Product Details

• Actors: Ronald Colman, Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, Spring Byington, Cecilia Loftus
• Format: NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: April 10, 1991
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301328450
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,371 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ginger Rogers & Ronald Colman--what a combination!, January 28, 2002

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C. Burton (Mesa, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lucky Partners [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I don't want to give away the plot for this wonderful film, so I'll just comment on how good it is! Jack Carson gives great support (as usual) to the stars, Ginger Rogers & Ronald Colman, in this well crafted romantic comedy. Filmed in 1941, it was sort of an in-between film for both Ginger & Ronald (Kitty Foyle, 1940 for Rogers & Random Harvest, 1942 for Colman), but don't think for a minute that the stars didn't give it all they had--they were both at top form. Obviously, I wholeheartedly disagree with Leonard Maltin's somewhat disparaging remarks.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Charm, April 5, 2005

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Bobby Underwood "starlighthotel" (Manly NSW, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lucky Partners [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Lucky Partners is a long neglected little treasure. Director Lewis Milestone gave this film a light touch to match a warm and humorous story and the the lilting charms of its two stars, Ronald Colman and Ginger Rogers. They are wonderful together in this film.

When David Grant (Colman) wishes good luck to passerby Jean Newton (Rogers) for no particular reason at all, things immediately start to go her way. So she cooks up a plan to split a racing ticket that's a million-to-one shot with caricature artist Grant, thinking she might just win. Grant's one stipulation, however, is that Jean go on a sort of honeymoon with him should they win, even though she already has a fiance!

Jean balks, of course, but Grant charms both she and her fiance, Freddie (Jack Carson), into this experiment, as he calls it, and it isn't long before the two find themselves falling in love. The disarming charm of Rogers and Colman and the warmth Milestone ellicits from the story Bonnie Chance by Sacha Guitry carry this film with ease.

A dark haired Ginger and the suave Colman have a nice chemistry and there are some truly magic moments in this film. Colman carrying Rogers over the "Threshold to Whatever You Want" at the request of an older couple and a courtroom scene in which David and Jean question each other on the witness stand about everything and nothing immediately come to mind.

Spring Byington as Ginger's aunt and Harry Davenport as the old judge more than a little smitten and protective of Jean enhance an already delightful film. A nice score from Dimitri Tiomkin creates just the right mood at the right time in this very special film from the 1940's you'll enjoy a lot.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great Ginger Rogers film, October 27, 2004

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Steven L. Katz "H.S Katz" (Newton, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lucky Partners [VHS] (VHS Tape)

fresh off her Astaire-Rogers phenomenon, and after her incredible success as Ellie-May Adams in Primrose Path, Miss Ginger Rogers gives another wonderfully wonderful performance. She and Coleman have more than wonderful chemistry together, him with his formalness, and her informal charm. Some say her hair was too dark in this film, but I must disagree. It goes to show, that despite the hair color, Ginger was a really wonderful actress. This point is often overlooked, but she didn't win an Oscar for "Kitty Foyle" for nothing. Afterall, it's not the hair, but her INCREDIBLE eyes that work so well. (This goes for every single picture she's in) Ginger had the most incredible, most expressive eyes to ever grace hollywood. She could talk through her eyes, if you cover up the sound and the rest of the face and leave only her eyes, you can tell everything that she is saying. Anyway, back to the picture. It's interesting to note that "lucky partners" is actually very racy for 1940. The whole point of the movie is that Ginger goes on a "honeymoon" with Ronald Coleman, even though she is engaged to jack carson. Also in the apartment, we see Rogers lying face on her bed is a very suggestive position. One of the most touching point in the film is when he carries her off to "the threshhold of whatever you want" while in his arms, and while still walking, he kisses her. Their sensational chemistry really makes this moment work. Afterwards, Ginger's eyes reflect everything and more that just happened. Later, at the end of the film, is where the censors of the day had problems. They state that Ronald Coleman made love to Ginger. Usually they mean kissing, but they specifically say "you kissed this women, and made love to her" there is no getting around it, they mean sex. It's hard to understand now why that's such a big deal, but this was 1940, and sex was not an acceptable topic open for dicussion. So when Ronald Coleman says that he did have sex with Roger's character, it surprised an ol movie buff like me, because this wasn't the popular ideas that were used in films.However, this is a delightful film, and I highly recommend it.