Good Luck (1935 film)
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| Directed by | |
| Written by | Sacha Guitry |
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| Cinematography | Jean Bachelet |
| Edited by | Pierre Schwab |
| Music by | Vincent Scotto |
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| Distributed by | Les Grandes Exclusivités Européennes |
Release date | 20 September 1935 |
Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Good Luck (French: Bonne chance!) is a 1935 French romantic comedy film directed by Sacha Guitry and Fernand Rivers and starring Guitry, Jacqueline Delubac and Pauline Carton.[1] In it a woman becomes convinced a man she has met is a good luck charm after she wins a lottery.
It was shot at the
.In 1940 it was remade as an American film Lucky Partners starring Ronald Colman and Ginger Rogers.
Cast
- Sacha Guitry as Claude
- Jacqueline Delubac as Marie
- Pauline Carton as La mère de Marie
- Paul Dullac as Le maire de Marie
- Montel as Un vieux monsieur qui passe
- André Numès Fils as Prosper
- Rivers Cadet as Le greffier
- Robert Darthez as Gastion Lepeltier
- Andrée Guize as Henriette Lepeltier
- Lucienne Givry as L'élégante
- Simone Sandre as L'épicière
- Madeleine Suffel as La gantière
- Antoine as Antoine, le coiffeur
- Louis Baldy as L'employé de banque
- Renée Dennsy as Une radeuse
- Gustave Huberdeau
- Régine Paris
- Robert Seller as Le maître d'hôtel
- Louis Vonelly as Le marchand de tableaux
Critical reception
Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a good review, describing it as "a charming silly film in the Clair genre, a lyrical absurdity". Greene notes that it is only cinema and music that can produce such uplifting transience and joy.[2]
References
- ^ Oscherwitz & Higgins p.197
- ISBN 0192812866.)
Bibliography
- Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- Good Luck at IMDb
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