moonspinner55 Review of Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)

A paltry talent revue--but, hey, Bette Davis gets to sing!

[4/10 · 15 October 2005]

Warner Bros. empties out its star-stable for a witless talent round-up. Eddie Cantor is the main focus here, playing both himself and a look-alike tour-bus driver trying to break into show business. Bette Davis' bit, singing the priceless "They're Either Too Young or Too Old", is the highlight here, and Davis-addicts should be feasting off this cameo for years (she's really quite delightful). The other guests (Dennis Morgan, Dinah Shore, John Garfield, Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, et al) aren't at all memorable with the colorless scraps they're handed. Tailor-made for the 1940s, this looks pretty hoary today. *1/2 from ****