PLOT: After the U.S. Senate allocates two billion dollars for veteran bonuses, Harrison Gentry, owner of Gentry Machinery and Supply Co. in Gentry, Oklahoma, plans to use his $1,100 bonus to marry his secretary and fiance of five years, Caroline Williams. Humour entails when he strikes oil after buying his aunts property. _IMDb

Horton's popularity falls then rises again in this early comedy (Jan. 31, 2021 by SimonJack): "Let's Make a Million" is a Paramount comedy with a mostly lesser-known cast except for Edward Everett Horton. He has the lead role, as he did in a number of early sound films after a start in silent pictures. But mostly he would be recognized by movie buffs from his supporting roles in many comedies with big name stars of the 1930s-1950s. Horton was a wonderful actor who performed on the silver screen and then TV right up until his death in 1970 at age 84. In this film, he plays Harrison Gentry, in his home town of Gentry, Oklahoma, where many of the stores are owned and operated by people of that family name. He is well liked and the town folk seem to take his lead in everything. When he gets swindled by a couple of guys who get him to invest in an oil well, the town folk who had invested as well blame him when the conmen take a powder. So, he's disowned, kicked out of his veterans group, and no longer liked. But when a friend helps him finish a well that hits oil and paydirt, he's once again a hero and everyone's friend. (** partial review ** see more of review at IMDb)

01) One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

02) Margaret Seddon and Margaret McWade are credited on screen as "The Pixilated Sisters," referring to the roles they played in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936).

03) According to Variety, it's "quite apparent that Paramount made this farce comedy with the intent of cashing in on the nation-wide distribution of bonus money to ex-servicemen. That happened several months ago...which makes [the film] a bit dated."

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