Lucky Me

Lucky Me
Warner Bros., 1954, Color, 99 minutes, **½
Released April, 1954

A group of out-of-work entertainers find themselves relegated to kitchen work at a Miami hotel, but spunky Doris Day teams up with songwriter Robert Cummings to convince an oil tycoon to sponsor Cummings' new show. There's just one obstacle: the oilman's spoiled daughter keeps getting in the way. Breezy musical also stars Phil Silvers, Eddie Foy, Jr., Nancy Walker.


Produced by: Henry Blanke
Directed by: Jack Donohue
Assistant Director: Chuck Hansen
Screen Play by: James O'Hanlon, Robert O'Brien and Irving Elinson
From a Story by: James O'Hanlon
Songs: Music by Sammy Fain, Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Musical Direction by: Ray Heindorf
Orchestrations by: Franck Comstock
Vocal Arrangements by: Norman Luboff
Art Director: John Beckman
Set Decorator: William Wallace
Wardrobe by: Moss Mabry
Makeup Artist: Gordon Bau
Sound by: Oliver S. Garretson, David Forrest
Director of Photography: Wilfred M. Cline
Filmed in CinemaScope, Color by WarnerColor
WarnerColor Color Consultant: Philip M. Jefferies
Film Editor: Owen Marks

Cast: Doris Day [Candy Williams], Robert Cummings [Dick Carson], Phil Silvers [Hap Snyder], 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], Herb Vigran [Theater Manager], George Sherwood [Smith], Percy Helton [Brown], Jim Hayward [Jones], Jack Shea [Cop], William Bakewell [Motorist], Cliff Ferre [Orchestra Leader], Charles Cane [Sergeant], Jean De Briac [Captain], Ann Tyrrell [Fortune Teller], Ray Teal, Tom Powers [Cronies], Angie Dickinson, Lucy Marlow, Dolores Dorn, Emmaline Henry [Party Guests], Gladys Hurlbut [Dowager], Jack George [Waiter Captain], Hal Derwin [singing voice of Robert Cummings]

Musical Program: [0:00] Lucky Me (sung by Chorus behind titles); [0:02] The Superstition Song (sung by Doris Day); [0:08] Men (sung and danced by Doris Day and Phil Silvers with Chorus Girls); [0:13] Parisian Pretties (sung and danced by Doris Day, Phil Silvers, Nancy Walker, Eddie Foy Jr. and Chorus Girls); [0:26] High Hopes (sung and danced by Doris Day, Nancy Walker, Phil Silvers and Eddie Foy Jr.); [0:30] Lucky Me (sung by Hal Derwin dubbing for Bob Cummings); [0:50] I Speak to the Stars (sung by Doris Day); [1:01] Bluebells of Broadway (sung and danced by Doris Day, Phil Silvers, Nancy Walker, Eddie Foy Jr.); [1:09] Love You Dearly (sung by Doris Day and Hal Derwing dubbing for Bob Cummings); [1:33] I Wanna Sing Like an Angel (sung and danced by Doris Day); [1:40] Lucky Me (sung by Chorus behind end titles)