How does Make a Million end?

In the final act ("Surplus Distribution"): Jones secures the radio broadcast, achieves the million, and transforms his theory into reality. The campaign evolves into a successful monthly club.

Make a Million (1935) — AI Story Visualization

Name: Make a Million
Genre: comedy
Released: 1935
Rating: 6.3

Plot Analysis Summary

A professor proves his economic theories by orchestrating a public subscription campaign to become a millionaire.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

Academic Exile

The Public Millionaire Scheme

The Fake Board Crisis

The Chicago Pursuit

Surplus Distribution

A college economics professor's "radical" ideas about capitalism get him fired. When he decides to put those ideas into practice, he finds that they actually do generate him huge amounts of money. Soon a local banker and others who scoffed at his ideas see the amount of money he's making and try to cheat him out of his system.

Directed by

Lewis D. Collins

Key Cast

Charles Starrett — Professor Reginald Q. Jones
Pauline Brooks — Irene Corning
George E. Stone — Larkey
James Burke — Pete
Guy Usher — Corning

Rating: 6.3/10 (4 votes)