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East Side of Heaven (1939) [NR]

Featuring:
Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell, Mischa Auer

Written by:
Herbert Polesie
William M. Conselman

Directed by:
David Butler


Release Date:
April 7, 1939

Original Title:
East Side of Heaven

Genres:
Comedy | Family

Production Companies:
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 88

HANGING OUT with the STARS !

Overview from TheMovieDB

A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.

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Overview from Open Movies

Singer Denny Martin's marriage to telephone operator Mary Wilson has been postponed several times already and is delayed once again when he changes jobs from singing telegrams to being a singing cab driver. His friend Cyrus Barrett Jr. is the scion of an autocratic millionaire father who is determined to wrest custody of his grandson from his alcoholic son and wife Mona. After Cyrus goes into rehab to dry out on Denny's advice, Barrett Sr. legally moves against his daughter-in-law and tries to have her arrested on kidnapping charges. A desperate Mona leaves Denny in charge of her infant son until she can locate the younger Barrett, but this presents new complications for Denny and his Russisn roommate Nicky as fiancée Mary becomes suspicious that Denny may be seeing another woman.

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Rankings and Honors

East Side of Heaven (1939) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.6/10

Performers

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Production

Director:
David Butler

Director of Photography:
George Robinson

Story:
David Butler
Herbert Polesie

Writer:
William M. Conselman
James V. Kern

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