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Released October 01, 1943
Featuring Joe DeRita (Solo)
Warner Bros.
127 min. (Feature Film)

Joe DeRita's first film role was as a meek diner customer, but his role was cut from the final release.

Almost every star under contract with Warner Brothers turned out for this musical-comedy showcase starring Eddie Cantor. Two producers (Edward Everett Horton, S. Z. Sakall) are putting together a celebrity charity event for the war effort, and when they approach Dinah Shore (herself) to headline, Dinah's boss Eddie Cantor (also, as himself) steps in and tries to run the show. Meanwhile, a con man posing as a booking agent has convinced aspiring singer Tommy Randolph (Dennis Morgan) that he's been signed as Cantor's protege. Cantor throws him out on his ear and Tommy heads back to Gower Gulch, a Hollywood Hills camping community for showbiz hopefuls that he and Spike Jones (as himself) have built from discarded studio sets. Tommy meets fellow aspiring songstress Pat Dixon (Joan Leslie), falls in love, and becomes determined to find a place in Cantor's staff. Helping Tommy and Pat is tour bus driver Joe Simpson (Eddie Cantor, in a dual role), a struggling dramatic actor who can't get a job because of his resemblance to Cantor. Some Indian character actor friends kidnap the real Cantor, and Joe takes his place at the show, hiring Tommy as his new sensational find!

The actors' Hollywood Hills campground is called "Gower Gulch." That was also the nickname of Columbia's short subject department, located on the SW corner of Sunset Blvd. and Gower St. The old buildings housing the shorts department were used in the 1920s for low-budget western productions, hence the western-themed name. On that site today is a Denny's restaurant and a strip mall. The name of the strip mall? "Gower Gulch."

View the original theatrical trailer at TCM.com

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THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS on IMDb

Eddie Cantor
Himself / Joe Simpson

Joan Leslie
Pat Dixon

Dennis Morgan
Tommy Randolph

S. Z. Sakall
Dr. Schlenna

Don Wilson
Himself

Alan Hale
Himself

Ida Lupino
Herself

Bert Moorhouse
Man in radio audience

Harry Pilcer
Man in broadcast station

Jack Mower
Engineer

Richard Lane
Barney Johnson

Lily West
Bus passenger

Phyllis Godfrey
Bus passenger

Dorothy Vernon
Bus passenger

George B. French
Bus passenger

Leah Baird
Bus passenger

Joan Matthews
Bus passenger

Morgan Brown
Bus passenger

Eleanor Counts
Sailor's girlfriend

Tex Cooper
Westerner, Dennis Morgan number

Ben Corbett
Westerner, Dennis Morgan number

William Desmond
Westerner, Dennis Morgan number

Betty Farrington
Assistant chef

Billy Wayne
Chaffeur

Joyce Reynolds
Girl with book, Ann Sheridan number

Helen O'Hara
Girl, Ann Sheridan number

Georgia Lee Settle
Girl, Ann Sheridan number

Virginia Patton
Girl, Ann Sheridan number

Edward Gargan
Stage doorman

Mary Treen
Autograph fan

Howard M. Mitchell
Policeman in restaurant

Angi O. Poulos
Restaurant patron

Juanita Stark
Secretary

Matt McHugh
Fireman in theatre

Hank Mann
Assistant photographer

Rita Christiani
Ice Cold Katy

Willie Best
Pvt. Jones, Ice Cold Katy number

Jess Lee Brooks
Justice of the Peace, Ice Cold Katy number

Matthew Jones
Sergeant, Ice Cold Katy number

Avanelle Harris
Dancer, Ice Cold Katy number

Juliette Ball
Dancer, Ice Cold Katy number

Millie Monroe
Dancer, Ice Cold Katy number

Louise Franklin
Dancer, Ice Cold Katy number

Doris Ake
Dancer, Ice Cold Katy number

Lennie Bluett
Dancer, Ice Cold Katy number

Florence O'Brien
Singer & Dancer, Ice Cold Katy number

Mildred Boyd
Singer & Dancer, Ice Cold Katy number

Cleo Herndon
Singer & Dancer, Ice Cold Katy number

Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Ice Cold Katy number

Duke York
Wooden Indian

Ruth Donnelly
Nurse Hamilton

James Burke
Freddie, intern

Dick Rich
Marty, intern

Ralph Dunn
Bill, intern

Monte Blue
Bartender, Errol Flynn number

Fred Kelsey
Pub waiter, Errol Flynn number

Henry Iblings
Pub character, Errol Flynn number

Charles Irwin
Pub character, Errol Flynn number

Hubert Head
Pub character, Errol Flynn number

Bobby Hale
Pub character, Errol Flynn number

Howard Davies
Pub character, Errol Flynn number

Alan Cook
Pub character, Errol Flynn number

Tudor Williams
Pub character, Errol Flynn number

Dudley Kuzelle
Pub character, Errol Flynn number

Will Stanton
Pub character, Errol Flynn number

Earl Hunsaker
Pub character, Errol Flynn number

Buster Wiles
Pub character, Errol Flynn number

David Thursby
Pub character, Errol Flynn number

Art Foster
Pub character, Errol Flynn number

Ted Billings
Pub character, Errol Flynn number

Elmer Ballard
Pub character, Errol Flynn number

Fred McEvoy
Pub character, Errol Flynn number

Boyd Irwin
Harry, man in audience

Sam Harris
Man in audience

James Conaty
Man in audience

Harry Adams
Doorman, Bette Davis number

Sam Adams
Bartender, Bette Davis number

Henri DeSoto
Maitre d'Hotel, Bette Davis number

Harry A. Bailey
Bald man, Bette Davis number

Charles Francis
Bald man, Bette Davis number

Edmund Mortimer
Dancer, Bette Davis number

Jack Norton
Drunk, Bette Davis number

Sylvia Opert
Hatcheck girl, Bette Davis number / Lucky Star

Nancy Worth
Hatcheck girl, Bette Davis number / Lucky Star

Conrad Wiedell
Jitterbugger, Bette Davis number

Joan Winfield
Cigarette girl, Bette Davis number

Harry Depp
Customer, Bette Davis number

Dick Elliott
Customer, Bette Davis number

Dick Earle
Customer, Bette Davis number

Paul Harvey
Dr. Kirby

Frank Mayo
Dr. Wheaton

Bert Gordon
Himself, the Mad Russian

Brandon Hurst
Cab driver, Good Neighbor number

Lynn Baggett
Miss Latin America, Good Neighbor number

Angelita Mari
Duenna, Good Neighbor number

Igor Dega
Dancer, Good Neighbor number

Arnold Kent
Dancer, Good Neighbor number

Iris Flores
Dancer, Good Neighbor number

Margarita Savilla
Dancer, Good Neighbor number

Paulita Arvizu
Dancer, Good Neighbor number

James Flavin
Policeman in theatre

Janet Barrett
Lucky Star

Joy Barlow
Lucky Star

Mary Landa
Lucky Star

Dorothy Dayton
Lucky Star

Lucille La Marr
Lucky Star

Harriet Olsen
Lucky Star

Lou Marcelle
Commentator

Joe DeRita
Meek man, scene deleted


Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer

David Butler
Director

Everett Freeman
Original Story

Arthur Schwartz
Original Story

Melvin Frank
Screenplay

James V. Kern
Screenplay

Norman Panama
Screenplay

Arthur Edeson
Director of Photography

Irene Morra
Film Editor

Leo K. Kuter
Art Director

Anton Grot
Art Director

Walter F. Tilford
Set Decoration

Leo F. Forbstein
Musical Director

Ray Heindorf
Orchestral Arrangements

Dudley Chambers
Vocal Arrangements

Arthur Schwartz
Music and Lyrics

Frank Loesser
Music and Lyrics

Maurice De Packh
Orchestrator

Heinz Roemheld
Music Arranger

LeRoy Prinz
Dance Numbers

Perc Westmore
Makeup Artust

Philip Quinn
Assistant Director

Hans F. Koenekamp
Special Effects

Herbert Farjeon
Dialogue Director


















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