Lucky Boy (film)
Lucky Boy may refer to: * Lucky Boy (1929 film), an American musical comedy-drama film * Lucky Boy (2017 film), a comedy and coming-of-age film * Lucky Boy (novel), a 2017 novel by Shanthi Sekaran * Lucky Boy, Nevada Lucky Boy is a ghost town in Mineral County, Nevada, approximately southwest of Hawthorne Hawthorne often refers to the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne may also refer to: Places Australia *Hawthorne, Queensland, a suburb of Br ...

Lucky Boy (1929 Film)
''Lucky Boy'' is a 1929 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Norman Taurog and Charles C. Wilson and starring George Jessel. The film was mainly a silent film with synchronized music and sound effects, as well as some talking sequences. The film's plot bore strong similarities to that of the hit 1927 film ''The Jazz Singer'', which had originally been intended to star Jessel (the star of ''The Jazz Singer'' stage production) before Al Jolson took over the role. Plot A young Jewish man works in his father's jewelry business, but he does not like it at all—he wants to be an entertainer, something he knows that his father would never approve of. He comes up with a scheme to put on his own show in a theater and show his father that he can be a success, but things do not work out quite as well as he planned. Cast * George Jessel as Georgie Jessel *Gwen Lee as Mrs. Ellis *Richard Tucker as Mr. Ellis *Gayne Whitman as Mr. Trent * Margaret Quimby as Eleanor * Rosa Rosano ...
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Lucky Boy (2017 Film)
''Lucky Boy'' () is a 2017 comedy and coming-of-age film directed by Boris Boo, and starring Wang Weiliang, Venus Wong, Chew Chor Meng and Chen Xiuhuan as the main cast. Plot Lin Yu (Wang Weiliang) is a boy who is constantly surrounded by misfortune and is always one step behind others. Since primary school, he has a crush on Zhang Qingqing (Venus Wong), and continues to pin for her throughout his life. Will Lin Yu, the destined "unlucky" boy, be able to change his fate? Cast * Wang Weiliang as Lin Yu * Venus Wong as Zhang Qingqing, Lin Yu's love interest * Chew Chor Meng as Lin Chong, Lin Yu's father * Chen Xiuhuan as Wu Zhi, Lin Yu's mother * Jeremy Chan as Da Jie, Lin Yu's friend * Melody Low as Yu Mei, Qingqing's friend * Terence Then as Ray, Lin Yu's friend * Roz Pho as Mei Ling, Lin Yu's sister * Priscilla Lim as Wan Wen, Mei Ling's friend * Danny Yeo *Kwan Seck Mui * Darryl Yong * Gurmit Singh * Henry Thia * Jack Neo as the school principal * Maxi Lim * Suhaimi Yusof * Tay ...
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Lucky Boy (novel)
''Lucky Boy'' is a 2017 novel written by Shanthi Sekaran and her second book. Plot Soli, an eighteen-year-old woman, enters the United States illegally from Mexico and an Indian American woman named Kavya struggles to have a baby with her husband, who works in Silicon Valley. The two stories converge around a baby, the "lucky boy". Reception Steph Cha of '' USA Today'' wrote "It’s easy to imagine the lives of these characters even off the page. Lucky Boy pulses with vitality, pumped with the life breath of human sin and love." Kathleen Rooney of the '' Chicago Tribune'' said "In her sweeping, deep and strikingly compassionate second novel, 'Lucky Boy,' Shanthi Sekaran weaves these two elemental narratives with emotionally arresting aplomb." In 2018, ''Lucky Boy'' was a finalist for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing and was longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize. Television series A television series based on ''Lucky Boy'' is being developed by ...
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