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Happy Go Lucky (1943)

Happy Go Lucky poster
Directed by
Curtis Bernhardt
Genre
comedy film, musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 21m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A musical comedy about a woman who tries to attract a wealthy man by pretending to be a gold digger. Things get complicated when her scheme leads to misunderstandings and romance.

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What happens

Happy Go Lucky is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and written by Walter DeLeon, Melvin Frank, John Jacoby and Norman Panama. The film stars Mary Martin, Dick Powell, Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, Rudy Vallée, Mabel Paige and Eric Blore. The film was released on January 4, 1943, by Paramount Pictures. It might be best remembered now for Betty Hutton's energetic performance of the song "Murder, He Says," written by Frank Loesser and Jimmy McHugh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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