Pot o' Gold (film)
- James Stewart: James " Jimmy" Haskell
- Paulette Goddard: Molly McCorkle
- Horace Heidt Horace Heidt
- Charles Winninger Charles " C. J. " Haskell
- Mary Gordon: Ma McCorkle
- Frank Melton: Jasper Backus
- Jed Prouty: J. K. Louderman
- Charles Arnt: Parks
- Dick Hogan: Willie McCorkle
- James Burke: Lieutenant Grady
- Donna Wood: Donna McCorkle
- Larry Cotton: Larry Cotton
Pot o ' Gold is an American comedy film directed by George Marshall from the year 1941.
Content
Jimmy Haskell performs a small, poorly continuous shop for musical instruments because it can prefer to practice the poor children of the neighborhood on the instruments than to sell them. He receives a visit from his Uncle Charlie, a rich food manufacturer, who once more vainly I had sought to inspire his nephew for the company. Jimmy, however, prefer the simple but happy life that has led his late father. Only an announced seizure of the business makes him take to his uncle the way.
On the road he meets Molly McCorkle, who entrusted him with their shopping bags and it therefore carries the groceries home. Outside the front door, the confusion clears - Molly thought he was one of the young men who live in their house. Jimmy listens again surprise the big band music coming from the apartment. Molly's mother Ma McCorkle offers namely a band to Horace Heidt accommodation that also keeps their samples here. What would be the residents, the daily annoyance of Jimmy's music -hating uncle Charlie, whose office is located directly opposite the house of McCorkle. Because Charlie wanted to buy the house of McCorkle to expand his company, but McCorkle refused the McCorkle there is now a double pleasure to tempt him with the music. When the police arrive on behalf of Charlie to the music ended, Jimmy throws Molly animated, a tomato on the upcoming music hater to recognize and then shocked that he has just met his rich uncle. Jimmy is arrested without his uncle recognized him. Even Molly do not know about Jimmy's relationship with Charlie. At the trial, Jimmy is sentenced by his benevolent judge fined. Charlie appear at the hearing too late, insulted the judge who had expressed an insufficient punishment, and in turn is ordered to pay a penalty - which he can not pay because he has no money with him. Charlie is arrested and ends up with Jimmy, who had risen by mistake when way out of the courtroom in a prison van, in a cell.
While Jimmy is released soon, Charlie is left with a group of music-loving prisoners that make him the title toots his horn When Johnny so long to sing until he is hoarse. When he finally comes free on bail, he can not speak, so Jimmy jump in for him his regular radio show, The Haskell Happiness Hour. Two of the band members heard him on the radio and call him to account. He discovered them his identity, but asks Molly to tell anything. Since Uncle Charlie will not rest even after the " condemnation " of the tomato thrower before not re-recorded the proceedings and the perpetrator was really punished, Charlie would have to stay away from the revision process, to put him shelved can. So would also be ruled out that Charlie Jimmy recognizes and whose identity is finally discovered Molly. A trick succeeds Jimmy and his helpers, Charlie make it clear that he suffers from hallucinations. Charlie goes to the mountains of Canada in order to cure himself.
Equipped with a power of attorney begins now Jimmy, The Haskell Happiness Hour neuzugestalten. What was a boring promotional event before, is now by the appearance of the band at Horace Heidt with vocals by Molly on a glamorous show. During the recording, however, Molly learns that Jimmy in reality Charlie is nephew and announces revenge live on the radio that the next shipment would be awarded $ 1,000. While Charlie hears this on the radio in Canada and makes indignant at the way home, Jimmy tries to find a way for the award of money. According to state guidelines, it should not be done in the form of a lottery, even via phone calls or a public decision. If Jimmy the money allocated unfairly, he faces a prison sentence, but even if he does not forgive it, because he would mislead the public into prison. At the last second he finds a way out: He organizes all the phone books in the country. About a dial, it can determine the first number indicating the Phonebook band, the next number gives the page number and the last number then the number on the page, that the owner receives the money.
The crowd is excited and also the advertising partner of the sender scrambling for the show and offer the home -down Charlie, who actually wanted to be outraged, now thousands of dollars for the idea to. Since Charlie's secretary for fear of possible losses, the consignment Molly and the band can perform at your own risk and danger, the rights are now with her. Charlie announced on the mic that Molly and Jimmy are now always perform the show and Jimmy also explained on the mic that he will marry Molly, whereupon the pair falls into his arms.
Production
James Stewart was borrowed for the pot o ' gold by MGM to United Artists. He himself described the film in retrospect as his worst, mainly faced the actress Paulette Goddard on the tense relationship Stewarts. The tense on the set once the camera was rolling, "The director George Marshall resigned, after he had tried in vain to lure Goddard using different settings from the reserve, and let Stewart, Winninger and the rest of the crew suffer for the cause. " In Pot o 'Gold was Art Carney made his film debut.
Pot o 'Gold was a movie based on the largest at that time the U.S. lottery on the radio. The like the movie Pot o 'Gold -called sweepstakes ran from 1939 on the NBC network. The distribution of profits, $ 1,000 was also represented in the same way as in the film. The show was accompanied by music from the Horace Heidt - band, which plays a central role in the film. The film was released on April 3, 1943 eight months before radio show was set in the cinemas. In the UK, the film was titled The Golden Hour. In Germany, it was not published.
Pot o ' Gold is one of the few films in which James Stewart sings. He interpreted the title of " When Johnny toots his horn ". More titles contained in the film are:
- Hi Cy, What's A - Cookin '?
- Peter, the Piper Man - sung by Paulette Goddard, Horace Heidt & His Musical with Knights
- A knife, a fork and a spoon / bording House, o bording House - sung by Horace Heidt & His Musical Knights
- Do you believe in fairy tales - sung by Larry Cotton with Horace Heidt & His Musical Knights
- Broadway Caballero - sung by Paulette Goddard, Horace Heidt & His Musical with Knights
Criticism
" Stewart did not like the movie so much that he refused it for many years, to see Pot o ' Gold", and also the criticism slating the film. She called Pot o 'Gold, among others, a " pretty horrible musical with Capra -esque social undertones ".