Movie Settings Database

Pennies from Heaven

Where:

Illinois

When:

The 1930s

There's a world on both sides of the rainbow where songs come true and every time it rains, it rains... — A musical set in the great Busby Berkeley style. In Chicago during the depression, sheet music salesman, Arthur Parker, is trying to sell his products, but it's not easy to convince unwilling music store owners to buy them. Although he's already married to the somewhat drab Joan, when he meets school teacher Eileen in a music store, he falls in love with her.

Released in 1981 — 108 minutes

Genres:

Drama Music Romance

Language:

English