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.
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Cast
11 people
Willy Fritsch
Gil Taylor, Reporter
Known for
Woman in the Moon
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Lilian Harvey
Ann Garden
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Oskar Sima
Stoddard, Reporter
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The Woman One Longs For
Kirschen in Nachbars Garten
Albert Florath
Ölmagnat Mr. Jackson
Known for
The Punch Bowl
Paul Bildt
Schnellrichter
Known for
The Haunted Castle
Paul Kemp
Frank Black, Reporter
Known for
M
The 3 Penny Opera
Fred Goebel
Bill
Also in
Kinder der Landstraße
Liebelei
Erich Kestin
Hopkins
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The Tiger Murder Case
The Shot in the Talker Studio
Otto Stoeckel
Chefredakteur Manning
Also in
The Man Who Changed His Name
Little Dorrit
Max Hiller
Standesbeamter
Known for
The Last Laugh
Hermann Mayer-Falkow
Schallterbeamter beim Morning Post
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Paul Martin Director · Robert A. Stemmle Writer Curt Goetz Writer
First release September 19, 1936 · Produced in Germany · Production Universum Film (UFA)
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UFA
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Universum Film (UFA)
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Germany
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Original title
Glückskinder
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · September 19, 1936
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No release date listed for United States.
Germany
September 30, 2013 · Physical
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