Pennies from Heaven (1981) (MOD)

Pennies from Heaven (1981) (MOD)"I want to live in a world where the songs come true," Arthur Parker says. In that world, bank tellers would eagerly hand out sacks of Depression era dough to him, every cloud would have a silver lining and Arthur's loveless marriage to Joan would give way to boop boop a doop bliss with passionate Eileen. Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters and Jessica Harper form the triangle of this razzle dazzler in which lip synched 1930s songs contrast with

Peter Ustinov

But the camera snapping her beauty doesn`t capture the whole story

With two iconic stars in their only film pairing and an emotionally resonant plot

just months before he rose to fame on TV 's Maverick

while Judy triple moonlights outer space style to earn money for a new car

and Louise Fazenda (Tille's Punctured Romance) portrays the blacksmith

adds to the illusion by putting her up at a Park Avenue address

Jabe Torrance (Brad Sullivan) may be too weak physically to satisfy his wife

Aidan Quinn

No good deed goes unpunished - at least temporarily - in The Mayor of 44th Street

After his widowed father remarries

And waits for Fate to deal the cards one last time