Thank Your Lucky Stars (film)

Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943 is a musical comedy film made by Warner Brothers as a World War II fundraiser, with a slim plot, involving theater producers. The stars donated their salaries to the Hollywood Canteen, which was founded by John Garfield and Bette Davis, who appear in this film. It was directed by David Butler and stars Eddie Cantor, Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie, Edward Everett Horton and S. Z. Sakall.

Filming for Thank Your Lucky Stars startedOctober 1942. Producer Mark Hellinger and director David Butler both made cameo appearances in the film. The film utilized sets which had been built for the Warner Bros. films The Green Pastures and Wonder Bar. Thank Your Lucky Stars was the film debut of both Dinah Shore and Spike Jones and his City Slickers. Each of the cast members was paid a 50,000 fee for their appearance which was then donated to the Hollywood Canteen.Thank Your Lucky Stars was popular with audiences, and the critic James Agee called it the loudest and most vulgar of the current musicals. It is also the most fun. Ticket sales combined with the donated salaries of the performers raised more than two million dollars for the Hollywood Canteen. ........

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