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You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith

  • 19431943
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  • 1h 4m
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Billie Burke, Evelyn Ankers, David Bruce, Allan Jones, and Patsy O'Connor in You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943)
  • Comedy
  • Music
  • Romance
A young woman marries a soldier to fulfill the conditions of a will. However, when she gets ready to divorce him, she realizes that she actually loves him, and determines to find a way to st... Read allA young woman marries a soldier to fulfill the conditions of a will. However, when she gets ready to divorce him, she realizes that she actually loves him, and determines to find a way to stay married to him.A young woman marries a soldier to fulfill the conditions of a will. However, when she gets ready to divorce him, she realizes that she actually loves him, and determines to find a way to stay married to him.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
26
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  • Director
    • Felix E. Feist
  • Writers
    • Oscar Brodney(story)
    • Lawrence Riley(screenplay)
    • Ben Barzman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Allan Jones
    • Evelyn Ankers
    • Billie Burke
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  • Director
    • Felix E. Feist
  • Writers
    • Oscar Brodney(story)
    • Lawrence Riley(screenplay)
    • Ben Barzman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Allan Jones
    • Evelyn Ankers
    • Billie Burke
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    Evelyn Ankers, Stanley Clements, William Haade, Patsy O'Connor, and Clarence Straight in You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943)
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    Allan Jones
    Allan Jones
    • Tony Smithas Tony Smith
    Evelyn Ankers
    Evelyn Ankers
    • Lynn Smithas Lynn Smith
    Billie Burke
    Billie Burke
    • Aunt Harriet Crandallas Aunt Harriet Crandall
    David Bruce
    David Bruce
    • Harvey Jonesas Harvey Jones
    Patsy O'Connor
    Patsy O'Connor
    • Peggy Crandallas Peggy Crandall
    Stanley Clements
    Stanley Clements
    • Alexander Archibald 'Squirt' O'Reillyas Alexander Archibald 'Squirt' O'Reilly
    Luis Alberni
    Luis Alberni
    • Gorenias Goreni
    Francis Pierlot
    Francis Pierlot
    • Doc Websteras Doc Webster
    Harry Hayden
    • Judgeas Judge
    Mantan Moreland
    Mantan Moreland
    • Train Porteras Train Porter
    The King's Men
    • Singing Quartetas Singing Quartet
    Ken Darby
    Ken Darby
    • Singeras Singer
    • (as The King's Men)
    Jon Dodson
    • Singeras Singer
    • (as The King's Men)
    Bud Linn
    • Singeras Singer
    • (as The King's Men)
    Rad Robinson
    • Singeras Singer
    • (as The King's Men)
    Robert Cherry
    • Artistas Artist
    • (uncredited)
    Wallis Clark
    Wallis Clark
    • Traversas Travers
    • (uncredited)
    John Dilson
    John Dilson
    • Head of Draft Boardas Head of Draft Board
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Felix E. Feist
    • Writers
      • Oscar Brodney(story)
      • Lawrence Riley(screenplay)
      • Ben Barzman(screenplay)
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    A young woman marries a soldier to fulfill the conditions of a will. However, when she gets ready to divorce him, she realizes that she actually loves him, and determines to find a way to stay married to him. —frankfob2@yahoo.com
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    • Soundtracks
      Ten Little Men with Feathers
      (uncredited)

      Written by Sam H. Stept

      Sung by Patsy O'Connor

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    7/10
    True Love On The Train
    Two years after the Andrews Sisters introduced You're A Lucky Fellow Mr. Smith in Buck Privates some bright fellow at Universal Studios thought it would make a nice catchy title for a film. The result was this very nice screwball comedy with songs about yet another Hollywood heiress, this one marries a soldier.

    Romance is not in the picture when Evelyn Ankers marries Allan Jones whom she meets aboard a train. In fact she's going west to marry David Bruce because by the terms of her uncle's will she has to be married by her 24th birthday.

    Ankers and her sister Patsy O'Connor are the Hilton sisters of the day, but even Patsy can't see Evelyn marrying a drip like David Bruce who is in the Ralph Bellamy role. Thinking quick on her feet she fakes an illness and gets the train quarantined and Ankers out of desperation marries Jones mainly because he looks and sings real nice.

    After that for the rest of the film the entire cast is pulling for Ankers to realize she really did find true love on the train.

    As apparently was the fashion, Universal interpolated a couple of really good ballads for Allan Jones to sing, supplementing the usual jive scores of their wartime quickie musicals. Jones is in great voice as he sings What Is This Thing Called Love and Your Eyes Have Told Me So in his campaign to woo and win Evelyn.

    As for Ankers it must have been a pleasant change not to be chased by various ghouls and monsters as she normally was over at Universal. For some reason Carl Laemmle, Jr. decided that Evelyn Ankers could scream better than anyone and she was constantly being cast in various werewolf and Frankenstein films the studio put out.

    You're A Lucky Fellow Mr. Smith is a dated, but really well done war time comedy with song. As for Jones's character of Tony Smith it takes him the entire run of the film to convince Ankers what a lucky girl she actually was.
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    • Release date
      • October 22, 1943 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Swing It, Lucky
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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