Sweepstakes Winner is a 1939 American comedy film directed by William C. McGann, written by John W. Krafft, and starring Marie Wilson, Johnnie Davis, Allen Jenkins, Charley Foy,[1] Jerry Colonna and Frankie Burke.[2][3] It was released by Warner Bros. on May 20, 1939.[4][5][6]
Plot[]
A naive girl, Jennie, inherits $1,000 from her grandfather, who tells her to buy a particular racehorse with it. His instructions send her to two broke bookies. They tell her she need $5,000 to buy the horse and offer to bet it for her on a 5 to 1 horse in a race that day. That horse wins, but one of the bookies, Jinx Donovan, followed a bad tip and instead bet $500 on a loser. Rather than admit he lost the money, he arranges to have her robbed just after he returned the remaining $500 to her in a wad to look like the $5,000. Down to her last few dollars, Jennie gets a job as a waitress. The bookies eat a meal at the restaurant. Too broke to pay for it, they sell her an Irish Sweepstakes ticket for $10 and the meal. The ticket wins the first round, meaning she would win a huge cash prize if her horse won the sweepstakes race. She is offered cash for the ticket, but decided to rely on her luck instead.
Cast[]
- Marie Wilson as Jennie Jones
- Johnnie Davis as Mark Downe
- Allen Jenkins as Xerxes 'Tip' Bailey
- Charley Foy as 'Jinx' Donovan
- Sam McDaniel as Mose
- Jerry Colonna as Nick
- Frankie Burke as Chalky Williams
- Vera Lewis as Mrs. McCarthy
- Granville Bates as Pop Reynolds
- Eddie Kane as Mr. Blake
- Bert Hanlon as Poolroom Guard
- George Lloyd as Dutch
- Sidney Bracey[7] as Mr. Simpkins
- Charles Irwin as English Radio Announcer
- Bernice Pilot[8] as Martha (Uncredited)
References[]
- ↑ The American Film Institute 1999, p. 255.
- ↑ "Sweepstakes Winner". Retrieved on September 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Sweepstakes Winner". Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved on October 2, 2022.
- ↑ "Sweepstakes Winner (1939) - Overview". Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved on September 3, 2015.
- ↑ Sandra Brennan (2015). "Sweepstakes-Winner - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Retrieved on September 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Sweepstakes Winner". Retrieved on October 2, 2022.
- ↑ Palmer 1988, p. 53.
- ↑ McCann 2009, p. 266.
Sources[]
- The American Film Institute (1999). The 1941-1950: American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films (The AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States), 3 Volume set, Oakland, California: University of California Press, page 255. ISBN 978-0520215214.
- Palmer, Scott (1988). A Who's Who of Australian and New Zealand Film Actors:The Sound Era. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, page 53. ISBN 978-0810820906.
- McCann, Bob (2009). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. New York City: McFarland & Company, page 266. ISBN 978-0786437900.
