---
title: 'Once Upon a Time (1944)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alexander Hall'
released: '1944-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/once-upon-a-time-1944'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037150/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Once Upon a Time (1944)

1944 · 88 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Once Upon a Time is a 1944 American comedy fantasy film involving a dancing caterpillar who lives in a small box. Cary Grant plays a conniving showman who desperately needs money to save his theater. The film was based on a 1940 radio play called "My Client Curley", adapted by Norman Corwin from a magazine story by Lucille Fletcher.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alexander Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-hall)
- **Screenplay:** [Lucille Fletcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucille-fletcher), [Oscar Saul](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-saul), [Lewis Meltzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-meltzer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Friedrich Hollaender](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-hollaender)
- **Producer:** [Louis F. Edelman](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-f-edelman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Franz Planer](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-planer)
- **Editor:** [Gene Havlick](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-havlick)

## Cast

- [James Gleason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-gleason)
- [Janet Blair](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-blair)
- [Cary Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/cary-grant)
- [Art Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-baker)
- [Paul Stanton](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-stanton-2)
- [William Demarest](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-demarest)
- [Howard Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-freeman)

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