My Lucky Star (1938 film)
| My Lucky Star | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Roy Del Ruth |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Written by |
Karl Tunberg Don Ettlinger |
| Screenplay by |
Harry Tugend Jack Yellen |
| Based on | They Met in Chicago |
| Starring |
Sonja Henie Richard Greene Cesar Romero |
| Music by | Louis Silvers |
| Cinematography | John J. Mescall |
| Edited by | Allen McNeil |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
My Lucky Star is a 1938 romantic comedy film. This was Norwegian ice-skating Olympic champion Sonja Henie's fourth film.
Plot
George Cabot Jr. (Cesar Romero), the son of a department store owner, enrolls the store's sports clerk Krista Nielsen (Sonja Henie) at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department.
George is trying to pay off cabaret singer Marcelle La Verne, who wants to annul their brief elopement. Marcelle threatens to name Krista as a co-respondent in her lawsuit. Krista has fallen for Larry Taylor at the college, where a skating exhibition lands her on the cover of Life magazine.
Cast
- Sonja Henie as Krista Nielsen
- Richard Greene as Larry Taylor
- Joan Davis as Mary Dwight
- Cesar Romero as George Cabot Jr
- Buddy Ebsen as Buddy
- Arthur Treacher as Whipple
- George Barbier as George Cabot Sr
- Gypsy Rose Lee as Marcelle La Verne (as Louise Hovick)
- Billy Gilbert as Nick
- Patricia Wilder as Dorothy
- Paul Hurst as Louie
- Elisha Cook Jr. as Waldo
- Robert Kellard as Pennell
- Gloria Brewster as June (as The Brewster Twins)
- Barbara Brewster as Jean (as The Brewster Twins)
References
External links
- My Lucky Star at the American Film Institute Catalog
- My Lucky Star at IMDB
- My Lucky Star at AllMovie
- My Lucky Star at the TCM Movie Database