Onslow Stevens, Helen Mack, Vinton Haworth, Maxine Jennings. Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1937. Full screen (4x3, 1.37:1).
Summary:
"Joe Baldwin (Onslow Stevens) is a high-stakes gambler and a racehorse owner who's extremely superstitious -- his one weakness when it comes to gambling. But Joe has a perfect system for controlling his fortunes. He generates good luck through acts of goodwill. Convinced that philanthropy increases the number of people pulling for him which then skews odds in his favor. Joe is the ultimate self-interested altruist. His luck heads south when a fulfilled wish for rain on the day of an orphanage's outdoor party pits a group of children against him. Eager to convince the kids to root for him, Joe organizes a lavish party as an apology and ends up falling for teacher Betty McKay (Helen Mack). Wishing to marry Betty, Joe heads north to break things off with his gold-digging good-luck charm Jean, (Maxine Jennings) but her return from a European voyage brings murderous complications to his life"--Container.
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