Lucky Kids

Lucky Kids

1936 · 93 min · ★ 6.9 · Romance, Comedy, Music

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.

Directed by Paul Martin · Written by Paul Martin

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Willy Fritsch Gil Taylor, Reporter
Lilian Harvey Ann Garden
Oskar Sima Stoddard, Reporter
Albert Florath Ölmagnat Mr. Jackson
Paul Bildt Schnellrichter
Paul Kemp Frank Black, Reporter
Fred Goebel Bill
Erich Kestin Hopkins
Otto Stoeckel Chefredakteur Manning
Max Hiller Standesbeamter
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