Call It Luck

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Call It Luck
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Directed by James Tinling
Screenplay by Dudley Nichols
Lamar Trotti
Story by George Marshall
Produced by John Stone
Winfield R. Sheehan
Starring Pat Paterson
Herbert Mundin
Charles Starrett
Cinematography Joseph A. Valentine
Edited by Alex Troffey
Music by Samuel Kaylin
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • June 1, 1934 (1934-06-01)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Call It Luck is a 1934 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and written by Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti. The film stars Pat Paterson, Herbert Mundin and Charles Starrett. The film was released on June 1, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation. [1] [2] [3] A review in Variety concluded that "Herbert Mundin steals the picture despite that Pat Paterson, whom Fox is trying to build up, is given every opportunity to snatch attention". [4]

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Plot

London taxi driver Herbert Biggelwade wins a fortune on the sweepstake. He plans to established a home for destitute former cab drivers and their horses. He is scammed by confidence tricksters into buying an old cavalry horse which they pretend is the brother of the current Derby winner. With his niece Sam, a music hall performer, he travels to America. In New York he is soon separated from her and falls into the clutches of another gang of swindlers who con him out of the remainder of his money. All he has to his name is the horse, who he decides to enter into a major horse race.

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References

  1. ↑ A.D.S. (July 10, 1934). "Movie Review - Call It Luck - THE SCREEN; " Call It Luck," the Humorous Adventures of a Cabby Who Wins the Sweepstakes, at the Mayfair". The New York Times . Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Call It Luck (1934) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Call It Luck". Afi.com. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ "AFI|Catalog".
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