The Milky Way (1936) | |
| Director(s) | Leo McCarey, Norman Z. McLeod (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | E. Lloyd Sheldon, Adolph Zukor (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Comedy |
| Top Topics | Boxing |
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The Milky Way (1936) was a Comedy - Black-and-white Film directed by Leo McCarey and Norman Z. McLeod and produced by Adolph Zukor and E. Lloyd Sheldon.
Academy Awards 1940 --- Ceremony Number 13 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Animated Short Film | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Won |
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The Milky Way (1936)
By Beatrice on Sep 11, 2013 From Flickers in TimeThe Milky Way Directed by Leo McCarey Written by Grover Jones, Frank Butler, and Richard Connell 1936/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing Leo McCarey ensures that this is funnier than your average comedy. Burleigh Sullivan (Harold Lloyd) is a mild-mannered milkman with well-developed skills in du... Read full article
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"Spider" Schultz (Lionel Stander) claims the man who knocked out him and the champ was "bigger than Canary." Schultz, who often spouts malapropisms, is referring to Primo Carnera, who, at 6' 9", was the biggest boxer of his day.
Producer Samuel Goldwyn bought the rights for the property in the mid-1940s for his remake The Kid from Brooklyn, as well as the original negative and almost all existing prints, and destroyed them.
When director Leo McCarey was in the hospital, Norman Z. McLeod directed some of the scenes.
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Producer Samuel Goldwyn bought the rights for the property in the mid-1940s for his remake The Kid from Brooklyn, as well as the original negative and almost all existing prints, and destroyed them.
When director Leo McCarey was in the hospital, Norman Z. McLeod directed some of the scenes.
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