Dollar Dizzy
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Dollar Dizzy

6.8 / 10 1930 26mNR English
Comedy

Storyline

Charley and Thelma are millionaires, each trying to elude suitors who are trying to marry them for their money. Charlie gets word that a rich uncle has died, leaving him millions. Attorneys advise him to repair to a resort and avoid gold diggers. Once there, word spreads among the single women, and several try to ensnare him. At first he's gullible, then he cottons on, so when Thelma, a wealthy young woman, mistakes him for a fortune hunter, he dismisses her as well. A manager's error puts Charlie and Thelma in the same suite, and both think the other is prospecting. A dressing gown, radio, bare feet, pistol, keyhole, fountain pen, bedcovers, and a suspicious hotel detective join the mix-up. But wait, was the inheritance a mistake?

Cast & Crew

Charley Chase

Charley Chase

Charley Chase

Lead
Thelma Todd

Thelma Todd

Thelma Todd

LC

Lorena Carr

Gold-Digger (uncredited)

BM

Betty Mae Crane

Spoken Introductory Titles (uncredited)

BC

Beverly Crane

Spoken Introductory Titles (uncredited)

Dorothy Dix

Dorothy Dix

Gold-Digger (uncredited)

James Finlayson

James Finlayson

House Detective

DG

Dick Granger

One of the Quimbys (uncredited)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. James W. Horne's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Dollar Dizzy is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker