![]() ![]() ![]() "Who's Afraid of Love?" is pretty, particularly when sung by Ameche, who had a lovely, light tenor voice that matched his charming film persona. There is lots of music in "One in a Million" but most of it, including the title song, isn't all that great. Menjou winds up endangering Greta's Olympic status in his zeal of signing her for his show. He was stripped of his Olympic medal in 1908 because he supposedly had worked as a professional, though he really hadn't. Instead, he becomes interested in Greta and her Olympic quest and also her father's story. Reporter Don Ameche arrives to get the dope on the burnt hotel, apparently destroyed by an anarchist. They seek shelter at a nearby inn, run by Greta (Henie) and her father (Jean Hersholt). It's a slight story - Menjou and his troupe of performers arrive to work at a Swiss hotel, but find it has been burned down. This film was released in December 1936 and apparently was done before the 1936 Winter Olympics took place. Henie actually won the Olympics in 1928, 1932, and 1936. The film has historic interest in that part of it takes place at the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany, though politics are never mentioned. ![]() Twentieth Century Fox's "One in a Million" provides some light entertainment as well as the skating of Sonja Henie. ![]()
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