Happy Go Lucky

1943
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1h 21m

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A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo.A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo.A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo.

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Mary Martin

Marjory Stuart

Dick Powell

Pete Hamilton

Betty Hutton

Bubbles Hennessy

Eddie Bracken

Wally Case

Rudy Vallee

Alfred Monroe

Mabel Paige

Mrs. Smith

Eric Blore

Betsman

Clem Bevans

Mr. Smith

Rita Christiani

Rita Christiani

Sir Lancelot

Calypso Singer

Irving Bacon

First Reporter
(uncredited)

Juliette Ball

Black Native
(uncredited)

Harry Barris

Master of Ceremonies
(uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

Nightclub Patron
(uncredited)

Hillary Brooke

Wife
(uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

Nightclub Patron
(uncredited)

Gene Cale

Dancer at the 'Fuddy Duddy'
(uncredited)

Ben Carter

Joe Brown
(uncredited)

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Trivia
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since; its earliest documented telecast took place in Seattle Thursday 25 December 1958 on KIRO (Channel 7); it first aired in Phoenix Saturday 25 July 1959 on KVAR (Channel 12); at this time, color broadcasting was in its infancy, limited to only a small number of high rated programs, primarily on NBC and NBC affiliated stations, so these movie showings were all still in black-and-white. Viewers were not offered the opportunity to see these movies in their original Technicolor until several years later.

Quotes
Pete Hamilton: With your charm and my conniving, there's nothing to worry about.

Connections
Featured in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

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6/10

Almost a swansong

The musical cinema careers of both stars was almost at an end when this film was released.Dick Powell clearly knew that his time as a juve lead was nearing its natural end as he appeared in "Farewell My Lovely" the following year.Mary Martin made one more film in this era before returning to the stage.She made very few films so a musical such as this is of great interest .Although she is quite delightful i do not think that she had the glamour of say Rita hayworth or the brashness of Betty Grable to enable her screen career to really take off.All of her performances that i have seen have been engaging without being memorable.Dick Powell does what he had been doing for 10 years on screen.Betty Hutton,Eddie Bracken and Rudy Vallee all lend support in this very entertaining and colourful 40s musical.