My Lucky Star

My Lucky Star
20th Century-Fox, 1938, B/W, 84 minutes, ***½
Released September, 1938
Sonja plays Kristina Nielson, a shop girl who is sent to a small New England college as a marketing ploy by her employer. She is to receive free tuition in return for wearing the fashions that the store sells. The film features Cesar Romero and the comedy of Buddy Ebsen and Joan Davis. Buddy and Joan sing "Could You Pass in Love." Billy Gilbert appears in one of his comedy routines, expounding on the virtues of pistachio nuts. Sonja and Ensemble perform her famous "Alice Through the Looking Glass" ice ballet, which was a staple in her live shows. Great entertainment!

Darryl F. Zanuck in Charge of Production
Associate Producer: Harry Joe Brown
Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
Screen Play by: Harry Tugend and Jack Yellen
From a story by Karl Tunberg and Don Ettlinger ("They Met in Chicago")
Music and Lyrics by: Mack Gordon and Harry Revel
Skating Ensembles Staged by: Harry Losee
Musical Direction: Louis Silvers
Art Direction: Bernard Herzbrun, Mark-Lee Kirk
Set Decorations by: Thomas Little
Costumes: Royer
Sound: Eugene Grossman, Roger Heman
Photography: John Mescall
Film Editor: Allen McNeil

Cast: Sonja Henie [Kristina Nielson], Richard Greene [Larry Taylor], Joan Davis [Mary Dwight], Cesar Romero [George Cabot, Jr.], Buddy Ebsen [Buddy], Arthur Treacher [Whipple], George Barbier [George Cabot, Sr.], Louise Hovick [Marcelle], Billy Gilbert [Nick], Patricia Wilder [Dorothy], Paul Hurst [Louie], Elisha Cook Jr. [Waldo], Robert Kellard [Pennell], Brewster Twins [June and Jean], Kay Griffith [Ethel], Charles Tannen [Saier], Paul Stanton [Dean Reed], Ed Le Saint [Executive], Frederick Burton [Pilsbury], Frank Jaquet [Burton], Art Jarrett, Jr. [Bill], Sumner Getchell [Fat Freshman], Cully Richards [Photographer], John Dilson [Department Head], Matt McHugh [Cab Driver], Dora Clement [Secretary], June Gale [Secretary], Arthur Rankin [Cameraman], Harold Goodwin [Cameraman], Fred Kelsey [Detective], Eddie Conrad [Gypsy]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:16] Marching Along (Plymouth Welcome Song) (sung by Mixed Chorus); [0:27] This May Be the Night (sung by Art Jarrett, Sonja Henie, Richard Greene, Buddy Ebsen, Joan Davis and Chorus); [0:32] Marching Along (sung by Mixed Chorus); [0:33] Classy Clothes Chris (sung by Mens Chorus while strutting around in women's clothes); [0:36] Classy Clothes Chris (instrumental rendition skated by Patricia Wilder); [0:38] By a Wishing Well (sung by Art Jarrett and Chorus, skated by Sonja Henie); [0:41] Marching Along (reprised by Mixed Chorus); [0:48] Marching Along (reprised by Mixed Chorus); [0:48] Could You Pass in Love (sung by Joan Davis and Buddy Ebsen, reprised by Chorus, skated by Sonja Henie); [1:00] Plymouth Farewell Song (Alma Mater) (sung by Mixed Chorus); [1:09] I've Got a Date with a Dream (first finale production number - Art Jarrett and Chorus Girls, Buddy Ebsen, Joan Davis with skaters, sleds and toboggans); [1:15] Alice Through the Looking Glass (skating number with Sonja Henie and skating Chorus - this is a number Sonja used in many of her ice shows); [1:22] This May Be the Night (reprised by Company)