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Information
- Year
- 1939
- Runtime
- 82 min.
- Director
- Norman Taurog
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Rating *
- 6.0
- Votes *
- 198
- Checks
- 47
- Favs
- 6
- Dislikes
- 0
- Favs/checks
- 12.8% (1:8)
- Favs/dislikes
- 6:0
Top comments
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Siskoid
Lucky Night is pointless fluff, but when it comes to Myrna Loy, I don't really care. She's a delight. Robert Taylor's easy charm makes his bohemian gambler is a good match to her heiress who wants to make it on her own. The first act does everything to signal a fun '30s comedy, with Loy acting as a surprise lucky charm to Taylor, and off they go, whisking each other off their feet with smart patter and crazy situations. After that though, the film turns into a mild drama that contrasts domesticity and adventure, and how to reconcile the two - i.e. what got you into the relationship in the first place vs. what it's become. That's no terrible ambition for a film, but I don't think we buy Loy's switch from heiress to working woman living with little means to penny-pinching housewife. I was singing Pulp's Common People almost all the way through, and then comes a resolution that's all too pat. Lucky Night is fun for a while, and here and there after that, but it doesn't know what it's trying to say, if anything, so it mostly coasts on the talents and charm of its two leads. 4 years 8 months ago