Blu-ray Review Mr. Lucky (1943) Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[Matt Hough]

H.C. Potter’s Mr. Lucky doesn’t bring much new to the table, but what’s here is entertaining and worth experiencing.



Mr. Lucky (1943)



Released: 01 Jul 1943
Rated: Approved
Runtime: 100 min




Director: H.C. Potter
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance



Cast: Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Charles Bickford
Writer(s): Milton Holmes, Adrian Scott, Charles Brackett



Plot: A gambler has plans to swindle money from a charity program, but starts to have second thoughts when he falls for a rich society girl.



IMDB rating: 7.1
MetaScore: N/A





Disc Information



Studio: Other
Distributed By: Warner Archive
Video Resolution: 1080P/AVC



Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English 2.0 DTS-HDMA...

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[Josh Steinberg]

Great review, Matt. I concur with your assessment on the film itself and am looking forward to picking up a copy so that I can enjoy the new transfer - the old DVD-R was one of the WA “best available” ancient transfers made in the 80s so this is gonna be a huge step up.

 

[Robert Crawford]

This is a personal favorite film of mine since my early teenage years so I have a higher opinion of it than Matt. I’m really looking forward to watching it again with this improved picture quality.

 

[Robert Harris]

Henry Potter was an interesting filmmaker. While a bit lightweight, he was in some ways RKO’s answer to that other guy over at Gower Gulch.

Mr. Blandings, Shopworn Angel and Farmer’s Daughter are his stand-outs along with Mr. Lucky. After his stint at RKO, he made Columbia’s first film in CinemaScope.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Henry Potter was an interesting filmmaker. While a bit lightweight, he was in some ways RKO’s answer to that other guy over at Gower Gulch.

Mr. Blandings, Shopworn Angel and Farmer’s Daughter are his stand-outs along with Mr. Lucky. After his stint at RKO, he made Columbia’s first film in CinemaScope.

An underestimated director.

 

[roxy1927]

Good enough to open at Radio City during its golden age war years. Never even heard of the film until I saw a program for it on ebay. Don't recall it on local NY channels as a boy. I guess they were playing Arsenic and Old Lace on repeat.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Good enough to open at Radio City during its golden age war years. Never even heard of the film until I saw a program for it on ebay. Don't recall it on local NY channels as a boy. I guess they were playing Arsenic and Old Lace on repeat.

I guess you either missed it and/or don't remember because that's how I first watched Mr. Lucky on Channel 9 back in the day.

 

[lark144]

I guess you either missed it and/or don't remember because that's how I first watched Mr. Lucky on Channel 9 back in the day.

Yup. That's how I first saw Mr. Lucky and I think was introduced to Cary Grant on Million Dollar Movie.

 

[Archivist Harry]

Henry Potter was an interesting filmmaker. While a bit lightweight, he was in some ways RKO’s answer to that other guy over at Gower Gulch.

Mr. Blandings, Shopworn Angel and Farmer’s Daughter are his stand-outs along with Mr. Lucky. After his stint at RKO, he made Columbia’s first film in CinemaScope.

To me, Potter will always be the director of that bonkers masterpiece Hellzapoppin’.

 

[roxy1927]

Gosh I really don't remember it at all. I guess all I was doing was watching Arsenic. And I didn't even like it that much. Thought Grant way overacted. Now I think he's terrific in it. That man is even better today.

 

[Nelson Au]

Got my copy a few days ago. I plan to watch the new disc later this or next week. I have the previous DVD and I’ve only seen it once. After reading Matt’s review, I suddenly wondered about Topper. In doing a search, I am surprised to see there is a blu ray of it. But it looks suspect.