Romance ·Comedy ·Music · Germany · 1936 · 1h 33m

Lucky Kids

Glückskinder

Director

Cast

Willy Fritsch as Gil Taylor, Reporter Lilian Harvey as Ann Garden Oskar Sima as Stoddard, Reporter Albert Florath as Ölmagnat Mr. Jackson Paul Bildt as Schnellrichter Paul Kemp as Frank Black, Reporter

Crew

Konstantin Irmen-Tschet — Director of Photography Carl Otto Bartning — Editor Robert A. Stemmle — Writer Paul Martin — Writer Curt Goetz — Writer Brian Marlow — Novel

Synopsis

After completing work on the British musical Invitation to the Waltz, Lillian Harvey returned to her adopted country of Germany to star in the comedy-with-music Glueckskinder (Children of Fortune). Harvey plays Ann Garden, an unemployed actress who ends up in night court on a loitering charge. Here she meets Gil Taylor (Willy Fritsch), a struggling songwriter temporarily employed as a court reporter. Hoping to keep her out of jail, Gil impulsively tells the judge that he's engaged to Ann -- whereupon the judge, equally impulsively, marries the couple on the spot! After this inauspicious start, Ann and Gil embark upon a rocky (but tuneful) whirlwind romance.

Mood & Themes

screwball

Key Collaborators

Paul Martin Director Konstantin Irmen-Tschet Director of Photography Carl Otto Bartning Editor Robert A. Stemmle Writer Paul Martin Writer Curt Goetz Writer Brian Marlow Novel Thyra Samter Winslow Novel Max Pfeiffer Producer Erich Kettelhut Production Design Manon Hahn Costume Design

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