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Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943 · 127 min

A breezy, star-studded wartime revue that feels like flipping through a glossy studio scrapbook, all bright numbers and gentle backstage silliness.

Directed by: David Butler
Genres: Comedy, Music
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Eddie Cantor, Bette Davis

Tagline: A thousand shows in one!
Overview: An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

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Directed by: David Butler
Genres: Comedy, Music
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Eddie Cantor, Bette Davis

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Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: music
war
ambition
deception
friendship
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: ensemble
musical
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	5
Romance	3
Tension	2
Darkness	1
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy, music
Directed by: David Butler
Written by: Norman Panama, James V. Kern, Melvin Frank
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Eddie Cantor, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, John Garfield, Joan Leslie, Ida Lupino
Cinematography: Arthur Edeson
Runtime: 127 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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