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Two strangers share a sweepstakes ticket and then embark on an imaginary honeymoon with their winnings.Two strangers share a sweepstakes ticket and then embark on an imaginary honeymoon with their winnings.Two strangers share a sweepstakes ticket and then embark on an imaginary honeymoon with their winnings.
Eddie Conrad
- Nick #2
- (as Edward Conrad)
Dorothy Adams
- Maid at Ethel's
- (uncredited)
Murray Alper
- Orchestra Leader
- (uncredited)
William 'Billy' Benedict
- Delivery Boy
- (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs
- Mayor
- (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
- Women's Club President
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGinger Rogers turned down the role of Hildy Johnson (eventually played by Rosalind Russell) in the Howard Hawks comedy His Girl Friday (1940) so she could co-star with Ronald Colman in this movie.
- GoofsFreddie sells 1/2 of the sweepstakes ticket (Jean's half) for $6000. David still owned the other (losing) half and therefore was not entitled to the half (quarter) that Jean gave him.
- Quotes
Jean Newton: Hello! I'd like to ask you a proposition
David Grant: Good!
Jean Newton: [Offended that he has misinterpreted] A BUSINESS proposition!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story: A Woman's Lot (1987)
- SoundtracksComin' Thro' the Rye
(uncredited)
Traditional
Arranged by Roy Webb
Whistled by Ronald Colman
Whistled by Ginger Rogers
[Variations played often as part of the score]
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The Luck Ran Out
Lucky Partners was the first of two films that Ronald Colman together with director Lewis Milestone signed on to make at RKO Pictures. For box office sake he was lucky to get Ginger Rogers who was their top moneymaking female star to be the leading lady. Though their styles don't quite mesh, it's a pleasant enough bit of viewing.
Colman is a reclusive artist and Ginger is a bookseller in Greenwich Village of the Forties, then as now a home and haven for non-conformist spirits. Maybe in another neighborhood a story like this just couldn't happen.
Just one fine day as Colman passes Rogers on the street he wishes her a casual 'good luck'. When she gets the gift of an expensive coat that someone is discarding, Ginger decides that Colman apparently has a lucky streak going. What to do, but bet on the Irish Sweepstakes and take him in as a partner. That does not sit too well with fiancée Jack Carson who is playing a typical Jack Carson blowhard type.
The whole business arrangement in fact the whole business eventually winds up before Judge Harry Davenport who sorts out the legal and romantic complications for all concerned. Very much like Judge Granville Bates does in My Favorite Wife which also came from RKO the same year and is a much better film.
With possibly a different director like Preston Sturges or Mitch Leisen, or Leo McCarey, someone who is known for comedy Lucky Partners might have been a better film. As it is it's pleasant enough viewing for the fans of the leading players, but that's about all you can say for it.
Colman is a reclusive artist and Ginger is a bookseller in Greenwich Village of the Forties, then as now a home and haven for non-conformist spirits. Maybe in another neighborhood a story like this just couldn't happen.
Just one fine day as Colman passes Rogers on the street he wishes her a casual 'good luck'. When she gets the gift of an expensive coat that someone is discarding, Ginger decides that Colman apparently has a lucky streak going. What to do, but bet on the Irish Sweepstakes and take him in as a partner. That does not sit too well with fiancée Jack Carson who is playing a typical Jack Carson blowhard type.
The whole business arrangement in fact the whole business eventually winds up before Judge Harry Davenport who sorts out the legal and romantic complications for all concerned. Very much like Judge Granville Bates does in My Favorite Wife which also came from RKO the same year and is a much better film.
With possibly a different director like Preston Sturges or Mitch Leisen, or Leo McCarey, someone who is known for comedy Lucky Partners might have been a better film. As it is it's pleasant enough viewing for the fans of the leading players, but that's about all you can say for it.
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- Budget
- $733,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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