
1936 · Paul Martin · 93 min
After completing work on the British musical Invitation to the Waltz, Lillian Harvey returned to her adopted country of Germany to star in the comedy-with-music Glueckskinder (Children of Fortune). Harvey plays Ann Garden, an unemployed actress who ends up in night court on a loitering charge. Here she meets Gil Taylor (Willy Fritsch), a struggling songwriter temporarily employed as a court reporter. Hoping to keep her out of jail, Gil impulsively tells the judge that he's engaged to Ann -- whereupon the judge, equally impulsively, marries the couple on the spot! After this inauspicious start, Ann and Gil embark upon a rocky (but tuneful) whirlwind romance.
Lilian HarveyAnn Garden
Willy FritschGil Taylor, Reporter
Paul KempFrank Black, Reporter
Oskar SimaStoddard, ReporterFred GoebelBillErich KestinHopkinsOtto StoeckelManning, Editor of the Morning Post
Paul BildtJudge
Albert FlorathOil Tycoon Mr. JacksonThomas CziruchinBrown, The BoxerJac DiehlColleague at the Morning PostArno EbertVisitor to the Metropolitan OperaMax HillerRegistrarFred KösterVisitor to the Metropolitan OperaHermann Mayer-FalkowSchaller officer at the Morning Post