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unusual facts about Pennies from Heaven



Arthur Tracy

Arthur Tracy's 1937 recording of "Pennies from Heaven" was featured in the 1981 movie of that name, with Vernel Bagneris lip-synching to Tracy's voice.

Jenny Logan

Other acting credits include Pennies From Heaven as Irene, the friend of Joan (Gemma Craven), Lovejoy, Never the Twain, Park Ranger and Parting Shots and more recently London's Burning and the John Sullivan comedy Roger Roger.

Let's Face the Music and Dance

It is also used in Pennies from Heaven, where Astaire's voice is lip-synched by Steve Martin, and in a celebrated Morecambe and Wise sketch involving newsreader Angela Rippon.

William Grant Still

These included Pennies from Heaven (the 1936 film starring Bing Crosby and Madge Evans) and Lost Horizon (the 1937 film starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt and Sam Jaffe).


see also

Solon McDade

Susie Arioli Swing Band, Pennies From Heaven featuring Ralph Sutton (Juno Award Nomination)

St. Mary's College, Sault Ste. Marie

A long running tradition at St. Mary's College is "Pennies from Heaven" which raises money each Christmas season to be donated to various youth charities.