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10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Cutting Loose Apr 20, 2002
By James L.
A number of Warner Brothers' top stars get a chance to do something different in this wartime musical. Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie, and Eddie Cantor star as ... performers trying to get into an all-star performance that will feature some of the top stars of the day. This plot serves as a link to various numbers performed by actors not usually seen in musical rolls. That's the fun of this film. Errol Flynn's considerable charisma is on display in his bar room Cockney song which also demonstrates his physical agility. Bette Davis puts in a game effort singing "Their Either Too Young Or Too Old", which also includes her being thrown about in a dance number. Alexis Smith also gets tossed around, lifted, and twirled in another dance number. Olivia de Havilland, George Tobias, and Ida Lupino are jitterbugging twits in a number that shows de Havilland's sense of humour and willingness to look silly. Ann Sheridan sings to a group of girls about love, looking very beautiful as she does so. Alan Hale and Jack Carson do a long duet, while a very awkward John Garfield sing-speaks "Blues in the Night." Humphrey Bogart has an amusing bit where the always amusing S.Z. Sakall browbeats the tough guy. Perhaps best of all is a rousing all-black number featuring Hattie McDaniel that is full of energy. Thank Your Lucky Stars isn't a great musical jammed with memorable songs. It's memorable because of the performances of its non-musical cast. The connecting plot is passable and sometimes interferes with what the audience really wants to see, but not enough to be a liability. Fans of film will want to see this one at least once. It's one of a kind.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Thank Your Lucky Stars Dec 17, 2005
By Chris
"Chris"
When Eddie Cantor gets involved in setting up a celebrity wartime revue for troops at home and abroad, the hilarious results are spectacular. See the Warner Brothers roster of all-star talent as you've never seen them before!
Errol Flynn performing "That's What You Jolly Well Get", John Garfield singing "Blues in the Night" and Bette Davis lamenting "They're Either Too Young Or Too Old" are just three of the priceless gems in this delightful collection.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
A great example of 50's star studded film magic. Jun 19, 1999
Well, how many fifties stars do you remember or know of? In Thank your lucky stars you should at least recognise one or two of them. The big name line up consists of (but not only) Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn and features a wonderful cameo by Bogey himself, although he isn't quite acting like the seasoned gumshoe that we're used to seeing. The storyline rattles along at quite a pace with the main plot concerning a stage production being put on, and of course the obligatory love interest thrown into the mix as well, but the real reason that this picture is such a little gem are the number of fun bit parts played by some of Hollywood's all time greats, any fan of the genre should sit back and enjoy.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Funny war time entertainment Dec 31, 2008
By Douglas M
"Thank Your Lucky Stars" was Warner Brothers' version of the all star film which all the studios produced during the war. This is one of the best. Usually using a review format, the films allowed the star roster to perform a song, dance or comedy routine often way out of their range of performing. The pluses here include:
- a very funny screenplay. If you like Eddie Cantor, you will love his dual role. He really sends himself up.
- Joan Leslie as a delightful leading lady showing a flair for comedy and doing a good imitation of Ida Lupino
- stunning Anne Sheridan singing "Love Isn't Born, it's Made" to a group of sorority girls
- Bette Davis supplementing shaky vocals with her dry wit and selling the amusing lament "They're either to young or too old" which became a huge hit
- Alexis Smith, a trained dancer who never got a chance to strut her stuff, showing her ability in a great rhumba.
- Jack Carson and Alan Hale recreating vaudeville in another very amusing number, "Way up North"
- S Z Sakall and Edward Everett Horton neatly teamed as co-producers of the All Star Benefit and never funnier.
- hilarious Ruth Donnelly as a deadpan psychiatric nurse
The duds include most of the songs from Dinah Shore who grinds the film to a halt almost every time she appears, Dennis Morgan as a a stolid boring leading man and a Boogie Woogie number in which Olivia De Havilland mugs while George Tobias looks astonished and Ida Lupino tags along.
The print is in great condition and there is very generous list of extras including a musical short which recycles some numbers from the thirties and an odd patriotic Bugs Bunny cartoon in which Bugs for once is the victim. Trailers for the film and "Watch on the Rhine" are included, as well as a patriotic short, hosted by Jack Carson, on rationing and a newsreel of the Hollywood Canteen minus any soundtrack. There is also an original radio program which promotes the film minus the guest stars which are its main interest.
The DVD is available as part of the Warner's Homefront Collection.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
STAR STUDDED NOSTALGIC FILM Aug 23, 2009
By Bob Cinema Critic
"Thank Your Lucky Stars" is a star-studded movie filled with fun, songs, and multi-talented actors at it's FUN Best! Great nostalgia and never to see the likes of quality stars, again. When Hollywood introduced Classic Entertainment! This is a MUST for true Movie Enthusists and Collectors......Warner Brothers produced this Star Entertainment, and left us with such great memories.
**** For the Star-Studded Stars, in this Film. August 22,2009
Robert Stix (Collinsville)
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