by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Before retiring from films to become Mrs. Charles Boyer, actress Pat Paterson was a popular and appealing Fox Studios leading lady. In Call it Luck, Paterson plays Pat Laurie, the daughter of humble London cabbie Herbert Bigglewade (Herbert Mundin). Thanks to a winning sweepstakes ticket, Pat is catapulted into great wealth, thereby becoming easy prey for a team of con artists. Suckered into buying a broken-down race horse, our heroine nonetheless emerges a winner thanks to some quick thinking by her crafty dad. The nominal love interest is played by Charles Starrett, who went on enjoy a longer association with horses as star of Columbia's "Durango Kid" western series.
characteristics
- Horse-racing
- Sports
- Sibling
- Sweepstakes
- Winner
- Winning
- Romantic
- Windfall [monetary]
- Romance
- Loot
- Daughter
- Lottery
- Luck
- Racer
- Champion
