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Thank Your Lucky Stars

  • 19431943
  • PassedPassed
  • 2h 7m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, John Garfield, Jack Carson, Eddie Cantor, Joan Leslie, Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Ann Sheridan, Dinah Shore, and Alexis Smith in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
ComedyMusical
Two producers are putting together a wartime charity show with an all-star cast, but the egotism of radio personality Eddie Cantor disrupts their plans.Two producers are putting together a wartime charity show with an all-star cast, but the egotism of radio personality Eddie Cantor disrupts their plans.Two producers are putting together a wartime charity show with an all-star cast, but the egotism of radio personality Eddie Cantor disrupts their plans.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
2K
YOUR RATING
    • David Butler
  • Writers
    • Norman Panama(screen play)
    • Melvin Frank(screen play)
    • James V. Kern(screen play)
  • Stars
    • Eddie Cantor
    • Dennis Morgan
    • Humphrey Bogart
    • David Butler
  • Writers
    • Norman Panama(screen play)
    • Melvin Frank(screen play)
    • James V. Kern(screen play)
  • Stars
    • Eddie Cantor
    • Dennis Morgan
    • Humphrey Bogart
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 47User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

    Photos15

    Paulita Arvizu, Joy Barlow, Janet Barrett, Eddie Cantor, Dorothy Dayton, Igor Dega, and Doris Ake in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
    Eddie Cantor, Joan Leslie, Dennis Morgan, and Dinah Shore in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
    Errol Flynn, Monte Blue, and Alan Cook in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
    S.Z. Sakall and Dinah Shore in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
    Joyce Reynolds in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
    Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
    Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
    Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
    Dinah Shore in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
    Joan Leslie and Dennis Morgan in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
    Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, John Garfield, Eddie Cantor, Joan Leslie, Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Ann Sheridan, Dinah Shore, and Alexis Smith in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
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    Eddie Cantor
    Eddie Cantor
    • Eddie Cantor…
    Dennis Morgan
    Dennis Morgan
    • Tommy Randolph
    Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart
    • Humphrey Bogart
    Bette Davis
    Bette Davis
    • Bette Davis
    Olivia de Havilland
    Olivia de Havilland
    • Olivia de Havilland
    Errol Flynn
    Errol Flynn
    • Errol Flynn
    John Garfield
    John Garfield
    • John Garfield
    Joan Leslie
    Joan Leslie
    • Pat Dixon
    Ida Lupino
    Ida Lupino
    • Ida Lupino
    Ann Sheridan
    Ann Sheridan
    • Ann Sheridan
    Dinah Shore
    Dinah Shore
    • Dinah Shore
    Alexis Smith
    Alexis Smith
    • Alexis Smith
    Jack Carson
    Jack Carson
    • Jack Carson
    Alan Hale
    Alan Hale
    • Alan Hale
    George Tobias
    George Tobias
    • George Tobias
    Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett Horton
    • Farnsworth
    S.Z. Sakall
    S.Z. Sakall
    • Dr. Schlenna
    • (as S.K. Sakall)
    Hattie McDaniel
    Hattie McDaniel
    • Gossip in 'Ice Cold Katy' Number
      • David Butler
    • Writers
      • Norman Panama(screen play)
      • Melvin Frank(screen play)
      • James V. Kern(screen play)
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    • Trivia
      When Conrad Wiedell takes Bette Davis and does a "Jitterbug", she felt he was holding back in rehearsals and told him to treat her like an experienced dance partner. When the cameras rolled, Wiedell--a national jitterbug champion hired specifically for this dance--pulled out all the stops and swung her around and she fell on her knee. As she finishes her song, she is seen limping out of the nightclub set and leaning against a post, rubbing her knee. This was a real injury, but she finished the song despite the pain. When director David Butler asked Davis to "try it once more", she replied, "No! No! I said one take, and that was it." She then turned to the press who had shown up to watch her number, telling them "Show's over, gentlemen. Now get the hell out."
    • Goofs
      In one of the scenes where Eddie Cantor, dressed as an American Indian, is being chased by other men dressed as American Indians, the film negative has been flipped; the signs on store windows are backward/mirror images.
    • Quotes

      Humphrey Bogart: [after an effort at being tough has no effect whatsoever on S.K. Sakall] Hey, I must be losing my touch! I hope my movie fans don't hear about this!

    • Crazy credits
      At the end, the words "THE END" are sewn into the curtains.
    • Connections
      Featured in Arena: Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano (1983)
    • Soundtracks
      Thank Your Lucky Stars
      (1943) (uncredited)

      Music by Arthur Schwartz

      Lyrics by Frank Loesser

      Performed by Dinah Shore on a radio show

      Reprised by a chorus at the end

    User reviews47

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    All-star wartime film is breezy fun thanks to Eddie Cantor's antics...
    Before I comment on the film, I just have to say that Dinah Shore's songs in this film are as bad as the "bad" song Joan Leslie is supposed to have written. I think she called it "Moondust" or some such thing.

    While the stars occasionally shine in this Warner Bros. musical tribute, it's Eddie Cantor who deserves the most praise for providing most of the laughs. Cantor's dual role as a taxicab driver and an Eddie Cantor lookalike gives him some hilarious moments as he helps Joan Leslie and Dennis Morgan crash the studio gates with his Cantor impersonation. The Warner stock company (including S.Z. Sakall, Edward Everett Horton and many others) is on hand in supporting roles while the stars are given some amusing skits to appear in.

    Errol Flynn is amusing in a cockney song-and-dance routine in a pub, Bette Davis talk-sings her way through 'They're Either Too Young Or Too Old', Ida Lupino and Olivia de Havilland do a jive number, mugging outrageously while chewing gum and mouthing words to a song called 'The Dreamer', Dinah Shore warbles an undistinguished song or two, Alexis Smith dances with style and grace, Ann Sheridan does a rather tiresome song number and Jack Carson and Alan Hale struggle through a less than witty routine that defeats both of them.

    Humphrey Bogart, John Garfield (obviously tone deaf when he renders "Blues in the Night") and Sydney Greenstreet make fleeting appearances. Hattie McDaniel appears in an unusual novelty number. As one reviewer pointed out, "It's more like amateur night at the studio." But thanks to Cantor, the perky charm of Joan Leslie despite some awful songs and the appealing Dennis Morgan, it all comes together--silly, but lots of fun. Must have been a big hit with the servicemen during the war years, but just don't expect Grade A entertainment.
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    • Apr 15, 2001

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    • Release date
      • September 25, 1943 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Beverly Hills, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • 2 hours 7 minutes
      • Black and White

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