''Lottery Lover'' is a 1935 American

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directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Franz Schulz and

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. The film stars

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, Pat Paterson, Peggy Fears,

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, Walter Woolf King and

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. The film was released on February 5, 1935, by

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Plot

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

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, 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

as Cadet Frank Harrington * Pat Paterson as Patty * Peggy Fears as Gaby Aimee *

as Cadet Harold Stump * Walter Woolf King as Prince Midanoff *

as Edward Arthur 'Tank' Tankersley * Reginald Denny as Capt. Payne *

Edward Nugent Edward James Nugent (February 7, 1904 – January 3, 1995) was an American film and stage actor. Biography Nugent was born on February 7, 1904, and acted in films between 1928 and 1937. When Nugent was a boy, he sang with the Metropolitan Ope ...

as Gibbs *

Rafaela Ottiano Rafaela Ottiano (March 4, 1888 – August 14, 1942) was an Italian-American actress. She was best known for her role as Suzette in '' Grand Hotel'' (1932) and as Russian Rita in '' She Done Him Wrong'' (1933). Early life Ottiano was born on Ma ...

as Gaby's Maid * Dick Foran as Cadet

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* 1935 films 1930s English-language films Fox Film films American comedy films 1935 comedy films Films directed by Wilhelm Thiele American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Billy Wilder Films with screenplays by Franz Schulz Films scored by Arthur Lange Films about lotteries 1930s American films English-language comedy films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub