Strike Me Lucky
Strike Me Lucky is a 1934 Australian comedy musical film starring popular stage comic Roy Rene in his first and only film. It was the fourth feature film from Cinesound Productions but proved a box office disappointment director Ken G. Hall says it was the only one of his features not to go into profit within a few years of release, although he says it eventually went into the black.
Mo and Donald take off into the bush looking for a gold mine a storyline inspired by the 1930 expedition to find Lasseters Reef, where they are attacked by a tribe of aboriginal cannibals before discovering their names are cleared. Other plots include a young couple, Margot Burnett and Larry McCormack, finding love, and a ballet of dancers performs periodically.In the early 1930s, Roy Rene was one of the most popular stage comics in Australia. Bert Bailey and George Wallace had managed to transfer their onstage popularity to the screen in a series of films, so Ken G. Hall thought he would try to do the same for Rene. Hall later wrote ........
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