| Fifty Million Frenchmen | |
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| Directed by | Lloyd Bacon |
| Written by | Joseph Jackson Eddie Welch Al Boasberg |
| Based on | 1929 Musical play: Cole Porter Herbert Fields |
| Starring | John Halliday Claudia Dell William Gaxton Helen Broderick Ole Olsen Chic Johnson |
| Cinematography | Devereaux Jennings (Technicolor) |
| Edited by | Robert O. Crandall |
| Music by | Cole Porter |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $484,000[1] |
| Box office | $430,000[1] |
Fifty Million Frenchmen is a 1931 American pre-Code Technicolor musical comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film was produced and released by Warner Brothers and was based on Cole Porter's 1929 Broadway musical Fifty Million Frenchmen.
The film was originally intended to be released late in 1930 but was shelved because of perceived public apathy toward musicals. Warner Bros. released the film in February 1931 after removing all of the music. The film was released outside the United States as a full musical comedy in 1931.