Hits like Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Blue Moon, Roll Along Prairie Moon and, of course, the title track,
Pennies From Heaven, gave a new dimension to the drama - especially with the characters spontaneously bursting into song and lip-synching and dancing to the music.
Drama worth making a song and dance about; Pennies From Heaven broke the mould of television drama 40 years ago. We look back at the successful marriage of words and music
National Society of Film Critics ("
Pennies From Heaven," "Godfather: Part II," "The Parallax View")
Trailblazing D.P. Gordon Willis didn't suffer fools gladly
His credits range from the seminal Dennis Potter BBC musical drama
Pennies From Heaven in 1978, which mixed dark storylines with characters miming popular pre-war songs, to Hollywood blockbuster Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which combined live action with cartoons.
Bob Hoskins: An actor who managed to turn grit into gold; Actor Bob Hoskins has died of pneumonia at the age of 71. ANTHONY BARNES looks back at his life and career
But they'll benefit from Osborne's
pennies from heaven.
Pension pots of gold; Osborne shake-up will mean pennies from heaven for old
Kitchen-sink musical in the style of Dennis Potter's
Pennies From Heaven - part whiny, part winsome.
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Bob's career took off in 1976 with Dennis Potter drama
Pennies From Heaven. He went on to a Hollywood career with films like Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Nixon.
Showbiz Sam; The man in the know
Two-and-a-half years ago, Ulbrich and his team raised Frank Sinatra from the dead to perform '
Pennies From Heaven' at Simon Cowell's 50th birthday party.
Jimi Hendrix and MJ to play live again
The Boys and Girls Clubs of North Central Texas is one of 1,100 afterschool organization from across the country matched with a local JCPenney store that will benefit from the entire proceeds raised during the
pennies from heaven campaign.
JCPenney Shoppers Invited to Donate "Pennies From Heaven" for Boys and Girls Clubs of North Central Texas
Pennies from heaven - and possibly a week of publicity from hell.
Pennies from heaven can come with a cost; Jackie Bird
Gretchen Gibbons'
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN: CELEBRATED QUILT AND COMPANION PROJECTS (9781604680010, $26.99) tells how to combine cotton and wool to provide colorful new looks to quilting efforts.
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2 In the film, who played the lead in
Pennies from Heaven? 3 When founded, by what name was the United Nations known?
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The Sidney Center - Assist the
Pennies From Heaven campaign - delivering baby bottles to churches, businesses and others to fill with change.
VOLUNTEERS
In the TV mini-series
Pennies From Heaven Bob Hoskins played travelling salesman Arthur Parker.
BRAIN GAIN: Quiz of the Day
I went back and looked at movies like Singin' in the Rain, The Band Wagon, Top Hat, and
Pennies from Heaven.
Screen test: Susan Stroman talks about the risks and rewards of making the leap to the big screen
These alternate sources of funding can provide crucial cash as long as entrepreneurs know the true costs of accepting what seem to be
pennies from heaven.
Finding cash for your business: entrepreneurs who are shut out by bankers and venture capitalists can stay in the game by finding alternate sources of financing