The film and the television series had little in common beside the title and the suave nature of the lead. Swede charles bickford rows up to a public dock in a dinghy. It sounds tacky, and it is a bit, but the movie from hellzapoppin director hc potter was a big hit in 1943. Box office numbers were reported at the time as a percentage compared to normal business at each theater. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup.
All full hd free movie streaming links can be found in this 123movies section. Grant plays a colorful con man and day a savvy and sophisticated society young woman. Lucky 1943 07011943 us comedy, romance 1h 40m user score. In this comedydrama, shifty gambler cary grant sets his sights on purchasing a fancy gambling ship. Lucky 1943 posted on september 22, 2017 by lindsey. Lucky movie poster 11 x 17 inches 28cm x 44cm 1943 style b cary grantlaraine daycharles bickford.
The year 1943 in film featured various significant events for the film industry. For his socalled breakout role, the film grant selected for 1943there would be only one more that yearwas mr. It tells the story of the attraction between a shady gambler and a wealthy socialite in the days prior to the united states entering world war ii. Lucky, was created by blake edwards and starred john vivyan. The best movies of 1943 picked by critics and filmmakers and sorted by rank. Lucky is overall a cute movie, a sweet romance very much of its time and interesting to watch for its wartime context. Lucky, starring cary grant whose name in the film was joe adams.
I saw this movie on television many years ago and fell in love with it. The viewers are indeed lucky to see the chemistry that shows in every scene that these two personalities share. Lucky is one of cary grants weaker romanticcomedies. Adams plans to use a war relief charity to get his gambling operation up and running, until he falls in love with dorothy bryant and has a change of heart. Blake edwards developed the program as a retooling of his willie dante character from four star playhouse, in which the role was played by studio boss dick powell. Lucky 1943 film complet en francais film complet francais. Swede charles bickford rows up to a public dock in a. Cary grants filmography has many betterknown and bettermade titles, but this ones well worth a watch. Lucky 1943 joe adams cary grant is as clever as they come. Lucky the 1943 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio.
Cary grant and laraine day reprised their roles in a 18 oct 1943 lux radio theatre broadcast of the. Grants 43rd film, released in 1943, which is the year i was born. Lucky stars cary grant, laraine day, charles bickford, gladys cooper the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Cary grant was wonderful and his acting between being a tough guy and tender when the letter was read to him showed what a great actor he was. Because it appealed to him, grant selected an original idea by milton holmes, who had no writing experience. Suffering from a heavy handed script, misfiring jokes and an overly earnest second half it struggles to compare with his more famous sparkling screwball comedies. A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him. A gambler has plans to swindle money from a charity program, but starts to have second thoughts when he falls for a rich society girl. It tells the story of the attraction between a shady gambler and a. The captain of a commercial ship, joe cons war volunteer dorothy bryant laraine day into believing that hes planning a fund drive for the troops. With cary grant, laraine day, charles bickford, gladys cooper. Lucky should keep you in a more or less chucklesome mood most of the time. Lucky 1943 is a romantic comedy starring cary grant, laraine day, and charles bickford. Sullivan joel mccrea, convinced he wont be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until.
Lucky 1943 cary grant brand new sealed betamax movie not vhs mr. Lucky 1943 english cinema, trailer, video clips, mr. Grants 43rd film, released in 1943, which is the year i. According to news items in laex and lat, in 1956, rko approached frank sinatra and dean martin about starring in a musical version of the film. Under her influence and from events he slowly becomes a patriot. The rhyming slang used by cary grants character is a form of slang in which a word is replaced by a rhyming word, typically the second word of a twoword phrase so stairs becomes apples and pears. In the 19601961 television season, howard duff assumed the role of willie dante in the nbc adventuredrama series dante.
Certain that hell be called up during world war ii, joe nabs the draft papers of a man whos been freed from service and leverages his position into a potentially lucrative scam. Cary grant as joe adams, getting ready to launch his gambling cruise, has just learned crewman bascopolous is mortally ill, when partner zepp paul stewart breaks bad news about the draft, in mr. Lucky 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Lucky 1943 movie storyline joe adams takes on the identity. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Lucky is about a cynical gambling boat owner and confidence man who romances a society girl in order to run a crooked gambling operation at her charity event. I was excited at being able to get some movies that were not on dvd before. In search of a place to establish a front for a backdoor gambling racket, joe comes upon the american war relief society, run by women. Joe adams takes on the identity of a dead gangster in order to avoid the draft.