| Lucky Star | |
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| Directed by | Frank Borzage |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Written by | John Hunter Booth H.H. Caldwell Katherine Hilliker Sonya Levien Tristram Tupper |
| Starring | Janet Gaynor Charles Farrell |
| Cinematography | Chester A. Lyons William Cooper Smith |
| Editing by | H.H. Caldwell Katherine Hilliker |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
| Release date(s) | August 18, 1929 |
| Running time | 90 mins |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Lucky Star (1929) is a romantic drama film starring Janet Gaynor and directed by Frank Borzage. The plot involves the impact of World War I upon a farm girl (Gaynor) and a returning soldier (Charles Farrell). The movie was produced by William Fox with cinematography by Chester A. Lyons and William Cooper Smith, and the supporting cast includes Paul Fix and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. In the previous two years, Borzage had also directed Gaynor in Seventh Heaven and Street Angel, two of the three films (along with F.W. Murnau's Sunrise) for which Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress.
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