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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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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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Genre:Romance, Comedy, Music
Written By:Paul Martin, Curt Goetz, Robert A. Stemmle
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Runtime:93 minutes
Studio:UFA
Cast
Paul Martin
Director
Willy Fritsch
Gil Taylor, Reporter
Lilian Harvey
Ann Garden
Oskar Sima
Stoddard, Reporter
Albert Florath
Ölmagnat Mr. Jackson
Paul Bildt
Schnellrichter
Paul Kemp
Frank Black, Reporter
Fred Goebel
Bill
Erich Kestin
Hopkins
Otto Stoeckel
Chefredakteur Manning
Max Hiller
Standesbeamter
Hermann Mayer-Falkow
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