Lucky Partners is a 1940 comedy romance drama film directed by Lewis Milestone for RKO Radio Pictures. The film is based on the 1936 Sacha Guitry film Bonne Chance, and stars Ronald Colman and Ginger Rogers marking their first film together, and marks Rogers' eleventh and final film that was written by Allan Scott.
Director Lewis Milestone noted that bit players lacked confidence when placed in scenes with major stars, and so when casting the the...
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Lucky Partners is a 1940 comedy romance drama film directed by Lewis Milestone for RKO Radio Pictures. The film is based on the 1936 Sacha Guitry film Bonne Chance, and stars Ronald Colman and Ginger Rogers marking their first film together, and marks Rogers' eleventh and final film that was written by Allan Scott.
Director Lewis Milestone noted that bit players lacked confidence when placed in scenes with major stars, and so when casting the then-unknown Jack Carson to play opposite Colman and Rogers, he was aware of how working with an unknown might affect the major players and made a point to work with Carson to prevent such: Milestone stated [sic] "Every time he went into a scene, I'd say 'get in there and pitch. They're no better than you are. Steal that scene.' Finally he got the hang of it. He acquired confidence".
David Grant (Ronald Colman) is an artist in Greenwich Village. One day he passes neighbor Jean Newton (Ginger Rogers) and simply wishes her good luck. Just as he...
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