Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

Action / Comedy / Music / Musical

2
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 53% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 2338 2.3K

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Plot summary

An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

Director

David Butler Photo
David Butler

Top cast

Joan Winfield Photo
Joan Winfield as Cigarette Girl in Bette Davis Number
William 'Billy' Benedict Photo
William 'Billy' Benedict as Busboy
Monte Blue Photo
Monte Blue as Bartender in Errol Flynn Number
J.W. Cody Photo
J.W. Cody as Gower Gulch Indian
720p.BLU
1.14 GB
1280*944
English 2.0
Passed
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23.976 fps
2 hr 7 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

How many lyricists can rhyme nylon with pylon

How many lyricists can rhyme nylon with pylon? Well that’s pretty much the standard of the work from the likes of Frank Loesser and Johnny Mercer as this jolly crowd-pleaser assembles quite a formidable cast of A-listers to augment a silly vehicle for Eddie Cantor. Playing himself, he is determined to wrest control of a big show from it’s producer “Farnsworth” (Edward Everett Horton) and his composer “Schlenna” (S.Z. Sakall) who are desperate, on bended knee, for Cantor to provide Dinah Shore. In the end, they have no choice but to cave in, but as Eddie imposes his own brand of humour on the proceedings, they are soon at their wits end. Then, serendipity steps in and introduces them to “Joe”. He is the spitting image of Eddie, so if they can only swap them round then they can manage their new man and keep their old one busy elsewhere. That’s the thread of the drama, and it’s perfectly watchable as it allows Cantor to weigh in, twice, with his corny jokes. The main thrust of this feature is a series of on stage performances from an whole range of stars. Most notably, for me anyway, were Olivia de Havilland, Ida Lupino and George Tobias doing a stage routine that reminded me of “Andy Pandy”; then there’s Errol Flynn covering up for the fact that he was tone deaf by sporting a Londoner’s accent to deliver his own wartime tune forewarning the Nazis “that’s what you’ll jolly well get!”. What I found it also showed us was just how similar many of the acts actually looked. Ann Sheridan, Joan Leslie, Miss Shore - they all had a very studio “look” to them. The star of the show has to be Bette Davis who hasn’t the singing voice for a baby’s lullaby much less the big stage, but by acting her way through most of her quite wittily crafted “They’re Either Too Young or Too Old” and getting flung about enthusiastically by jitterbug champion Conrad Wiedell, she participates but remains aloof from the more pantomime elements of this musical extravaganza. I enjoyed Sakall’s bumbling performance and Cantor demonstrated that he was no slouch when it came to making himself the butt of the jokes, even if perhaps I’d have left him strapped to that undulating operating table. It’s a decent example of the efforts both Hollywood and Broadway were going to to support their military and to raise war bond capital, and though perhaps a little too long it still has just about enough variety to sustain it.
Reviewed by budicca 8 / 10

A wonderful all-star review

I wish I had seen it earlier. Growing up in the 70s in the San Francisco area, even with cable TV from about 1973, films from before the 60s just weren't shown that often. My exposure to oldies was mostly the Our Gang and Three Stooges shorts, and Shirley Temple films. Saturday afternoons were the only time I remember when an older movie might be shown, and even when very young, I loved movies. Unfortunately, while Dad liked movies, he loved sports, and any movie I might begin to watch on our 19 inch color TV in the living room on a Saturday afternoon, was soon switched to some ballgame when Dad came in the room, with his usual, "You don't watch black and white shows on a color TV!" Of course, if the movie was in color, it too was switched to sports, and "You've watched enough TV for the day," was a common saying heard as the music changed to an announcer's play-by-play.

The only other time older movies were broadcast, was on Creature Features, which Dad often watched, with me hiding behind his chair peeking out at the Wolfman or another Universal monster, refusing to go to bed before the end.

Recently I have watched many older films, and happily Thank Your Lucky Stars was broadcast when I happened upon it. So many stars, singing, dancing, comedy bits, and even a plot. I was especially wowed by the musical number Ice Cold Katy. Pure entertainment.

Alexis Smith dancing was so mesmerizing. I didn't recognize her or her name, and find it a wonder she isn't more well known. I just had to look her up on IMDb, and hope to soon see more of her movies.

This may be the best film variety show I've seen, and I want to see others because of how it made me happy. I give this an 8, because of its entertainment value, and feel it is an 8 variety show. It does not compare to a drama with this high a rating, or a comedy. Within its genre, though, it is wonderful.

Reviewed by steveareno 8 / 10

A wonderful film...with plenty of stars and songs!!

This is a great movie.Dinah Shore sings beautifully and Eddie Cantor is hilarious!Dennis Morgan and Joan Leslie are sweet together and sing "I'm riding for a fall" and "No You,No Me". Jack Carson and Alan Hale do a cute routine and Alexis Smith dances wonderfully.Bette Davis and Errol Flynn sing!Any person who likes star-filled movies with lots of songs and comedy should see this film!I recommend it!!

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