Lottery Lover

{{short description|1935 film by Wilhelm Thiele}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Lottery Lover | image =File:Lottery Lover.jpg | alt = | caption = | director = Wilhelm Thiele | producer = Al Rockett | screenplay = Franz Schulz Billy Wilder | story = Sig Herzig Maurice Hanline | starring = Lew Ayres Pat Paterson Peggy Fears Sterling Holloway Walter Woolf King Alan Dinehart | music = Arthur Lange | cinematography = Bert Glennon | editing = Dorothy Spencer | studio = Fox Film Corporation | distributor = Fox Film Corporation | released = {{Film date|1935|2|5}} | runtime = 82 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Lottery Lover''''' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Lew Ayres, Pat Paterson, Peggy Fears and Sterling Holloway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/100255/Lottery-Lover/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306233455/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/100255/Lottery-Lover/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-06 |title=Lottery-Lover - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Hal Erickson |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2016 |access-date=2015-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/81898/lottery-lover |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702155707/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/81898/Lottery-Lover/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 2, 2012 |title=Lottery Lover (1935) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2015-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6611 |title=Lottery Lover |publisher=Afi.com |date= |access-date=2015-10-18}}</ref> The film was released on February 5, 1935, by Fox Film Corporation. The screenplay written by Franz Schulz and Billy Wilder.<ref>Solomon p.353</ref> ==Synopsis== A crew of young military-school cadets are enjoying their first weekend in Paris. Frank Harrington, a girl-shy cadet, wins the lottery which "They" have organized, and Frank wins the right to woo the star of the Folies Bergere, Gaby Aimee, with her garter serving as proof of conquest. Meanwhile, Frank has found the one girl-of-his-heart, Patty, which complicates matters.

==Cast== *Lew Ayres as Cadet Frank Harrington *Pat Paterson as Patty *Peggy Fears as Gaby Aimee *Sterling Holloway as Cadet Harold Stump *Walter Woolf King as Prince Midanoff *Alan Dinehart as Edward Arthur 'Tank' Tankersley *Reginald Denny as Captain Payne *Edward Nugent as Gibbs *Rafaela Ottiano as Gaby's Maid *Dick Foran as Cadet

== References == {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0026653|Lottery Lover}}

Category:1935 films Category:1935 English-language films Category:Fox Film films Category:American comedy films Category:1935 comedy films Category:Films directed by Wilhelm Thiele Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films with screenplays by Billy Wilder Category:Films with screenplays by Franz Schulz Category:Films scored by Arthur Lange Category:Films about lotteries Category:1935 American films Category:English-language comedy films Category:Films set in Paris