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Overview

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Director:
Jack Donohue
Writers:
Irving Elinson (screenplay)
Robert O'Brien (screenplay)
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Release Date:
28 July 1954 (France) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical | Romance more
Tagline:
The fastest-paced pleasure that ever spread a wide smile across the face of the screen! more
Plot:
Candy Williams is a struggling performer in a musical troupe, headed by Hap Schneider. Unfortunately... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Not her best... more (8 total)

Cast

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Doris Day ... Candy Williams

Robert Cummings ... Dick Carson

Phil Silvers ... Hap Schneider
Eddie Foy Jr. ... Duke McGee
Nancy Walker ... Flo Neely
Martha Hyer ... Lorraine Thayer
Bill Goodwin ... Otis Thayer
Marcel Dalio ... Anton
Hayden Rorke ... Tommy Arthur
James Burke ... Mahoney
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William Bakewell ... Motorist (uncredited)
Charles Cane ... Sergeant (uncredited)
Jean De Briac ... Captain (uncredited)

Angie Dickinson ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Dolores Dorn ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Cliff Ferre ... Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Bess Flowers ... Woman in front of flower shop / Audience Member (uncredited)
Jack George ... Waiter Captain (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer ... Eddie Szczepanski (uncredited)
Jim Hayward ... Jones (uncredited)
Percy Helton ... Brown (uncredited)
Emmaline Henry ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Gladys Hurlbut ... Dowager (uncredited)
Lucy Marlow ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Tom Powers ... Crony (uncredited)
Jack Shea ... Elmer (Cop) (uncredited)
George Sherwood ... Smith (uncredited)
Ray Teal ... Crony (uncredited)
Ann Tyrrell ... Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Herb Vigran ... Theatre Manager (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jack Donohue 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Irving Elinson  screenplay
Robert O'Brien  screenplay
James O'Hanlon  screenplay

Produced by
Henry Blanke .... producer
 
Original Music by
Ray Heindorf (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Wilfred M. Cline 
 
Film Editing by
Owen Marks 
 
Art Direction by
John Beckman 
 
Set Decoration by
William Wallace 
 
Costume Design by
Moss Mabry 
 
Makeup Department
Gordon Bau .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chuck Hansen .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Charles David Forrest .... sound (as David Forrest)
Oliver S. Garretson .... sound
 
Editorial Department
Philip M. Jeffries .... color consultant
 
Music Department
Frank Comstock .... orchestrator
Ray Heindorf .... musical director
Norman Luboff .... music arranger: vocal arrangements
Hal Derwin .... singing voice: Robert Cummings (uncredited)
Howard Jackson .... composer: incidental music (uncredited)
 
Other crew
LeRoy Prinz .... choreographer
Demetrios Vilan .... dialogue director
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Warnercolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
UK:U (video) | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #16754)
Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This is the first musical to be filmed in Cinemascope. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Chorus: [sings] Lucky me! / Down the four leaf clover highway, all the signs are pointing my way. / Yes siree. / For lucky me, lucky me, yes siree. / With a lucky star to guide me, and the one I love beside me. / Life can be, so fancy free! / Don't you wish that you could be... Lucky Me!
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Movie Connections:
References The Command (1954) more
Soundtrack:
I Wanna Sing Like an Angel more

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User Comments

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Not her best..., 7 September 2009
4/10
Author: ryancm from United States

LUCKY ME is part of a Doris Day collection so I'm glad it's included, but this not her best film. She does what she can with the lame material, as does the rest of the cast, but to no avail. Could have been a cute story, but somehow things go screwed up. Very messy screenplay or maybe too many cuts. Doris is sure bouncy and breezy as usual, and she "saves the day" so to speak. Now working in a Hotel as kitchen workers, where does she get those elegant cloths? Must be working the streets as a side job!! Same for the her three other friends, played by Eddie Foy, Jr, Nancy Walker and the nauseating Phil Silvers. It's a shame all of Doris Day's early films at Warner's are all studio bound. This one calls for location in Miami itself, as did ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS which should have had location work in Rio. Another help to APRIL IN Paris would have if they had actually gone to Paris.

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