOn Once in a Lifetime (play) ⓘ
play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy Norbert Brodine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Russell Mack ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
Universal Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Universal Pictures Corporation
editor Milton Carruth ⓘ
featuresTheme impact of sound films on Hollywood ⓘ
show business satire ⓘ
filmingTechnique live-action ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
hasFilmFormat sound film ⓘ
hasTitle Once in a Lifetime ⓘ
medium theatrical film ⓘ
musicBy David Broekman ⓘ
narrativeFocus satire of Hollywood ⓘ
satire of the transition from silent movies to talkies ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf pre-Code Hollywood cinema ⓘ
producer Carl Laemmle ⓘ
surface form: Carl Laemmle Jr.
productionCompany Universal Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1932-10-02 ⓘ
releaseDecade 1930s ⓘ
releaseYear 1932 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 91 ⓘ
screenwriter George S. Kaufman ⓘ
Moss Hart ⓘ
setInPeriod transition from silent films to sound films ⓘ
settingLocation Hollywood ⓘ
stars Aline MacMahon ⓘ
Clara Blandick ⓘ
George Barbier ⓘ
Gregory Ratoff ⓘ
Jack Oakie ⓘ
Louella Parsons ⓘ
Onslow Stevens ⓘ
Russell Hopton ⓘ
Sid Silvers ⓘ
Walter Catlett ⓘ
ZaSu Pitts ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 1920s and early 1930s ⓘ

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