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Once in a Lifetime is a american film of genre Comedy released in USA on 2 october 1932 with Jack Oakie

Once in a Lifetime (1932)

Once in a Lifetime
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Released in USA 2 october 1932
Length 1h31
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Rating67% 3.380373.380373.380373.380373.38037

Once in a Lifetime is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film based on Once in a Lifetime by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, directed by Russell Mack and stars Jack Oakie, Sidney Fox and Aline MacMahon.

It is preserved at the Library of Congress.

Actors

Jack Oakie

(George Lewis)Sidney Fox

(Susan Walker)Aline MacMahon

(May Daniels)Russell Hopton

(Jerome 'Jerry' Hyland)Louise Fazenda

(Helen Hobart)
And :
Zasu Pitts
Walter Brennan
Gregory Ratoff
Alan Ladd
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