Lucky to Me (1939) User Reviews

Undistinguished musical comedy concludes Lupinos film career

[malcolmgsw · 5/10 · 28 October 2011]

Stanley Lupino starred in some lively musical comedies in the 30s but this one cannot be counted amongst them.He plays a stockbrokers assistant who has just married his secretary.they cannot tell the boss otherwise she will be fired.He is asked to go down to see a client in Brighton that evening to advise him on his stock holdings.His wife goes along so they can hopefully consummate the marriage.When he arrives he finds that the client actually wants to show his girlfriend that he is ruined so that she will marry him!He doesnot want her to be called a gold digger.Subsequently he is ruined when one set of shares crashes but his fortunes are restored when another share skyrockets.In the meantime Lupino is till trying to consummate his marriage.The film is quite strange in that Lupino is not present for at least half of the film.There are 2 musical numbers by Noel Gay.they must be the poorest of his large repertoire.I have never heard them before and i do not think that they were recorded by any popular band or vocalist.What is even odder is that after each of the 2 numbers Geoffrey Sumner turns to the camera and says "Would you like an encore ?".With that the whole number is repeated.At the end of the second an extra verse is added.This is to do with Hitler being sent to chop wood with the Kaiser.Clearly this part was filmed after the declaration of war since otherwise it would not have been passed by the censor.Unfortunately this is film is rather unfunny and a sad end to Lupinos film career.

Dull Nonsense Save For Lupino's Mugging

[boblipton · 5/10 · 7 August 2023]

Stanley Lupino and Barbara Blair get married, but keep it a secret from their employer, Julien Mitchell, until Lupino gets a hoped-for raise. Meanwhile, Lupino is ordered to a resort to advise client David Hutchinson, who wants to marry Phyllis Brooks. She refuses for fear of looking like a gold digger. The proposed solution: tell her that Mitchell's firm has bankrupted Hutchinson. Meanwhile Lupino gets on the outs with Bruce Seton, "The Boxing Earl."

Lupino's last movie is based on his stage show, and it's one of those featherweight plots that depends largely on Lupino's double talk and slapstick abilities, as well as thoroughly impractical set design. Lupino is fun, but this cut-glass farce doesn't really have much to enjoy outside of him. The songs are unmemorable, and the whole thing is wrapped up speedily to make sure everyone gets home on time.