After completing work on the British musical Invitation to the Waltz, Lillian Harvey returned to her adopted country of Germany to star in the comedy-with-music Glueckskinder (Children of Fortune). Harvey plays Ann Garden, an unemployed actress who ends up in night court on a loitering charge. Here she meets Gil Taylor (Willy Fritsch), a struggling songwriter temporarily employed as a court reporter. Hoping to keep her out of jail, Gil impulsively tells the judge that he's engaged to Ann -- whereupon the judge, equally impulsively, marries the couple on the spot! After this inauspicious start, Ann and Gil embark upon a rocky (but tuneful) whirlwind romance.
Stars: Willy Fritsch, Lilian Harvey, Oskar Sima, Albert Florath, Paul Bildt, Paul Kemp
Crew: Paul Martin (Director), Robert A. Stemmle (Writer), Curt Goetz (Writer), Paul Martin (Writer), Konstantin Irmen-Tschet (Cinematography), Peter Kreuder (Music)
Country: Germany
Language: Deutsch
Studio: UFA
Runtime: 93 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 19, 1936
IMDb: 4.3
Keywords:screwball
