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'''''My Lucky Star''''' is a 1938 [[romantic comedy]] film. This was Norwegian ice-skating Olympic champion [[Sonja Henie]]'s fourth film.
'''''My Lucky Star''''' is a 1938 [[romantic comedy]] film. This was Norwegian ice-skating Olympic champion [[Sonja Henie]]'s fourth film.<ref>My Lucky Star
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 5, Iss. 49, (Jan 1, 1938): 222. </ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
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==Production==
==Production==
The film was originally called ''They Met in College'' and started in April 1938.<ref>THIRD FILM BASED ON AMERICAN HISTORY CONSIDERED BY DE MILLE: Sonja Henie Rebels Against "Picture Strain" Los Angeles Times 27 Jan 1938: 10. </ref>
The film was originally called ''They Met in College'' and started in April 1938.<ref>THIRD FILM BASED ON AMERICAN HISTORY CONSIDERED BY DE MILLE: Sonja Henie Rebels Against "Picture Strain" Los Angeles Times 27 Jan 1938: 10. </ref> In March Richard Greene was signed to be her leading man.

Rehearsals started in April with over 300 ballet skaters.<ref>Hedda Hopper's HOLLYWOOD
Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]19 Apr 1938: 11. </ref> [[Buddy Ebsen]] was borrowed from MGM.<ref>SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD New York Times 19 Apr 1938: 24. </ref>

In April the title was changed to ''My Lucky Star''.<ref>NEWS OF THE SCREEN: ' Cinderella,' in Color, to Be Deanna Durbin's Next New York Times (1923-Current file); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]20 Apr 1938: 21. </ref>

20th Century Fox found this the easiest of Henie's films to make to date.<ref>BIG FREEZE IN HOLLYWOOD: Ice Queen Capitulates to Norse Ultimatum--Concerning Rogers-Astaire and RKO
By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILL. New York Times 12 June 1938: 143. </ref>s o

The film went six days over schedule.<ref>Sonja Henie Bewildered by Hollywood, But Never Overlooks Overtime ($3,500 a Day)
By Hubbard Keavy. The Washington Post 16 Oct 1938: TS1. </ref>
==References==
==References==
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* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030481/ ''My Lucky Star''] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030481/ ''My Lucky Star''] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://letterboxd.com/film/my-lucky-star/ My Lucky Star] at Letterbox DVD
*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b1171e8 My Lucky Star] at BFI
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Revision as of 21:44, 2 September 2019

My Lucky Star
Directed byRoy Del Ruth
Written byKarl Tunberg
Don Ettlinger
Screenplay byHarry Tugend
Jack Yellen
Produced byDarryl F. Zanuck
StarringSonja Henie
Richard Greene
Cesar Romero
CinematographyJohn J. Mescall
Edited byAllen McNeil
Music byLouis Silvers
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • September 9, 1938 (1938-09-09)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

My Lucky Star is a 1938 romantic comedy film. This was Norwegian ice-skating Olympic champion Sonja Henie's fourth film.[1]

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

Production

The film was originally called They Met in College and started in April 1938.[2] In March Richard Greene was signed to be her leading man.

Rehearsals started in April with over 300 ballet skaters.[3] Buddy Ebsen was borrowed from MGM.[4]

In April the title was changed to My Lucky Star.[5]

20th Century Fox found this the easiest of Henie's films to make to date.[6]s o

The film went six days over schedule.[7]

References

  1. ^ My Lucky Star Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 5, Iss. 49, (Jan 1, 1938): 222.
  2. ^ THIRD FILM BASED ON AMERICAN HISTORY CONSIDERED BY DE MILLE: Sonja Henie Rebels Against "Picture Strain" Los Angeles Times 27 Jan 1938: 10.
  3. ^ Hedda Hopper's HOLLYWOOD Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]19 Apr 1938: 11.
  4. ^ SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD New York Times 19 Apr 1938: 24.
  5. ^ NEWS OF THE SCREEN: ' Cinderella,' in Color, to Be Deanna Durbin's Next New York Times (1923-Current file); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]20 Apr 1938: 21.
  6. ^ BIG FREEZE IN HOLLYWOOD: Ice Queen Capitulates to Norse Ultimatum--Concerning Rogers-Astaire and RKO By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILL. New York Times 12 June 1938: 143.
  7. ^ Sonja Henie Bewildered by Hollywood, But Never Overlooks Overtime ($3,500 a Day) By Hubbard Keavy. The Washington Post 16 Oct 1938: TS1.


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